My Little Flock

[TheOtter]

They're all a bit people-shy, but they're getting better about it. They no longer race upstream every time someone's out in the yard anyway.

Poor little Rose has a nasty limp when she's on land, but it doesn't seem to bother her swimming. If I can ever get a hold of her, I'll take her to the vet and see if it's fixable. I suspect she had a broken foot/leg at one point that healed wrong.

 

[lightchick]

Awwwww! So cute!

 

[TheOtter]

Awwwww! So cute!

That they are. They can be pretty loud, though. I never realized just how much volume a duck was capable of until recently. Whenever Rose gets left too far behind in their search for bugs/worms/grubs/whatever she gets pretty vocal. The other two, naturally, have to talk back to her for a bit before they go back to her. A little while later, poor Rose is left behind again, and it starts all over. Fortunately, it only happens on the rare occasions that they're not in the water.

 

[Amiga]

Are they safe from predators especially at night?

 

[TheOtter]

Safe? Well, let's just say they're as safe as they've ever been. I am absolutely certain that these three have never had a ducky house of their own. I have a safe place for them to sleep, but the one time I got them in it they went completely ballistic at finding themselves closed in.

I'm working on gaining enough trust to be able to change that.