Since two of the ducks have suffered a prolapsed oviduct, we've done a lot more reading about this issue. One of the causes may have been that the young ducks were forced to commence laying at too young an age by adding artificial light to their dail ...
Gertrude is doing well! Yesterday evening (the end of the first full day in "lock-up") I discovered that Gertrude had laid an egg--the first in a few days. Again, this morning there was another egg on her side of the fence, and all body parts are sti ...
After yesterday's visit to the wolf sanctuary with Bess, we came home to deal with another duck. Gertrude has also begun to show signs of a prolapsed oviduct. Since I've only begun to notice this and it is not in such an advanced stage as Bess, we ...
Sorry to say it, but we've had to let Bess go. She developed a prolapsed oviduct, and it would have required an expensive visit to a vet to repair her. It just wasn't worth it to us to take the time or spend the money. Apparently it is somewhat commo ...
Finally, all four ducks are laying. We began getting two eggs a day on January 11. Since then, we had two eggs almost every day, waiting for the day a third duck would lay. Then, yesterday (1/26) there were four, and four again today. One of today's ...
Silly Spot. She seems to be my silliest duck. For the third time I know of, Spot has gotten herself onto the deck. She's not terribly concerned, just looking at her buddies below. Her buddies are che ...
First eggs from Golden Cascades, 14 November 2015 There were TWO EGGS in the duck house this morning! This is a full month earlier than the first eggs we'd gotten from our previous ducks. One of the eggs (the larger of the two) ...
The ducks are now 21 weeks old. I love the way their color camouflages them to protect them from predators. This is one of their favorite hangouts. Can you count all five? (Where's Waldo?) On Monday (10/26) I put a timer on a light in the duck h ...
Golden Cascades, 17 Weeks Old, 4 Hens, 1 Drake Now we've got the final count. After discovering that we had two drakes (rather than just one, as planned) we have now donated one of the drakes to a nearby Wolf Sanctuary. I'm sure t ...
In addition to building the house, we took on 13 ducklings, which arrived June 4th. 13 Ducklings, June 5 They grew, and grew, and at 12 weeks, they really filled the pool! A few days ago we finally found time to "reduce the ...