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A Duk and His Pet
Our khaki campbell duckling, Marvin, and his best friend, Two Bits, the chicken.
The story of Marvin and Two Bit
We had 5 eggs in the incubator that reached full term, but Marvin was the only one who hatched. Rather than let our chickens raise him, we decided to get some more ducklings from a friend to keep him company.
The baby mallards we got were just too old and picked on poor Marvin. They were soon separated. Getting other Khaki Campbell ducklings of the same age was proving difficult, so I brought home the bantam chick, shown above. After some initial nervousness, due to the mallard trauma, they soon became good friends.
Later in the week we managed to track down a local duck breeder. Now our current duck flock has 3 ducklings and one chick. I'm not sure what we'll do with Two Bit once he's older, but we'll cross that road when it comes. (Catch that? Chickens, road crossing? Oh, nevermind)
UPDATE: Marvin is now twice the size of chicken, and um ... Marvin may be a girl. We'll see.
A Duk and His Pet
Our khaki campbell duckling, Marvin, and his best friend, Two Bits, the chicken.
The story of Marvin and Two Bit
We had 5 eggs in the incubator that reached full term, but Marvin was the only one who hatched. Rather than let our chickens raise him, we decided to get some more ducklings from a friend to keep him company.
The baby mallards we got were just too old and picked on poor Marvin. They were soon separated. Getting other Khaki Campbell ducklings of the same age was proving difficult, so I brought home the bantam chick, shown above. After some initial nervousness, due to the mallard trauma, they soon became good friends.
Later in the week we managed to track down a local duck breeder. Now our current duck flock has 3 ducklings and one chick. I'm not sure what we'll do with Two Bit once he's older, but we'll cross that road when it comes. (Catch that? Chickens, road crossing? Oh, nevermind)
UPDATE: Marvin is now twice the size of chicken, and um ... Marvin may be a girl. We'll see.