TheChookKeeper Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I picked up my 2 lovely little ducks last Saturday, and they have been doing incredibly well. With a little persuasion, just me following behind (they are terrified of people!), they now go into their converted rabbit-hutch at about 8pm, and come running out when they are let out in the morning. I had them penned in with the spare chicken netting I bought from Omlet ages ago for the chooks. Anyway - they were fenced off on 2 sides, and the other 2 sides were the eglu cube run. On Monday, after they had only been with us for 2 days, I noticed they were wandering about in teh garden - this worried me a bit, as the garden hadn't been duckling-proofed, I didn't know what the chooks would make of them if they decided to escape as well, and I didn't know if they could handle the cat yet... By this time, it was near bed-time for them anyway - so thought I would grab them, and put them in their house. This was fine - I had them cornered with chicken netting around 2 escape routes.... they dashed for it... and PLOP - straight through. That is how they have been free-ranging themselves ever since! Needless to say, I have now duckling-proofed the garden, and witnessed that both chickens and cats are terrified of the little darlings, so I am quite happy for them to free-range. The netting is coming down at the weekend! Bless them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Lovely names for your ducklings Steve - i nearly called my girls that! Sounds like they are making themselves at home already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
