Do you keep livestock? Having any problems? Want to talk about it, whether it be sheep, goats, chickens, pigs, bees or llamas, here is your place to discuss.
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Barbara Good
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Our latest hatch, it has taken this mum two attemptts her last nest flooded on the 25th day during the heavy rain in July), but she finally has some babies.
Shirley
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They are beautiful Caroline.... thanks for sharing the photo with us.
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excellent!
Thomzo
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aaaaahhhhhhhh cute.
Tigerhair
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Really lovely, except the'll be smelly soon!
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Barbara Good
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Tigerhair wrote: Really lovely, except the'll be smelly soon!
Why smelly, none of the other ducks smell, and we had the last batch of runners in the house for the first month.
possum
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oh yes ducks do smell, or at least their pond will.
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Tigerhair
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Ours were always grubby little monsters - rolling around in their own poo. Perhaps yours are more fastidious than ours were!
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Barbara Good
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I think mine must have OCD then as mine are really clean (they were not during the wet season of June/July this year), But generally they are. Their pond is smallish, so will get changed every week in the warm weather, same as we did with the old one before we moved.
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Tom Good
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They are adorable! Almost makes me want to get a few ducks again. :)
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you should, we find our "duck army" hillarious, they serve as an alarm clock, watchdog and egg machine
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Someday I'll get some more, but right now we have no place to house them. They are just too messy to leave loose like we do with the chickens here. But I do love the ducklings!
Millymollymandy
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possum wrote: you should, we find our "duck army" hillarious, they serve as an alarm clock, watchdog and egg machine
I second that! They are also very good toe nibblers!
