Ducks on pasture

The ducks are now on pasture, living in the same mobile coop used by the meat birds.  I enjoy watching them running around the pasture, catching bugs and eating grass.  They would shy away from us if we approach them, but would quickly go back to explore the pasture once we back off.  They are still lousy eater with feeds dropping off the mouth but it is fun to watch them eat and drink with the long beaks.

We do occasionally hear their loud "quacks" in the house.  One thing I would complain against ducks is they made a mess around mud holes.  We have some low spots on the pasture and after rain water would gather in these areas.  The ducks would drink from these spots and made "pot holes".  I would have to fill the holes with soil again in fall.  Ehhh!!

We also snip the flying feathers from the Pekins and Muscovy once they turned 2 months.

Flock of ducks.

Same flock of ducks.

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