Some things of note about his care:
- He has dwarfism and cannot grow out his wings or tail properly. He has been checked and tested for everything and is a healthy little guy
- He is prone to falls and therefore sleeps in a travel cage, but he spends most of his time in the crook of my neck
- That seed stick treat has been there for 6 months at this point and serves as his punching bag 💀
I accidently didn’t close my sunroom/ green house area properly while the girls are free ranging. You have to twist the knob three times if you don’t twist it all the way the door will come loose. But look what I found on top of the dragonfruit plant. she has nesting boxes. Heck even the cardboard box that she insists that hers. So many options, but she picks this. Second photo shows the culprit. 😂
I said he was trying to attract a female but I know nothing about birds
Got 24 Bobwhite eggs, 4 were cracked, 20 looking good and 5 were out this morning. Breeder said he had a low hatch rate…luck? fluke? incubator differences? I also have three duck eggs in there for reference but don’t expect them to hatch yet. How soon do yall move to the brooder?
This is a rescue bird and we still don’t know the gender but does anyone know if this is some type of mating dance or if it’s just playing around? any information would be appreciated. It flares out its tail feathers and moves its head around like that slowly for around a minute.
Had an egg added to the nest way after broody started sitting, so I had to finish it in the incubator. Since it’s alone, my son has kept it company with his toys and built it a Lego castle.
This cute ducko sporting a soccer jersey and boots was spotted in the streets of Mexico after the game ⚽️
Texas Westoplex, rural. I don’t have any bees, my next door neighbor tried it once before we moved here and they all fly away. Used to be a house a couple blocks away with hives in their yard (idk if they were functional), but they’ve been gone a year or two. So as far as I know, no one nearby has bees. This year only, starting in the spring, my horse trough has been loaded with bees! For context, this is one of those big, black Rubbermaid troughs in the shade but under the eaves that collects rainwater and I dump it and fill it regularly when it gets too much algae. A lone gold feeder fish about three inches long lives in it (Nemo is a survivor so I collect him and put him back when I change the water). I also have pools, splash pads, birdbaths etc because I have ducks that free range, but these bees are obsessed with this one trough only. Most of the time if they fall in they climb back out again, I don’t think Nemo eats them either dead or alive. I’ve looked all over and under the trough itself and nearby and don’t see a hive. Are they just drinking to cool down their hive? I don’t want to kill them but it is unsettling when I’m working out there or my kids are helping and I had to hospitalize a duck with face swelling from likely getting stung. I thought they’d go away after awhile…but they aren’t. I could be bribed with some free honey, but I don’t know who to ask. I appreciate any input, but don’t bother to comment if it’s just ‘leave them alone’.
No wrong answers, just fun.