I don't know what i will do with the Incubator Gang if their actions from this evening have a negative impact on Ducky! - They were on the patio and all 12 were pecking at my legs while i was preparing the supper-bowls for them and the grown-ups. The door to the kitchen was pried open just enough so that ducky could see me and wouldn't start peeping for me.
Not sure if ducky jumped out or if one of the dirty dozen grabbed it and dragged it out, but all of the sudden they were all chasing the little one, biting it really hard and shaking it in their bills. I grabbed ducky as fast as i could, but even in my hand they were attacking. Kicked (literally!) them all into their bed and closed the yoga-mattress behind them.
Scary stuff!
So far ducky seems to be okay, it is eating and drinking and chirping happily on the duckling buffet, but only meal-worm soup and white rice:
I am anxiously listening to its breathing, hoping not to hear that clicking sound indicating an injury to the respiratory system…
No clue what went into them as during this afternoon i took ducky up into the jungle, aka berry-garden, to rip out the grass around the berry-shrubs. They all managed to hop the wabbit-fence and dug tunnels through the grass to hunt for insects. Later they stood in the middle of the tomato/squash patch, too scared to eat another tomato or everything would come back out… Finally they all waddled back down to the house, either ignoring or even peeping friendly to the little one.
