2020-07-10 – Yellow Cottage Homestead

A second day out in the run for the ducklings, plus I added a larger pool for them.

Firstly, a few pictures from after yesterday’s post. Here are the ducklings and Bert sitting around in the evening:

Ducklings

And rushing inside as I approached to close up the duck house:

Ducklings

The doors closed for the night:

Empty run

This morning, everybody outside:

Ducklings

I moved the mobile camera to inside the run, attached to the fence, so the view wouldn’t be obscured by the wire:

Camera

Ducklings

This afternoon I added a portable kiddie pool, to increase their swimming capacity, with some bricks inside and out as steps:

Kiddie pool

Bert and Betty having a conversation again:

Ducklings

They haven’t figured out how to get into the new pool yet. Maybe I need to make the steps shallower? I know they can handle those size steps, but I guess it’s a bit intimidating:

Ducklings

The closest I saw any of them to attempting it:

Duckling

For this week’s Flock Friday, a few pictures of Bert, and a bunch of chicken pictures.

Here’s Bert by the edge of the pond:

Bert

Spending time with the ducklings earlier in the week:

Bert

Bert and ducklings

On the ramp, with undercoat fluffs on his bill:

Bert

A few pictures of the new chicken coop. Sometimes I just go in there and marvel that I designed and built it. The fun chandelier, looking rather cobwebby:

Chicken coop chandelier