Duck, duck, no goose!

Mom thought I was bad about the chickens as the boys and I have been incubating this spring. I have 13 eggs in the bator as we speak - that was until the ducks came along!

I bought 5 for each of the boys. 5 Indian Runners for Ty and 5 Pudgy Pekins for Chase. The boys just love them and my goodness have they grown.



The lady that does the wildlife rehabilitation asked if I'd take any fowl they got in as it seems most people don't want them. The wood ducks are very hard to rehab and they need other fowl to survive. I told her we would be happy to try. I had no idea what I was getting myself into!

So far we have gotten 22 ducklings in (wood ducks and mallards). To date we've lost 7 (I think). I know that might sound like a lot but I think it is pretty good considering. I'm learning the wood ducks stress very easily. The first batch we got had 9 and we lost 2 right away. Earlier this week one had got trapped behind the log in their pen and by the time we found him it was too late. Wednesday we got 4 more wood ducks but I noticed they were aweful quiet on the way home (not typically for wood ducks). Unfortunatley none of them survived.

Tonight I'm getting 9 more! Not sure if they are wood ducks or mallards yet. The wood ducks sure are pretty but the mallards are so much easier to care for. I'll see if I can get some pictures of the "flock" and post later.