My Muscovy Ducks Tale

Happy Birthday Peepers

I accidently deleted a post showing Porsche on the nest. No matter - I have pictures....See below the post here for a pictorial of the last few days.

Things have been kinda crazy around here. MORE DUCKS! Well, not as many as I hoped. Here is the readers digest version for the last 3 days.

Horrible rain storms here-cold, cold, cold, particularly for a little soul that weighs an ounce!
Start hearing peeping Saturday - hatching has begun
Put a plastic bag over the chimenea to try and keep the rain and cold out
Left the duck alone, but kept checking on her from the back door - she is shivering. What?
Monday 4/30 - I came out and she is out of the nest and there are three peepers in the fireplace staring up at me!
Leave her alone - she goes back in and sits
Later that day, she leaves the nest with three peepers following. I look in the chimenea and there are three hatched babies that look like she may have walked on them - they are not alive. *sniff*
Porsche is in and out of the nest for most of the morning. After 1pm she abandons the nest, and she and the three babies sit under a bush with her wings over them - it's cold and very windy.
Around 3pm, I donned gloves and removed the three dead babies and buried them. I have to get the eggs out so I don't have a raccoon invasion. Will wait until I'm positive she isn't going back in (the eggs are cold - they aren't going to be with us)
Porsche takes the babies for a swim in the pool.
6pm - take the eggs and all of the "debris" away. Put the eggs in a plastic bag in the garage. Too stormy to bury them.
5/1 - she is just sitting in the yard, preening & walking around. Been in the yard all night it appears.
2:30pm - it's much nicer this afternoon - photos of them being out and getting a lesson follow
3pm - I bury the eggs :(

If I can stand to post my videos with my awful screechy voice, I may add that later. O_o

Here she is before they started to hatch...

The Snapping Turtle I found deceased on Saturday. No longer a predator. Sad though, he's been around since we moved here.

The Hatching Begins.....

See the little wing?

Trying to keep the rain out....so chilly!

Out & About!

Duck School :)

Brrrrrrr.......

May 1, 2012 Getting a lesson...Can you see the baby on Mom's Back below?

CLASSIC! I have never seen this! Talk about baby on board! LOL!

That's all for now! Quack!

Certified Wildlife Habitat! My Yard!!!

How freakin COOL is this??? Sooo proud!

Blue Jay

When I got to the gym this morning, this little guy was in the shrub in front of my usual parking space. Of course when I pulled in, further into the shrub he went. I don't know if you can see him...I tried to outline him.

December 1st Revisited~

I didn't have the heart to update the post about Porsche being "on the nest". Raccoons! Ugh! No new babies here. :(

In other news; December 1st. I am reminded of my first December post:

http://mymuscovyduckstale.blogspot.com/2009/12/d-day-operation-december-duck.html

Oh how I wanted to ducks to fly and be free, and get my lawn back. I have regretted it ever since. Live and learn.

December 1st will always be a little sad for me. Oh well, I will go out and feed Porsche and Ellen (and the boys), maybe that will boost my spirits! After all, Merry Merry! :)

Porsche's On The Nest!!!

Well, bad foot or not, Porsche has been playing with boys and she's out back sitting on eggs! When I went to take this shot, she got very angry and started after me! Peeping and flapping her wings!

Mama Elsa lives on!!! Funnily enough, she built her nest in the exact same spot where Elsa did....

It's a really safe spot, having the pool wall on one side. Too bad its not the side that faces east - better hurrican coverage. Irene hits today! Eeek! O_o

Porsche's Home!

Good news! She's out of the hospital!

It was so busy at the Wildlife Center, I didn't think to take a picture when they first handed her to me.

I drove home with the A/C off, and was a wet dripping mess by the time we got here. I swear that duck pooped the entire trip in the car. How many ducks get to go for a ride in the car?? Scared shitless comes to mind! :)

I took her out back and her sister was sitting under the patio table. When I opened the cage to let her out, Ellen attacked her! It was AWFUL! I picked Ellen up and tossed her over the fence. Porsche hobbled into the yard and flew away. She was out of sight for about 3 hours.

She's still waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down the canal, but I did finally get some pictures of her. She's free.

She's in God's hands now. The Humans have done all they can.

Good News!

I just got a call from the Wildlife Center and Porsche is able to come home tomorrow. YAY!

There was a smidge of bad news - she is going to have a permanent limp. :(

I will get some pics of her tomorrow from the habitat and coming home.

Overall, good news!

Funny!!!!!

Does anything else need to be said here? :)

Porsche The Duck

Last Saturday we came home from dinner and one of our girls was out back and had a very badly hurt left foot. I tried to make her a nest and put her in there - No go. She sat out back for 3 days. She didn't get any better.

I called the Wildlife Care Center and they sent the ambulance and picked her up. She's been there a week today. She has a multiple fractured foot. She is on pain meds and antibiotics. Foot in a cast, resting on snuggly towels in her cage out in the pond hospital.

Believe it or not, I don't have a picture of her....one I can find anyway. I'll go and see her next week, so I'll get one then.

The good news is she is on the mend. I am sure she's isn't too happy being in captivity, but she is getting the care she needs. Once she is healed, I will go and get her and bring her back here. More then!

UPDATE: 7/22: Porsche is still in the hospital but the cast is off the foot. There is still quite a bit of heat in the foot, so she is still on pain meds and antibiotics. She's safe and on the mend. That's the main thing. More soon!