This week was an exciting milestone: the ducks started laying eggs.

Firstly, a random picture of the chicken and duck feed:

Some ducks relaxing on the floating pond island:

And near the edge of the pond:

Several ducks coming to under the pond deck to get their mealworm treats, while a couple hang out on the island:

Bert and Rémy on the island:

A couple of latecomers zooming over from the far side of the pond:

Ducks on the back lawn:

They continued over the lawn to the old chicken coop, so I got some pictures with both chickens and ducks:

Heading back over the lawn to the pond:

A cam shot with Bert spreading his wings on the island, and my first glimpse of eggs; more on that later:

A bunch of pictures of the chickens:

The ducks on the pond:

Four eggs on the island:

I was hoping they would lay eggs on the island, as a safer place from predators like raccoons.

These probably aren’t fertilized, but now that at least one of the them is laying, we may get baby ducklings before long:

A bit of snow on the island:

The chickens are continuing to ramp up production, increasing the number of eggs laid each day: