She is finding her place in the flock and as the low duck in the pecking order, she waddles behind the other ducks. She's still very much attached to her momma, but is interacting more with the other ducks.
Showing posts with label Baby Duck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baby Duck. Show all posts
Friday, September 17, 2010
Duckling Update: Baby Duck is All Grown Up (Video)
Here's the latest video of out 10-week-old duckling, BD (Baby Duck). She's not much of a baby any more and it's getting harder to tell her apart from the grown ups. She's the last one out of the coop in this clip I took this morning and still a little shy with me standing there, so I back away a little bit. Like most adolescents, she's squawking up a storm.
She is finding her place in the flock and as the low duck in the pecking order, she waddles behind the other ducks. She's still very much attached to her momma, but is interacting more with the other ducks.
She is finding her place in the flock and as the low duck in the pecking order, she waddles behind the other ducks. She's still very much attached to her momma, but is interacting more with the other ducks.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
The Timid Duckling (Home Video)
Momma Duck decided yesterday that she has had enough of being cooped up with the kid all day, so instead of making just a few short trips out, she kept BD (Baby Duck) out all day. This was the scene at Morning Wood Acres this morning when I let the ducks out. As usual, the other three couldn't wait to get out and headed straight for the pond in their usual mad rush. Shy little BD, at just 3 1/2 weeks old, took some coaxing from Momma. (The video quality isn't great, but it's my first effort.) Oh, yeah. BD's broken leg appears to be completely healed.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
New Duckling Pic (8-17-10)
The baby's leg is healing up nicely. We were afraid we'd have to put it down last week when BD suffered a broken leg in the pond. The vet said it was already healing and suggested we give it time and keep the baby inside the coop to rest for a few weeks. We let them out for about an hour at a time, two or three times a day to join the rest of the ducks. BD is healing quickly and is hardly limping at all now.
We've noticed that some of the bass in the pond have had babies and the mothers have naturally been very protective of them. We figure BD got too close to the fry and one of the momma fish went on the attack. I had no idea there was so much drama going on here at Morning Wood Acres.
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