My Noisy Splashing Ducks

Well, I love ducks.  Welcome to my Google Blogger Site where you can read all about my noisy splashing ducking diving sometimes dirty but always fun and mostly happy ducks.

They are called:  Noisy, Nipper, Bossy and Tiny.

This is Noisy.  She is the second duck that I raised from
about one week old.  I got her from a rural show last
October 2010.  She has always been very noisy.

Today I spent some time just hanging out with them as I often do.  It was a beautiful sunny day and I had just put some fresh medow hay all around on the ground in their yard.  I laid down for a while on the clean straw in the sun and simply enjoyed being with my babies.  They came up and hung around nibbling my feet and whatever other part of my skin or clothing they could get hold of.  Tiny has a really sharp little beak and she likes to focus on just one part of my skin and see how much pain she can inflict by pinching me until I say "Tiny, that hurts you know, do you mind?"  She doesn't mind at all and just goes and finds another easy target and starts the whole process all over.  But it's ok, it doesn't hurt that much, I just exaggerate to make her think she's hurting me.  She likes to think she has the upper hand!

Bossy has been a bit funny with me lately.  I had to tell her off a couple of weeks ago and pick her up and get her out of an area she got into that she wasn't allowed to be in.  It was actually Noisy who was the instigator of that naughtiness and she got into trouble too and had to be picked up and moved.  Bossy really wasn't happy with me though and she's been staying away from me and giving me looks!   I hope she gets over it soon because I'm actually starting to feel a bit rejected.  Today, while I was laying down with them in the sun she ended up coming over and having a nibble on my feet.  I didn't realize at first that she had come closer and when I finally noticed I was delighted .  She has always been the most friendly and forthcoming of the family and today was shades of that friendly Bossy coming back.  I must take some peas out to her, that's sure to win her over if I persevere.  Apparently ducks don't like being picked up or approached from above, which is what I had to do to get her out of that area she was in.  You can loose their trust for a while and it just takes a bit of time and bribery with their favorite treats to win them over again.  I've been trying to get down low to the ground in front of her to help her to feel  trustful again.

Well that's a bit about my day with my ducks today and a preview of what my blog is about.  I hope to enthuse you to become interested in and maybe even try having ducks for pets.  They are fun creatures that always make you smile and laugh every day.  However they do require particular attention and care because they can be messy.  Personally they are very clean but they need regular help to keep their environment and habitat clean and healthy.  But it is very rewarding organic work!

Here is Noisy again and yes, she is being noisy.
She is also a very clever duck!
She is currently sitting on about 15 of so wonderfully
created eggs and for the last 9 or 10 days she has been
staying on the nest or clutch of eggs for all but an hour or two
of every hour of the day and night.  Apparently it takes up to
28 to 30 days for the eggs to hatch.  That is going to be so
exciting.  Ducklings are wonderfull to have around.  they definately
make you smile and laugh and sometimes cry.  Laughing and
crying is good for us!  Very good!
I believe in duckling therapy for stress and anxiety relief.