Combining Flocks
Sep. 20th, 2009 12:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trystinnIntegrating new ducks into the home flock has been incredibly easy, we've been very lucky. Josh and I carried the carrier out into the duck pen and let loose the Alconas & Magpies. After checking out the pond (they didn't have one at their last home, sadly) and drinking a lot of water, they settled in quite comfortably. We opened up the pen and immediately, the home flock waddled into the pen to see what was going on. After a bit of investigation, Josh and I herded the ducks back out into the yard. The home flock and the new gals split up at that point, but after Gracie began herding them about they willing joined up and waddled around together in harmony.
The new gals are extremely vain, spending most of their time preening to show themselves off. They are a bit flashier in some ways than our Khaki Campbells. Lucky Penny, our zombie duck, is the friendliest with them and has spent time snoozing in the sunlight with the new gals. The drakes are infinitely impressed with the Alconas & Magpies, there's been a bit of joyful excitement as everyone gets to know each other.
Phil, unfortunately, has continued picking on Brutus and now Bernie. We've taken the steps to trap him inside the Duckgard pen to calm things down. He and likely the Magpies will be heading off to work at the border collie training farm, which will bring Brutus back to alpha status.
We had breakfast today, courtesy of the ducks. There was no yolk in the tiny fairy (Runner) egg. Our eggs have very hard shells and are considerably thicker in consistency. They scramble thicker than chicken eggs and have a marvelous sweetness you just can't get anywhere else. A diet of foraging and insects has really paid off in delicious returns.
The new gals are extremely vain, spending most of their time preening to show themselves off. They are a bit flashier in some ways than our Khaki Campbells. Lucky Penny, our zombie duck, is the friendliest with them and has spent time snoozing in the sunlight with the new gals. The drakes are infinitely impressed with the Alconas & Magpies, there's been a bit of joyful excitement as everyone gets to know each other.
Phil, unfortunately, has continued picking on Brutus and now Bernie. We've taken the steps to trap him inside the Duckgard pen to calm things down. He and likely the Magpies will be heading off to work at the border collie training farm, which will bring Brutus back to alpha status.
We had breakfast today, courtesy of the ducks. There was no yolk in the tiny fairy (Runner) egg. Our eggs have very hard shells and are considerably thicker in consistency. They scramble thicker than chicken eggs and have a marvelous sweetness you just can't get anywhere else. A diet of foraging and insects has really paid off in delicious returns.
