Video on the Dejus YouTube channel: Today our ducklings discovered the joy of swimming.
Day: 2020-06-19
Ducklings day 16
Today, the ducklings discovered the joy of swimming.
But first, I liked the color variations of these three cam captures, of the night-vision, early morning, and lighter morning:
Amazing what a difference it makes to the light level just having a vent open.
The traditional morning greeting:
I put the paint tray pool back in the house. Bert took a peek:
They took the bait of treats:
Oooh, it’s wet:
Hey, I like that:
Everybody (almost) in the pool!
Dunking duckling:
An animated GIF of that picture; you can see dunking underwater, and the one at the top of the ramp preening, which helps spread the waterproofing oils:
Afternoon swims:
I’ll continue morning and afternoon supervised swims for the next couple of weeks, until their 5th week, removing the tray before I depart each time. After that, I’ll be able to leave the tray in there full-time. About three weeks after that, at about their 8th week, they’ll be able to go into the pond.
Flock Friday for June 19
It’s Friday, so let’s check on the adult birds, in a weekly series I call Flock Friday.
Let’s start with the chickens enjoying some kale treats, while Bert watches and waits for me outside the run:
Bert then followed me across the lawn:
And down the path:
That was cute; let’s have an animated GIF of that:
Bert watching the ducklings:
Another day, Bert meeting me by the compost bins again:
At the chicken coop:
Bert watching the ducklings again:
And watching me:
A GIF of a couple birds flying over the pond:
And a still pic:
Let’s finish as we started, with more chickens enjoying treats (kale and lettuce grown in our veggie garden):
