22-07-2019, 11:50 AM
So this weekend saw all my little Call Ducks go off to their new homes. I have to say, I had the most amazingly nice people apply for them - I advertised them when they first hatched and asked applicants to reserve what they would prefer. All but one of these applicants waited the full 7 weeks before they were ready (and had been sexed) and I think they all got the sexes they wanted. I was really lucky in that I had many more females than drakes so was able to sell mostly trios. One lovely family of 6 came for their pair but ended up having a second pair as well (which did knock the last person off the waiting list). Nice to have my garden almost back to normal with my original gang of 5 plus an extra Drake that I kept to replace the one snatched by the miserable fox a few weeks ago. Almost all of this years Shetland Poultry have gone too, except for several cockerels that I am hanging on to for a while longer in case I get anyone contact me for one. I'm also keeping a new cockerel and am blowed if I can decide which one yet, so these lucky boys get a bit longer before they have to be dealt with.
I never make the same mistake twice. I do it at least five or six times, just to make sure !