Last week I got a text message from our local vet clinic. Could I take an orphan duck? Seems a person hatched several ducks and raised them to 8 months of age. But then mice were seen in the barn where the hog feed was stored. Poison was put down and all the ducks died except one. She was lonely and constantly looking for her flock. I have the only duck farm around our small town.
So I got my pet carrier and met the owner and one angry female mix breed duck.
She was put in a cage in the coop for observation. After quarantine she was released in the coop at night with the flock. She chose to run with the younger Indian Runners and male Welsh Harlequin. She is not all that friendly but she stays with her flock and returns to the coop at night. She has 2 ponds to swim in and all the duck companionship in the world. She will grow old here protected by two German shepherds.
Frosty watching the ducks and the bubbles.
Ducks headed out to the big pond before sunset.
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