mute swan

I have a mute swan, he was born in april.  i don't really let him out on the lake yet, i have tried him out a few times, he actually seems scared of the ducks and the water.  one time he went out and got so excited..seemed to like swimming around, but then got carried away and we had to get the kayaks out and go save him.  His female died a month or so ago.  What are others experiences with getting them out on the water, and when will he have actual feathers? 

from what I've read he should get his feathers in the next month.  he has some on his tail..and his belly..he looks kind of ragged, but is very sweet.  I do have like a small little pool but it's not big enough to dive in.  i see other swans on other lakes swimming at this age..but they have their parents to kind of help them get out and such.

Yeah..i'm trying to find another one ..a female so when they grow up he won't chase his friend away , I do have ducks as well, runners, a pekin, a cuyoga, and a couple buffs.  They run up to me in the yard and i feed them, but if He sees them coming he heads for the hills like he's scared to death of them!  They're curious and seem to want to see what he's about but he has no interest right now.  Maybe i'll have to get a couple babies again if i can't find another swan..it's hard to find someone that is selling just one but someone told me it's easier when fall comes because people won't ship them in the summer heat.  I can get a kiddie pool...but if it's to teach him to swim, it seems like it'll have to be a couple feet deep.  I have a smaller one, but he basically just stands in it...when we saved him from the lake, and i picked him up, he was so exhausted.  I wish i would have gotten a picture but he just draped his neck over my shoulder and laid his head on me..poor baby.  I was thinking since ducks grow so quickly that maybe if i got a couple babies and they grew up together they could teach him how to manage in and out of the water, and the ducks seem to have a natural knack for knowing about predators.  I let them on the lake after a couple months and they do very well..if the bald eagle flies over they go under the dock . 

Oh..that's a great idea!  what can I use though as the fence?  that bright orange stuff on construction sites?  do they sell that at like home depot?  I can attach it to my dock on one side and maybe put posts in..a little further out than the end of the dock..and patially up onto the land so he can get out.  I'm not sure how to go about this.