Sorry for the delay in responding! I have no idea where the little guy is. Today they all came for seed and I counted 20 so either he's out wandering the world or became someone's dinner.
I tossed the penne just for her today as a treat because she loves pasta, but all the babies left the seeds to investigate the strange looking food and decided they wanted it too. Mama of course let them have some, but I made sure she got enough for herself (I always make extra for them).
Thank you! They brighten my days and I love going out back each morning to see which duck is out there waiting for me. I saw my neighbor outside the other day with all the babies around her while she was feeding them, so we all enjoy taking good care of them.
Oh, he's a handsome boy!10 days later update for anyone who's interested!
Still 20 babies and they're growing so quickly. I believe they're out of potential harm at this point because the grey Heron that usually picks them off as babies stood right at the bank of water while they all swam near it.
The Heron didn't bother with any of them choosing instead to spear little fish out of the water with his sharp beak and swallow them whole.
I tossed seeds for the babies and some leftover cooked penne pasta for Mama and the babies ran to it and began swallowing the penne whole and they liked it lol.
Two babies were fighting and getting rough with each other and Mama swooped in quickly between the two to break it up. She's such a great parent!
Here they are in one shot today...I counted all 20! I'm starting to see some of them developing their own personalities already too. It's so cute.
The Drake in the foreground is the good duck, not the killer one I shoo away.
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Babies are getting so big. It's almost like overnight they suddenly grow!
