Little Brown, one of our ducks now knows there is no place like home. Little Brown had a full set of flight feathers. She had never offered to fly off property. Well last Sunday, during a snow storm, she took an unauthorized flight. When we went out to feed them, she was no where to be found. We thought she would turn up the next day. But days passed and we gave her up as missing. This made us very sad since she is our best setter for eggs, hatching 90% or better.
Well Friday morning, as Michelle started down the driveway to leave for school, there was Little Brown. Sitting at the bottom of the driveway. Michelle quickly backed up and escorted her into the coop area. We were so surprised to see her as she had to endured sub zero temps while she was gone. When I go home that afternoon she was in the doorway of coop 1. Slowly I made my way there hoping to close the door and trap her there till dark, so we could trim her wings. She would have none of that, she opened her wings and tried to take off. I managed to catch her, now I needed to trim her wings. This is a job usually done by two people, I got her trimmed and back into the coop area. She is now a "BD", (Bummed Duck) since her flying days are over.
Well Friday morning, as Michelle started down the driveway to leave for school, there was Little Brown. Sitting at the bottom of the driveway. Michelle quickly backed up and escorted her into the coop area. We were so surprised to see her as she had to endured sub zero temps while she was gone. When I go home that afternoon she was in the doorway of coop 1. Slowly I made my way there hoping to close the door and trap her there till dark, so we could trim her wings. She would have none of that, she opened her wings and tried to take off. I managed to catch her, now I needed to trim her wings. This is a job usually done by two people, I got her trimmed and back into the coop area. She is now a "BD", (Bummed Duck) since her flying days are over.
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