Updates on the Flock

We got our ducks back in December with the hopes of having little ducklings. It only took 6 months for them to get busy and we had about 11 big healthy duck eggs. I candled about 5 to see if they were fertile and luckily all 5 were, so we crossed our fingers and waited. The best part is the sitting duties were shared with the chickens, in fact when mother duck (Vixen) came out of the coop both hens were immediately in the coop on the eggs untill she returned, one of the hens actually never left the eggs and noticeably lost weight during the incubation. 3 week later 7 ducklins emerged each one fuzzy yellow and black and smaller than a tennis ball. A week later only 2 remained as the other 5 dissapeared, either taken away by winged predators or cats. So we scooped up the last 2 and took them inside, they now live in a big tupperware in our office during the day, they get a long soak in the tub every evening then come out to play with Thor untill bed time. Thor will follow them around with great interest sometime it looks like great appetite, but he is generally very gently just inquisitive. He gives a lick every once in a while, and they return the favor with a little peck at his tail to see if its edible. We dont trust Moose with them however as he regularly slaughters small birds and geckoes for fun. A couple more weeks and they can go back outside with the rest of The Flock.