Ducklings

It is raining this morning! It's also been a bit chilly here and there. Summer doesn't feel over yet, but autumn feels like it's on its way. I can't wait!

We have three new ducklings. All hopefully females because that is what I ordered. ;)

We had a sad day awhile back when one of our Pekin ducks (Lemonade) passed away. The remaining duck (Grapes) has been very lonely since then and won't stop quacking. Which is not a good thing since we have a home business. Thankfully nobody has complained yet, but some days it does get to me. She's pretty nonstop and very loud. :( She has bonded with our daughter, follows her around and "talks" to her, but when she's not around, Grapes gets her quack on and doesn't stop until someone comes out. We bought her a duck diaper (yes really LOL) so we can bring her inside at times. She doesn't really like it and tries to take it off, but at least it keeps her occupied. ;)

We tried finding her a duck friend locally with no luck. I finally ordered ducklings from the hatchery we got our last chickens from. They are totally adorable! I can't wait for them to get big enough to go outside and make friends with Grapes. I've read that ducks take to new ducks fairly easily compared to chickens. So hopefully she will accept these new girls when they look and sound more like ducks.



The littles are still peeping like chicks and have no feathers yet.





Grapes has been introduced to the littles a couple of times now. She's not sure what to think yet. She bites at them, but not too aggressively. She definitely doesn't think of them like her babies.

Yesterday we took the ducklings out to the duck pen for a little swim time! They didn't seem thrilled, and they just have down, so they didn't swim for long.








We brought them back in to their brooder and toweled them off. They were very soaked! I'm hoping for another sunny, warm day soon so we can take them out again. I also can't wait for them to be big enough that they can start hanging out in the duck pen. They are still small enough they can fit through the fence wire.

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Praying for Texas and Montana. (I wish there was a way to get all the flood water up to Montana.)