Anyway, like I said, we have Sunny and Tubby, who seem to be happy as can be. Sunny started out yellow and is now a very light brown…sort of a buff color. He’s cute and completely devoid of any personality at all…but he’s faithful. To whom? Why, to Tubby, of course…he does whatever Tubby tells him to do and as I’ve told you before, Tubby has plenty to say. In fact, she’s NEVER at a loss for words.
What? How do I know Sunny is a “he” and Tubby is a “she”…well,
that’s the easy part…I’m a romance writer.
What kind of romance writer would I be if I couldn’t tell the girl from
the boy? Honestly, keep up, people! LOL
The truth is, Sunny and Tubby have become very good friends…and I mean
very good. In fact, it’s not an unusual
occurrence in my neighborhood for me to walk out the back door and find my
neighbor parked in a lawn chair in front of the duck pen. The first time I found her there, it
surprised me.
“What
cha doin’?” I asked her.
Her
reply? Classic! She grinned and pointed at the ducks and
replied, “Watching duck porn.”
HUH?
When
she saw the confusion written all over my face, she grinned and asked, “Did you
know Tubby is a girl duck?”
HUH?
“Yep,
she’s a girl…and Sunny is a boy and he really likes her.”
Well,
who the hell knew? Sunny may not have personality,
but he’s got game! And apparently he’s
got Tubby…and the neighborhood now has entertainment. It can get pretty crazy out there…the duck
porn going on, the dog barking at the ducks, and the neighbor laughing and
pointing. All I need now is the cops
coming around to ticket me for indecent duck exposure!
Then
there’s the eggs. Yep, for those of you
who don’t know it, ducks lay eggs just like chickens. My grandsons were totally surprised to find out
ducks laid eggs and that you could eat them just like chicken eggs, so maybe
you are too. What we have learned is
that the eggs are almost the same as chicken eggs, but not exactly the same…the
shells are thicker and harder to crack and there is a membrane on the inside of
the shell that you almost have to rip to get the egg to come out. My son cooked duck eggs for the first time
tonight and I caught him just as he threw the first two in the trash. He thought the thicker shell and membrane and
thicker texture of the egg itself was an indication the egg was old. Nope…collected within the last 2-3 days, so
it’s fresher than what you’d find in the stores. Proves you’re never too old to learn
something new.
No
one will ever accuse Tubby of being overly maternal. She lays her eggs everywhere in the pen and
just leaves them lay right where they popped out. She might pick the same spot 2 or 3 nights in
a row and then you’ll find them somewhere new the next day. She is now consistently laying 2 eggs a
night. Sometimes the eggs are together,
sometimes one is in the same spot as the night before and the other is in a hole
on the other side of the pen. Sometimes
it looks like she’s been digging a hole, trying to bury them, sometimes the
eggs are just sitting out in the open on the ground like a rock, and sometimes
the eggs are at the bottom of their wading pool. Yep, you read that right…Tubby apparently is skilled
enough at the egg laying thing now to pop those puppies out while she’s
swimming. I’m not sure if that’s a skill
or a handicap but it’s intriguing as hell.
LOL
Well,
that’s the update on the ducks. They’re
doing well…fat, sassy, happy, satisfied, and keeping my family in eggs...not to mention providing some life education for my grandsons. LOL
That’s my story, ducky and daffy, and I’m
stickin’ to it. Hang on tight now ‘cuz
we’re gonna go real, real fast!
Love ya,
Kayce
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