Another funny looking chick !

[tishie11]

Did you get your other duckling wolga? Hope the 2 of them get along!

[wolga]

Not yet Tishie. But hopefully today or tomorrow. I'm pretty optimistic
that they will get along just fine. They should be around the same age.

[Kracka]

duckling is winging his/her way up the Nth Is as we speak....

[Kracka]

look who's sitting in my lounge!

[wolga]

How cute ! Mine dosen't have feathers yet.

[wolga]

Here they are ! Thanks to Kracka ! Surprisingly there is not a big difference in size. I suspected they new duckling to be much bigger in comparison
because it's quite a bit older. But maybe the 2 weeks on chick starter did the trick ?

[Kracka]

cool, they look great together

[sewren]

Awwwww, so nice that they both found a friend!

[wolga]

They are very happy together. So much fun to watch them having a bath.

[sewren]

All these pics are seriously making me think about getting some ducks - ducklings are cool!

[wolga]

You should ! Some are really good layers too. Better than many chooks.

[Kracka]

don't require too flash a housing (they do like some shelter to get out of the rain - they don't like the rain, but they like the puddles!)
they don't get red mites
you can keep a male - he doesn't crow (in fact, he's the quieter one)
unless they're panicked, they rarely go over a fence anywhere higher than 90cm (a lot of mine are lower) - domestic ducks (aside from Muscovies) don't fly

but if you keep too many in a set area - they'll eat everything green & when it rains, turn it into mud!

[sewren]

So tempting!! And yesterday I did have a(nother!) unexpected broody (seriously - hatching wyandottes was possibly the worst decision I made this year - it's set them all off on proving what good mothers they might be!!) but I decided to stick her in prison rather than let her sit - I already have one untested broody sitting at the moment and I'm running out of places to put them, but I think I will look more seriously into ducks for next time I have a broody. It's always good to plan ahead, right?

[wolga]

Just a little update ! They grow so quickly.

[Kracka]

WOW - they do grow fast
feather up quick
I wonder when you can tell if you have a pair?!