Topic: Freedom!

[Tonya]

Well- I let the chicken out(still have to name her) and finally managed to get Quatro out(had to pick him up and lift him out. The chicken is doing well- getting used to the roosters and other chickens and all....Quatro is another story! I had to put him back in the chicken tractor.....he attacked my roosters. Not sure if he was actually fighting with them or if he was trying to mate with them.  Either way- I am gonna have to get him his own place to be.  Silly duck!  I have pics and will upload them in a bit.

[Tonya]

Quatro before(like RIGHT before) he got latched onto Thunder...


Quatro before I lifted him out of the chicken tractor


My new hen- she wasn't out of the tractor for more than 2 minutes and Lightening was already trying to "woo" her!

[Tina]

I'm thinking Quatro is a little jealous of Thunder. Great pictures.

[Tonya]

Yeah- I think he wants to make sure Thunder knows he is the alpha male... We are talking about getting him a female muscovy to hang out with and maybe he will leave my roosters alone. He is so big I am afraid he will do some serious damage to them

[barleychown]

In general, my ducks move slower than my chickens. However, I don't have any roosters, and while Louie, my first drake, was sort of the head male, Bogey, my drake now, has no intrest in being the head male, and regularly gets put in his place by the boss hen.

[Tonya]

These two BOTH want to be the dominant one.  I am afraid of the damage that would be done if I left Quatro loose. Since he is the one I can catch- he is the one penned up until I can figure out what to do. I hate it for him, tho- I was sooo looking forward to letting him loose to run and play.

[barleychown]

Maybe once he has someone of his own kind to hang out with he will loose intrest in the chickens. I was just out watching my girls and the ducks are in a completely different part of the yard, like normal.

I hope you can make it work for him! He sure is a neat looking bird.

[Penny]

Too funny!!

[Dianna]

Have you found Quatro a mate yet, Tonya, or has he picked out one of the hens to be his "permanent" girl?

I thought he was sort of odd looking when I "met" him, but really didn't realize I was looking at your new duck, instead of another chicken. I guess I was thinking chicken since he was in the tractor with one when I first saw him....

Have you been able to let him out of the tractor to roam at will yet?

[Tonya]

He is free to roam now. We haven't gotten him a mate yet, but may soon- it all depends on Doug's job situation. He is the alpha male of my little menagerie for sure! Even Thunder(my dominant rooster) gives him a wide berth. Only took one good whoopin' from Quatro to convince all of them that he could do whatever he wants! I have some pics I need to upload soon of him out and about.