Alaskan's Journal

[Alaskan]

the one that pipped bloody didn't make it... the first chick with the hernia is still looking good.. up to 4 chicks now... what is fun is each 1 hatched is from a different mom, so all different colors. (all bantams) same dad.. Wheaten Am.

mom's are Rhode Island Red... that is the super early chick, then came one from a show quality Single Comb White Leghorn, then came one from my blue Wyandotte ... but it is black, not blue, and number 4 is a pure Am.

 

[Alaskan]

so... had to go to a movie with spouse and the kids not too bad actually. ... except that the theater was full of tiny children.

The theater is a hoot... made out of a big quanset hut.

Anyway, movie over, going home...

We came home and 4 of my muscovy were just getting out of the pond as we drove up.

1 drake and 3 girls....

When they saw us they knew they were in trouble and started going back to the coop.... except for one girl who stood on the bank shivering. So kid 3 jumped out of the car and walked up to her nice and slow, talking... and she let him pick her up... he is now playing a video game while she is snuggled in a towel on his lap drying off and warming up. He keeps talking to her to keep her calm....

Our pond is still mostly ice... she must have been in longer than the rest.

Anyway, just a few days back, since most of the snow is melted, we moved the ducks from the big main coop back to the duck coop (we had consolidated for ease of winter chores). Turns out that we should have done a bit more repair work first hence the escapees.

 

[Baymule]

Sweet picture!

 

[RollingAcres]

Awww the pic is so sweet!

We came home and 4 of my muscovy were just getting out of the pond as we drove up.
1 drake and 3 girls....
When they saw us they knew they were in trouble and started going back to the coop....

Hahaha, like kids finding out parents are home and they are still not in bed like they were supposed to!

 

[Alaskan]

Awww the pic is so sweet!



Hahaha, like kids finding out parents are home and they are still not in bed like they were supposed to!

exactly like that!


Here is the duck, on kid 3, all warmed up and happy again, about to go back outside.

 

[Alaskan]

My pond today. It was a bit thawed yesterday when the ducks went swimming... just so you understand why that girl got too cold.

 

[Latestarter]

Those ducks have some wicked claws for toenails... I'm kinda shocked that it's standing on your son's shoulders/head... Seems to me they should also have little difficulty handling freezing water with their down undercoat... As an aside, do you have fish in that pond? That would be kinda awesome...

 

[Alaskan]

Because Muscovy aren't mallard derived, and instead warm weather tree ducks. .. uh no. They actually have very little oil and their feathers get soaked fast.

We trim their nails when they get too long (we have so few rocks they don't trim naturally), but even so... they are dangerous sharp and strong. You do have to watch them.

We put some little fish in last year? year before???


Yeah... as soon as it thaws more I want the kids to see if they are still there.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

@Alaskan - Hey, how are your goat and your hatches doing?

 

[Alaskan]

next hatch is in a little over a week.... I want to start a bigger set of eggs today or tomorrow.

But Mocha STILL hasn't let those kids out!

You can tell she is getting closer... ligaments are pretty soft, but maybe not 100% gone. ....

I thought surely she would have them today when I saw that not only was the pond refrozen but that it had snowed... white everywhere.


but nope. no kids.