So today has been a very exciting and eventful day as I'm sure you gathered from my last post.
Kim was wonderful enough to re-home two of her beautiful cayugas with me today! I have wanted one for SO long but never lived where I could have one until I moved here to my bf's place where it's been his family farm for decades.
I have waited all week, literally counting hours til they got here. Last night my wonderful bf was sweet enough to dig a hole for a pond and get it all set up! I let the 3 little calls in there before the cayugas got here, but they wanted nothing to do with the water, and still don't. It's probably a bit big for them yet because they loved their little plastic box of water when I put them in there to cool off.
They are also overwhelmed by the size of the cayugas. Although even after I opened the door to the chicken run, they still stayed where the big ducks were, they just didn't want to be on the same side of the pond lol. They laid there and watched them the whole time like they knew they were ducks but the size and their voice was just a little bit bigger lol.
When they first got there they were unsure whether to get in or not, probably because of the plastic. It's a temporary set up til I get more money to expand where I want it.
This is also the first day the babies spent in here. This is the 3rd board I tried to get them to use to get into the water. The biggest one tried it, but as soon as one of the cayugas turned around, so did she! lol
So they just spent the rest of the time just laying there watching. They were definitely fascinated. Every once in a while one of them would start to approach the other two, but as soon as the bigger duck would take a step, the 3 would go running!
Didn't take long for them to get comfortable and start to play!
I think I have a couple of camera posers!
I then opened the door to the chicken run. They stood there like they were unsure if they should go in. Shortly thereafter they did and all the chickens started heading toward them.
Didn't take long before they let it be known they were bigger and badder and everyone walked away. Well, except for the mama BR's. I think there's gonna be some competition there!
Not long after they got here, the neighbor came over with some watermelon and corn which of course was a hit! We're lucky because the neighbor grew a huge garden and no one in his family will eat anything out of it, so the chickens and ducks will be getting stuff out of his and our gardens!
I'm sure they're glad for this pond today as hot as it is!
