Today I replaced the waterer with the full-sized one, and hand-fed lettuce treats to the ducklings.

The usual morning mess, with the old waterer:

The full-sized waterer. It is heated, to prevent the water from freezing, though that isn’t plugged in currently; I won’t bother connecting that until wintertime. It also has a larger capacity, and deeper cups from which to drink, which is needed now that their bills are growing:

Hand-feeding lettuce treats; they were hesitant, but several were brave enough to approach and grab them:

A funky head shake:

Dunking; you can also see one drinking from the new waterer:

Afternoon peek through a nesting box:

Afternoon swim, with Bert’s supervision:

 

Bert drinking water draining out of the duck house: