Peking ducks -We believe 2 males- 1 female (the females are the loudest in Peking ducks)They are very cute. As you can see she lets them out when she comes home from work and they wander around the yard eating the grass and swimming in a little pool she sets up for them, They have a bigger pool in their enclosure. the Mallard ducks can fly, but the Peking ducks are heavy. The Mallard ducks love to hide in Liz's pond that she has in our yard, with all the lilly pads and flowers, they try to hide among the plants. See pic. Can you see the mallard duck?
Look to the left of the picture, she is hiding under the long arms of the plant, you can only see her back. One of the other ducks is looking on. Linus, our newest male cat, loves the ducks-he would love to eat them! He thinks he can catch them, but they walk away from him, or the Mallard ducks go after him, he never learns
I think he just like to stalk them. He also loves to help put water in their pool. It is all great fun!
I have found that I can get help when I weed the garden, I have 3 hens who wait patiently as I pull each weed and then they grab any bug or worm that gets uncovered. the only problem is they obscure my line of sight and then fight over who get the prize! My "Red Hen who hates Me" still hates me and now Emily and John have given her the name "Pecker Chicken" . I have started letting my chickens out in the morning and by 6 pm they are all back in the hen house. They don't leave the yard, but scour around for all kinds of bugs, etc. I have had to hunt for the eggs however. Now I know where the term "Egg Hunt" comes from..they are pretty good at finding places to lay their eggs, but i have it all figured out. "Pecker Chicken" has started waiting for me to come out of the house, standing on the stairs, pacing around the walk way. She is awful, but I can't help but like her anyway. She is actually low man in the flock and when the other hens see her peck at my feet, they run over and peck her and then she runs away. The other two a
re sweet and I can hand feed them all
...even though Red seems to peck my hand! I am sure she just loves me!!! (wishful thinking!!)All my other felines are fine, if we ever can't find Joy, we just look in the nest I made for the chickens, we just call it Joy's nest. silly cat. Mel, (the beagle) is just hanging out, She got loose a while ago and was gone (following her nose) luckily she came back..We have to be so careful with her! So know the question of the day is "What are we going to do with the ducks all winter?" and suggestions, please email me. We are open for all suggestions, except for one!! Love to you all, Patti xoxoxo
