Our chickens moved in with our goat (that's another story), so for the past few weeks we (mostly Doug) have been working on redoing the chicken pen into a duck pen. We (I) thought that it would be fun for David and Evonne to raise some ducklings as pets (it's not easy to find some thing they aren't allergic to). David and Evonne liked the idea, so yesterday we brought home four ducklings (three girls and one mystery). Three of the ducks are Cayuga Ducks. According to Mandy's research, they will eventually have a greenish sheen to their feathers. The females will eventually turn white as they get older (I can relate to that). The other duck is a Khaki who, as it's name implies is a khaki color. The first thing we learned about ducks is that they are too smelly to keep in the house. They will live in the garage until they get their feathers and can live in their newly remodeled duck pad.
David's duck, Miley
Evonne's duck, Lily
Mandy's duck, Daphne
Dad got a duck, too (he did build their home)
The first swim
Drying off after the swim (I hope they learn to do this themselves)
All dry and fluffy again.
I can't wait until they turn green!
