-- Dru the Indian Runner and her three new friends -- We moved in to our current house only a few months ago at the time of this posting. The house came with a pond out back and four female ducks, and I immediately fell in love with them. One was a big Pekin they had named Cinderella, and three white and fawn runners (Drucilla, Gertrude, and Agnes) who were the "ugly stepsisters", though I thought they were every bit as pretty, and with such elegant posture! Sadly, Cindy and two of her three sisters disappeared from the pond one day, leaving poor Dru all by herself. We did some research, got a proper shelter put up for her, and then went on Craigslist to see if anyone had ducks for sale. After finding lots of drakes but no hens, I put up a wanted ad and let it sit.
After two days, I got an email from a couple who wanted to rehome the their three Orpington Buffs, and the next morning Dru ecstatically welcomed her new friends to the pond with lots of quacking and shaking of tail feathers. We had been a little worried they might not get along, but they were all napping together in the shade of the apple tree before the noon had rolled around! We love our girls <3
