Duck Couture

Australia just held their annual duck fashion show.  bahahahaha! (click link for video)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/duck-fashion-show_n_1453142.html

Going Green!

I was so excited today... I finally saw a green shimmer to his darker head plumage near his beak. Ive been obsessed over him changing to resemble a mallard.... And im obsessed with emerald green. Lol. But you watch... I'll probably end up missing the eclipse look after he molts. :D His full grown growth comparison pic will be coming soon and after that, i will post a pic of his changed plumage. Donegan is still as amazing as ever... But the boy sure doesnt like to be picked up! But who can blame him.... I dont, either. ;)

Couple pics (3 months old)

Drake Feather

Donegan sprouted his drake feather a week ago :)
(3 months old right now)

I'm Officially Head-Over-Heels In Love!

How To Make Your Duck Happy

Wear a braid!

Donegan Wants More Pasghetti!

"What IS that?!"

Couple Videos of Donegan :)

:O

WOAH. Cooked white rice is a HUGE hit with Donegan!

Donegan Got a New Play House!

Just in time for warmer weather :) (from Tractor Supply)

Autism Awareness Ducks

I finally got the Autism Awareness tattoo I designed done!  Yay!  (click pic to enlarge)

Duck Cursor

This is the cursor on my computer! They have a lot more duck cursors to choose from... and a lot of them are animated. You can get one by downloading Cursor Mania.

Disneyland Souvenirs

I have a non official "mama duck" collection going here... and I ran across these at the Lego store in Downtown Disney. hehe





My son also got a Donald Duck whistle...




Disneyland was CRAWLING with ducks. I've never seen so many! And they ALLLLL wanted to come home with me. ;D


My son calls all the mallard drakes "Frank"... every one of them.

Splash!

Donegan's first bath after the Disneyland vacation... and boy was he relieved!
(click pics to enlarge)

Week 7 Update

I'm running a week behind. We went to Disneyland for four days. Donegan was a great hotel guest! But he's happy to be home. I have a lot of catching up to do after the vacation and my family battling the stomach flu (yuck!), so I'll just leave you with a few 7 week old pics. As you can see, he still has baby fuzz on his head, but he's getting the pretty blue/green feathers in on his wings!

Click pics to enlarge

Donegan's Weekly Growth Comparison Photo: Seven Weeks Old

Click HERE for more growth comparison pics.

First Timer

My first sculpture... work in progress.

I'll never look at Donegan the same... lol

Couple things...

Donegan is nearing 7 weeks old.
I couldn't keep up with his feed consumption, so I bough this "Bistro" Feeder from Tractor Supply.

Made my life easier!  I also finally found a good pellet feed!  So I mixed half pellets and half crumbles to give to him yesterday.  When he finishes his feeder's worth, it's all pellets from there on out.

Additionally, I introduced grit (without oyster shell) now that he has a more solid food to digest.  You can find this at most any feed store and a small bag will last you forever.

He is tall now, so I also placed a new water container in his cage.  It allows him to dunk his head in and clean his eyes and nose... very important!  He loves to place the pellets in the water and search for them.  I have these jars available to customize with your duck portraits on my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/#!/KatiesPaintedGlassware

So far I haven't found anything better to use for indoor ducks.  With the heavy weight, I have yet to see any spills.  Here are a couple I custom painted for Skeeter The Duck:

He's officially grown out of the diaper harness I made (previous posts), so I'll be back at the sewing machine today.  He is a really big boy!  Still has growing to do and he's already bigger than Cheyenne was full grown.