Baby Ducks

K2 is home from his first year of law school, and unwinding with a few small building projects. He made a giant brooder box so we could move the newly hatched ducklings out of the basement and into the barn. Mom got out her electric incubator box last month and loaded it with fertilized duck and chicken eggs.

There are 9 new duckies (and 3 new chicks in a smaller brooder box). I need to order some female turkey eggs.

Lizzy the cat is showing a lot of interest in her new room mates...

...but don't worry, K2 has a plan to keep the little guys safe.

K2 has also cleaned and reorganized the barn. You can see the bikes hanging in the back corner with the weed eaters on the wall to the right of bikes. We have since moved the duck brooder out side next to the pond because these little guys are so hardy. We let them swim around the pond for an hour each day. One of the adult female ducks is also sitting on a nest of eggs under a bush at the base of the giant oak tree next to the pond, so we may have more ducklings soon.