re: Duck box day

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I sure hope these invaders are not out competing the natives.

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I end up with both, but the black bellies have never pushed out my woodies, and they tend to nest after the first woody broods anyway.

That's awesome. Our Pond Mallards hatched out 13 fuzz balls a week ago. We made them the Hen Houses like Delta make for the prairie.

Have 11 more in our flight pen that are laying like crazy. Have 48 eggs in incubator and another 30 going in tonight. Then going to let the hens raise their own.

Birth Rite citizenship?
Better call ICE Baw

A guy that owed me a favor built ones from leftover western cedar he had at his house. Smells like an old barn

We now have three different broods following hens up and down the bayou. The duck/squirrel competition was real this morning.

Still waiting on the goose eggs.



And the mallard eggs.

I know he's just doing snake things a snake does but a .22 would fix him up.

I put up a wood duck box in my pond in early march but no takers yet.
I guess it takes time for them to find and use it.

There are some trees overhanging the pond on one side

A biologist told me that a pond is tough on wood ducks because they will use it but the ducklings won’t stand a chance without some hiding spots. Essentially wasting a brood.

Just fyi, don’t know if entirely accurate