Farming is for the birds

A coyote took out nearly all of our ducks earlier this year. We had one female duck survive and one male. There was a clutch of eggs in the grass that we decided to incubate. Out of 14 eggs, 3 hatched. We raised those little duckies hoping to grow our flock (which is actually called a “raft” when talking about ducks) back. 

It is official. All three of those little duckies are boys (or a “drake” in official lingo.) This is only obvious when they mature and look beautiful (a boy) or plain (a girl)! 

If you know anything about ducks, this isn’t good. All three boys will have to be processed as that many males will kill the female. Male to female percentages are very important with ducks. 

Some days farming is for the birds .... 

Pun intended.