Unfortunately, a wild bird nest didn't make it.
The Quack Shack
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I remember the red sunsets and the dirty cars...The modern thing for Europe this summer is African desert sand blown in by the southern winds. It used to happen every so often in the past but recently it's been around more frequently. The air gets milky with poor distance visibility and a heat dome is formed. You can feel the sand in your eyes and throat after some exposure. I would guess similar to when in North America you receive the smoke from forest fires?
Anyway this has led to 36 C in humid conditions at the end of the week and that was no fun at all. Currently though we seem to have climbed out of it for a while.
* Technically it's dust, the particles are more fine grained than sand... but it does irritate the eyes and throat
The severe Thunderstorms that were forecasted for Yesterday's evening and night never materialized. All we got was a light rain, right when i was about to put the dux to bed - basically nothing.
On one hand that's bad! On the other hand that tree could have damaged the two vehicles…
what are my options now?
Charlie rejects the Ancona.
Trudy is beside herself trying to break into the introduction pen.
there’s a male and female pekin , and the one female ancona.
I can’t give Trudy/ and charlie the two pekins and try to introduce one little duck Nager to the duck chicken flock.
can i give trudy just the pekin drake maybe?
i just don’t know
Charlie rejects the Ancona.
Trudy is beside herself trying to break into the introduction pen.
there’s a male and female pekin , and the one female ancona.
I can’t give Trudy/ and charlie the two pekins and try to introduce one little duck Nager to the duck chicken flock.
can i give trudy just the pekin drake maybe?
i just don’t know
How long of a time have you given the ducks and geese to get to know each other? has Charlie actually grabbed hold of the Ancona?
** STRANGE GOINGS-ON ALERT **
9 adult ducks go out of the house in the morning.
I get busy with moving ducklings, preparing food, refreshing water, watering and collecting goodies from the greenhouse...
2 hours later, there are 8 ducks.
4 hours later, there are 8 ducks.
In the middle of the afternoon, there are 8 ducks.
PANIC!
... What could have happened?
There's just no way a predator has visited, either 4 legged, 2 legged human or 2 legged bird. No screaming, dogs not alerting.
Is she sick and wanted to distance herself? She came out of the duck house quite happily... Probably not that.
But I'm still sad while exploring around, expecting to maybe come upon a dead duck...
Wait, back to the basics. When would a lady duck be totally silent?
- She's doing really poorly.
- She's... nesting.
A-ha.
Boom!
Found in the old raspberry patch. Nice nest built out of mown grass.
Now, this is the duck has already tried to get broody in the duck house several times but has always given up quickly. So it all makes sense.
However she really can't stay outside like this, she'll get taken for sure.
Right now I'll just bring some food and water to her and keep pondering the situation until dusk (5 hours left).
Since this is the one lady duck that is too-much beloved by the drake and has a big bald spot on her neck, I did anyway want to move her into the pen with the two 8-weeks-old young ducks so she can get some vacation. So maybe I can do that, and thus also keep an eye on her over the day - the enclosure is about 50 m2, good enough for 3 ducks. Overnight she would be returned to the duck house, possibly in a dog crate so she doesn't get harassed.
What do you all think?
9 adult ducks go out of the house in the morning.
I get busy with moving ducklings, preparing food, refreshing water, watering and collecting goodies from the greenhouse...
2 hours later, there are 8 ducks.
4 hours later, there are 8 ducks.
In the middle of the afternoon, there are 8 ducks.
PANIC!
... What could have happened?
There's just no way a predator has visited, either 4 legged, 2 legged human or 2 legged bird. No screaming, dogs not alerting.
Is she sick and wanted to distance herself? She came out of the duck house quite happily... Probably not that.
But I'm still sad while exploring around, expecting to maybe come upon a dead duck...
Wait, back to the basics. When would a lady duck be totally silent?
- She's doing really poorly.
- She's... nesting.
A-ha.
Boom!
Found in the old raspberry patch. Nice nest built out of mown grass.
Now, this is the duck has already tried to get broody in the duck house several times but has always given up quickly. So it all makes sense.
However she really can't stay outside like this, she'll get taken for sure.
Right now I'll just bring some food and water to her and keep pondering the situation until dusk (5 hours left).
Since this is the one lady duck that is too-much beloved by the drake and has a big bald spot on her neck, I did anyway want to move her into the pen with the two 8-weeks-old young ducks so she can get some vacation. So maybe I can do that, and thus also keep an eye on her over the day - the enclosure is about 50 m2, good enough for 3 ducks. Overnight she would be returned to the duck house, possibly in a dog crate so she doesn't get harassed.
What do you all think?
That sounds like a good plan. Although she might not be nice to the ducklings so you'll have to keep an eye on it.** STRANGE GOINGS-ON ALERT **
9 adult ducks go out of the house in the morning.
I get busy with moving ducklings, preparing food, refreshing water, watering and collecting goodies from the greenhouse...
2 hours later, there are 8 ducks.
4 hours later, there are 8 ducks.
In the middle of the afternoon, there are 8 ducks.
PANIC!
... What could have happened?
There's just no way a predator has visited, either 4 legged, 2 legged human or 2 legged bird. No screaming, dogs not alerting.
Is she sick and wanted to distance herself? She came out of the duck house quite happily... Probably not that.
But I'm still sad while exploring around, expecting to maybe come upon a dead duck...
Wait, back to the basics. When would a lady duck be totally silent?
- She's doing really poorly.
- She's... nesting.
A-ha.
Boom!
Found in the old raspberry patch. Nice nest built out of mown grass.
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Now, this is the duck has already tried to get broody in the duck house several times but has always given up quickly. So it all makes sense.
However she really can't stay outside like this, she'll get taken for sure.
Right now I'll just bring some food and water to her and keep pondering the situation until dusk (5 hours left).
Since this is the one lady duck that is too-much beloved by the drake and has a big bald spot on her neck, I did anyway want to move her into the pen with the two 8-weeks-old young ducks so she can get some vacation. So maybe I can do that, and thus also keep an eye on her over the day - the enclosure is about 50 m2, good enough for 3 ducks. Overnight she would be returned to the duck house, possibly in a dog crate so she doesn't get harassed.
What do you all think?
that was a week ago and I think it might have helped, lately we haven't heard any ducks running and yelling he's out to get me...Similar threads
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