Pics of my ducks thanks to Foxy.
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What a lovely picture. I like the way the light has caught her beautiful feather patterns.
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ahh gorgeous 
I hope this works.
The first picture is of Angie. She's a mallard type call duck, notice the size of her bill. The second picture is of Molly with her boyfriend. Molly is pure mallard whilst he boyfriend is a call drake. Her bill is quite a bit longer than the calls'. Cayugas are much bigger birds and with much longer bills.
Katydid; they are gorgeous. Why does every picture I see of ducks make me smile?
I would say Karen has a bill in between Angie's and Molly's. She has brilliant blue markings on her flight feathers and is really pretty.
All I know about her is that her previous owner saw she had an infected foot as a wild bird and decided to rescue her.
I don't know if she was a duckling at that time but for a wild duck she is super friendly but is more cautious with threatening things than Jerry the most laid back, want to be everyone's friend duck!
I would say Karen has a bill in between Angie's and Molly's. She has brilliant blue markings on her flight feathers and is really pretty.
All I know about her is that her previous owner saw she had an infected foot as a wild bird and decided to rescue her.
I don't know if she was a duckling at that time but for a wild duck she is super friendly but is more cautious with threatening things than Jerry the most laid back, want to be everyone's friend duck!
Thank you duggat, ducks are just great birds. I live my chickens but ducks are really special, especially call ducks and I could just watch them for hours. Very therapeautic.
My guess then for Karen is that she is a mallard call duck cross although there looks more call duck than mallard her whole shape is more rounded like Angie than long like Molly. The flight feathers can be brilliant blue or brilliant green. They look such a lovely pair, will you let them have babies? they would be very interesting to see.
My guess then for Karen is that she is a mallard call duck cross although there looks more call duck than mallard her whole shape is more rounded like Angie than long like Molly. The flight feathers can be brilliant blue or brilliant green. They look such a lovely pair, will you let them have babies? they would be very interesting to see.
She has had 2 lots of babies before she came to me. She is supposed to be a very good mum. I would love to see their babies but I think my ever understanding husband might think differently though. He adores them so watch this space!
watson, shame on you. To think I could eat a grand baby now matter how good they may taste. Thankfully my 8 year old grandson will not get to read this forum as he could be a little worried that Nana had become someone to be scared of.
Forth egg today as she was coming out of her house. Picked it up and put it with the others.
She still spends a lot of time out of their run foraging and on the pond. She dutifully put herself to bed yesterday to sit on them but has lost interest in doing that tonight.
Its all very interesting and exciting to watch them as a newbie duck owner. Just the fact that they follow me everywhere amazes me as I hadn't dared to expect that much friendliness from them.
Forth egg today as she was coming out of her house. Picked it up and put it with the others.
She still spends a lot of time out of their run foraging and on the pond. She dutifully put herself to bed yesterday to sit on them but has lost interest in doing that tonight.
Its all very interesting and exciting to watch them as a newbie duck owner. Just the fact that they follow me everywhere amazes me as I hadn't dared to expect that much friendliness from them.
She shouldn't be sitting until she has laid all her eggs, as I say about 12. I've found that the serious mums as they get close to the 12 will spend a bit longer on the nest each day until they reach the number they want and then they will stay on it for 28 days. She will get offa couple of times a day to eat, drink and swim. Getting wet is important as it keeps the humidity up of the eggs.
Do let me know how it's going.
Katy
Do let me know how it's going.
Katy
