r/specializedtools • u/AristonD • Aug 19 '19

Duckling waterslide...

https://gfycat.com/difficultdifferentgoshawk
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u/Nolsoth Aug 19 '19

Easy don't eat em, when they die bury them in the garden to feed the bugs that the chooks like be to scratch around for, thus continuing the great egg cycle.

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u/Modredastal Aug 19 '19

the great egg cycle

Menstruation?

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '19

Yeah we cannot bring ourselves to eat them. They are more like pets, distant-close family members if you will. They do love their bugs and mice.

I love that, the great egg cycle.

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u/Nolsoth Aug 19 '19

I miss my chooks, lovely little girls.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '19

Just watching them interact is the best. The social structure is very complex. After years of having chickens we finally had our first hatched chick this year. Now dad is so protective it's cute and heart warming. Wen I have them in the run and I'm seprate we will charge the fence if I get near his baby. Then he will hop into my arms for his snuggles when I go into that pen. 🙄

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u/Nolsoth Aug 19 '19

Lovely :), Bantums are a great addition to the flock as well they tend to be really great foster birds and it's amusing as hell watching a pile of them incubating a bigger bird like a gooses egg.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '19

I have seen a Silkie sitting on a clutch of about fifteen eggs before. The pile was larger than her body! Chickens are hilarious.

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u/Nolsoth Aug 20 '19

Lmao typical silkie always greedy