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[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Chose pics from a span of 4 years that shows a variety of birds. The lil shits have been hard to get pics of lately because they've been acting spicy. I think the heat this summer is making them cranky.

I have 9 birds now, all grown. 2 Muscovy females named Lady and Mama Duck. Mama Duck will fight anyone and anything she thinks is gonna mess with the flock. I caught her trying to fight a deer the other day when she escaped xontainment. One female Pekin named Judy, who judges the fuck outta me every time I see her. One male Pekin named Salt who is chonky. One female golden layer named Caprisun, who is by far the dumbest bird I've ever met. One male khaki Campbell named Pepper, who is bonded with Salt. One khaki Campbell female named Cayenne, who doesn't have a super distinct personality. One mallard female named Amy, who looks like a male because when female duck ovaries die, they start to look like males. One female Cayuga named Chanel who is like Cayenne with no distinct personality lol.

The real big one in the pics below was Antonio. A gigantic Muscovy male. Best bird I ever had. He was so happy and loved caring for babies and loved hugs and pets. When he had babies to care for, he was known as Big Papa Tony. He sadly passed this past winter.

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[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

The cooked part is very important.

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Wasn't there something about not throwing uncooked rice at weddings... as it was causing bird deaths because the rice would expand in their stomachs and kill them? Might be misremembering that.

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[–] qaz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This reminds me of an old family story. My grandpa used to have an uncle who had flamingo's. Imagine walking through a Dutch village somewhere in the 60's and seeing a bunch of flamingo's standing in some muddy ditch. I have have no clue how he they ended up there, but it apparently wasn't the first time he ended up with some tropical animal. My grandpa had to take care of them for a while, but didn't really know what to feed them. He also had some parrots and would buy food for them from the miller. Considering these were also birds, just larger, he went to the miller and asked for food for flamingo's. The miller did not know what flamingo's were. He therefore explained that they were large pink birds. The miller was not convinced, thinking he was pulling his leg and sent him away with a few bags of chicken feed.

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[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Around these parts we call that getting sternwheeled, after my wife's stunning realization that they are so named because of the wheel at their stern.

EDIT: I am not good at word.

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[–] Hoimo@ani.social 10 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Why is bread bad for duck, but cooked rice good? Isn't that basically the same thing? Bread is wheat, water, bit of salt. Cooked rice is rice, water, bit of salt. Or can't ducks handle gluten?

[–] Animated_beans@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've heard that they eat more grains if the rice is uncooked and uncooked rice expands in their stomachs causing pain and other problems. Cooked rice is already expanded so they won't overeat

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[–] M137@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Ducks is bird.

[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Chopped lettuce

Really? LETTUCE? As if we needed more proof that birds aren't real

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