Seems like you should trim back just a little bit of that roof on their fencing and just have it be chicken wire on top as well so they can experience the rainfall from the safety of their enclosure.
Domestic ducks can't really fly. My back yard is pretty steep at the back end of it (we have acreage) and they'll taking a running leap to get down the hill, but they can really only kind flutter down there rather than actually fly.
Yeah ducks are incredibly smart, you can train them and they live for like 25 years. I live in Canada so you need a certain license unless your a farmer or something lol i wanted to get one. Apparently they poop everywhere though so a pen like this is necessary.
I've had to take care of ducks for someone else before. I fucking hate ducks now, and I'm usually an animal lover. They kept shitting in their food and water, not very nice, very noisy and overall just very messy. I found 0 positive things to say about ducks apart from looking kind of cool and tasting very nice
you gotta muck out the poop all the time to prevent them from getting sick, and biologically they can’t be trained to only go outside. they are adorable but as pets they are exhausting. source: my cousins have ducks
I want to get quail. I plan on having a bottomless hutch for them. I'm going to load up on mushroom compost to add the bottom for them to poo on. I'll likely move the hutch each month and till the fertilizer into my bermuda. I'm still doing research though. Fowl are shit factories that you really have to plan for.
Quail aren't too bad, especially if you give them a nice big sand bath! Keeps everything dry and easy to clean. Of all the poultry probably one of the less smelly 😁
thisistheusernamethatneverendss
No hawks!
Hadespuppy
Runner ducks!
keillrandor
Peas and thank you.
huffnpuff72
So when they say 'it's a nice day for ducks' when raining, they mean it. Myth: confirmed.
nocheese
I'd never eaten duck meat and don't plan on it.
scatterscott
I was told.there would be nudity here
GorillaFLicks
More ducks, please
katzohki
Probably a ton of bugs and worms out
Onebigcanuck
Ducks out for Harambe!! I can't believe no one has posted this yet.
HumanCats
Good weather for them.
silentjay01
Seems like you should trim back just a little bit of that roof on their fencing and just have it be chicken wire on top as well so they can experience the rainfall from the safety of their enclosure.
Greymalum
Awww, yaaaaassss. Motherfucking peas.
vatroslast
I gave my ducks peas and they told me to feck off! Seed only!!!
BadPunsAplenty
They seem pretty ducking happy about it.
LariCheltsy
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FTUG
Duck yeah!
SmashedYourGlasses
All the ducks are swimming in the water. Fa lala la la laa.
NoParticularPlaceToGo
Il fait un temps de canard.
Comboverman
water off a duck's back. i wish
monkeyfly
"water? I love water. And it's falling from the sky? This is amazing."
Poopoopeepeevagina
Read it as dookies and got concerned
Jimmyb3121
Is there a purpose to keeping ducks beyond as pets? I was under the impression they are not the most efficient egg producing animal.
VerySmallDuck
Some breeds can be good layers. They are good for slug and snail control, and they are just fun little guys to have around.
imilkgoats
Ducks can lay just as many eggs as chickens.
DimwitF
That water is running off them like...something that really doesn't hold onto water well.
VerySmallDuck
The desert?
psmith00
rain and peas. what more could they want? maybe a pond?
cousteau
They do have one. They just weren't feeling like it atm
psmith00
good show. of course, they wouldn't need the pond while all that water was just falling from the sky. they look very happy and that's what counts.
Fawin
I've heard giving ducks peas is great and bread should be avoided. Any peas alright or frozen peas?
OnFridaysWeWearBeskar
Bread, yes. You shouldn't give that to them. Frozen peas? That's fuckin mana from heaven for ducks and healthy for them.
sometimesarobot
Frozen peas are good, too
xizar
(fun fact, rats love pea-fishing. Toss frozen peas in a large, stable bowl of water and they'll go diving for them.)
VerySmallDuck
Either is fine!
skwint
Porridge oats are better than bread too, and they go pretty nuts for actual bird seed
WoodORama
Peas porridge hot? Or peas porridge cold?
IxnayOnTheOttenRay
Well, peas are pretty delicious
morningxafter
One feels like a duck splashing around in all this wet! And when one feels like a duck, one is happy!
Deadflower394857
10/10
netutoring
What kinda ducks are these? That head shape is different (at least to me).
VerySmallDuck
Runner ducks. :)
netutoring
Thank you:) They're very cute!
PoorSucker
Love and peas.
VerySmallDuck
Peas on earth.
PoorSucker
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are these pets? why don't they just fly away?
LateNightBunnyParty
Domestic ducks can't really fly. My back yard is pretty steep at the back end of it (we have acreage) and they'll taking a running leap to get down the hill, but they can really only kind flutter down there rather than actually fly.
AnyRandomBob
They can't fly. They're happy healthy ducks though. Source: Have raised ducks and chickens for years (for eggs only)
vrockurmouth
Most domesticated ducks are to heavy to fly
vrockurmouth
And those ducks are runner ducks they have lil Itty bitty wings
Selekta
So that’s the breed, like tall hamsters. Do they have positive traits, like tasting good or eggs under 5 bucks?
vrockurmouth
I'm not sure tbh. And eggs under 5 dollars???? Don't be absurd lol
joot
They eat bugs.
JennaLand
Their eggs generally cost more since they're more expensive to keep than chickens since they need water to swim in
verukt89
Yeah ducks are incredibly smart, you can train them and they live for like 25 years. I live in Canada so you need a certain license unless your a farmer or something lol i wanted to get one. Apparently they poop everywhere though so a pen like this is necessary.
Salpinus
I've had to take care of ducks for someone else before. I fucking hate ducks now, and I'm usually an animal lover. They kept shitting in their food and water, not very nice, very noisy and overall just very messy. I found 0 positive things to say about ducks apart from looking kind of cool and tasting very nice
verukt89
Lol they certainly are delicious
notbillybobbit
you gotta muck out the poop all the time to prevent them from getting sick, and biologically they can’t be trained to only go outside. they are adorable but as pets they are exhausting.
source: my cousins have ducks
4etherling
I want to get quail. I plan on having a bottomless hutch for them. I'm going to load up on mushroom compost to add the bottom for them to poo on. I'll likely move the hutch each month and till the fertilizer into my bermuda. I'm still doing research though. Fowl are shit factories that you really have to plan for.
wellthissucksba115
Quail aren't too bad, especially if you give them a nice big sand bath! Keeps everything dry and easy to clean. Of all the poultry probably one of the less smelly 😁
monkeybasketball
You have to do a series on the process, sounds very interesting!! Would love to see how it all comes together. Good luck!
Titilve74
Because these are "runners" specific breed of ducks usually used to take care of insects off all kinds... 😉
anirri
Was about to comment this lol. They can't fly but man can they run.
servingmytimeinusersub
I've read they don't nest, just drop their eggs wherever and you have to go hunt them down.
vatroslast
Not in my experience. They nest just fine and lay many an egg. Eggs are delicious too. They do shit everywhere, tho :/
servingmytimeinusersub
Duck eggs are so good.
imgonnaralph
ScourgeOfAges
AnAverageBoxEnthusiast
irrelevantcriticism
To make this worse, my mom used to call peas "Grandpa Pills"
AnAverageBoxEnthusiast
why???
LariCheltsy
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