Look who turned 1 this week!
Tulio and Miguel’s birthdays were this past week. They both turned one. To celebrate we had a birthday party! The guys received yum yum’s and new halters. They went for a ride to a local park to go hiking.
Presents!
The llamas received new halters. Their original ones are getting too small. Tulio’s was on the last notch and even that seemed too tight. We ordered two medium – large, we thought they were fixed ring, halters online. When they came in it was obvious that these are just too large and we are unsure about the slip ring.
Now we found another site online with llama halters. This time we chose to order medium halters that state fixed ring in the description. We also decided on the color red over the original black halters. The halters fit great. Tulio and Miguel are very pleased with their new halters.
New grazing grounds
With the weather turning colder with hot days here and there. The grass is not growing as tall. We moved the guys to the front fenced in pond to allow them to have new grazing grounds and eat all the pond weeds. To my surprise the ducks did not mind Tulio and Miguel up there. I know the llamas enjoy it.
Field Trip!
We recently purchased a used two horse trailer so we may travel with our llamas. The trailer needs some work but it works for our use. We took the boys to a local park. There we hiked with them on the bridle trails. That was an adventure. The look on Tulio and Miguel’s faces when they seen the large horse walk by. They where stunned, Miguel more so than Tulio.
After a successful long hike they where ready to go home. They are difficult to load in the trailer but after that hike I think they went in easier. With their excitement Tulio and Miguel stayed standing instead of laying down as normal llamas do when traveling.
Stay up to date on Tulio and Miguel and their travels here.
It does seem odd that the two part wild ducks are the largest. But they are Beautiful. The ducklings do have a very nice set of feathers. The personalities are showing. All 5 of them stay in a group and the mommy ducks keep with them.
Later that night I opened the coops to allow them to forage for about two hours. The new hens did not want to adventure far from the roosts. They stayed close in the barn/coop.
It has been two weeks since the last update. I thought they were big then. Now they are almost the size of their mother. They are eating a lot more and becoming more adventurous. Sometimes the ducklings will wonder around the pen away from their mothers. As well as let me clean the pen without being threaten by their mothers.
One the birds need to stay in fresh clean bedding and two so I may have good 
A few of the kiddos could dive under the water and pop up at random locations. This scared the mothers as the ducklings would dive under them and chase the mothers out of the pool. I guess that is one way to get more room to swim.
Tail feathers are starting to come in. Next it will be the wing feathers. Soon they we will get to see the final color combinations. I still wonder about that black/yellow one. It must be mixed with a wild mallard.
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