New duck family nanny

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck with the ducks who have adopted you.

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Hi!
Welcome to our FUNomenal community!
Best Wishes & Be Well!

 

[nao57]

Welcome to BYC! Good for you for helping Mama Duck out! My only concern would be helping a bit more than she's comfortable with could scare her away. Provide some buckets of water and even a baby pool for some fun entertainment! You may get to see them take their first swim!
Thanks for joining our flock!

This sounds fun! I agree!~

I hope he makes sure to make sure they won't get stuck in the pool though.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hi and welcome to BYC! It's nice to meet you! Good luck with your surprise visitors!

 

[tamstertwo]

Hey everyone,

Thanks so much for the well wishes!

Just an update for anyone that's interested...

tomorrow the ducklings should be 2 weeks old! I'm trying not to domesticate them...I guess they are in-between. I don't handle them or get too close, but I sweet-talk them all day long
They now have an outdoor coop, but take "nature walks" into a limited portion of the yard to forage and I made a small artificial stream out of shower curtain liner and small rocks lol.

Thank G-d they are eating well...likes: crumble mash with oatmeal, brown rice, peas, shredded carrot in water; dislikes: strawberries, bananas, shredded apple.

Mama takes 1-2 flights per day and I duck-sit until she returns. Longest jaunt was 1.5hrs during a hot afternoon. But I invested in a cheap duck call and she usually returns within 10min of me using it (maybe just coincidence).

Anyway, I'm taking it day-by-day, I'm getting into a groove with the chores so it helps. What does not help is that I fractured my left foot last Sat, but again thank G-d I'm able to walk on the heel now, but everything takes me 3x as long to do.

Hope everyone is doing well, looking forward to spending more time on here soon!