I have 2 separate flocks of ducks. a group of 3 consisting of a crested blue swede, khaki campbell/cayuga cross and another of unkown origin. These 3 are almost 3 months old. The other group consist of just 2 full cayuga that are only 3 weeks old. They seemed to not care about the little ones. ignoring them for the most part. Until today.
Yesterday, I lost one of the 3 week old siblings thanks to a nasty roo. The remaining baby seemed to be traumatized by this event and extremely lonely. She immediatly attached herself to my daughter. Today, while daughter was at school, I tried to merge the little into the group of 3. She was alone in the run, looking rather sad. I was almost going to pick her up when Buttercup (duck of unknown origin) came up out of the creek and walked into the run to her (door is kept open). It almost looked like something out of a movie. The older duck started to peep at her more quietly that usual. Peepers (baby duck) got up and walked over to buttercup. They seemed to be in an actual conversation. One would peep and the other would answer. They would touch heads and bills and the little one laid her head on buttercup. The conversation seemed to go on for at least 3-4 minutes before Buttercup turned and walked out of the run. She was immediately followed by peepers. I was so excited, I started clapping and my hubby asked what in the world was I clappign for. For the rest of the day, they had peepers in their group foraging down by the creek showing her how to dig around in the mud. Evening time and they brought peepers up to the run and all laid down in a pile. The end. lol
Yesterday, I lost one of the 3 week old siblings thanks to a nasty roo. The remaining baby seemed to be traumatized by this event and extremely lonely. She immediatly attached herself to my daughter. Today, while daughter was at school, I tried to merge the little into the group of 3. She was alone in the run, looking rather sad. I was almost going to pick her up when Buttercup (duck of unknown origin) came up out of the creek and walked into the run to her (door is kept open). It almost looked like something out of a movie. The older duck started to peep at her more quietly that usual. Peepers (baby duck) got up and walked over to buttercup. They seemed to be in an actual conversation. One would peep and the other would answer. They would touch heads and bills and the little one laid her head on buttercup. The conversation seemed to go on for at least 3-4 minutes before Buttercup turned and walked out of the run. She was immediately followed by peepers. I was so excited, I started clapping and my hubby asked what in the world was I clappign for. For the rest of the day, they had peepers in their group foraging down by the creek showing her how to dig around in the mud. Evening time and they brought peepers up to the run and all laid down in a pile. The end. lol
