Happy US Independence Day! I spent the day doing homestead projects (more on that another day), so am posting this via my iPad Pro from our deck after a tasty grilled meal.

Nothing particularly exciting today; ducklings with treats:

Bert peeking:

Some closeups of the ducklings today, and rearranging things a bit.

As mentioned yesterday, I left the paint tray pool in the house overnight for the first time:

Though they don’t seem to like that position, as few used it there.

Good morning ducklings:

Treat time:

Some close-ups:

Bert came over to check on the ducklings:

On afternoon rounds, I quickly swapped the position of the waterer and pool:

They definitely seem to prefer this location:

Tomorrow I’ll muck out the house again so I can position things better — the ramp is sitting on top of the straw at present, so is a bit unstable.

The ducklings are about four weeks old now, so I’m going to start leaving the paint tray pool in the duck house full-time from today on.

Each day when I go to the duck house on my morning rounds, I swing through the veggie garden to get a handful of lettuce or kale treats for the chickens and ducklings, and a handful of fresh straw from the chicken coop to top up the duck house. I often put them on the duck house roof to have them handy (and so Bert doesn’t help himself):

Good morning ducklings:

As mentioned, I’m going to leave the paint tray pool in the duck house now, so I thought I’d try tucking it in one of the nesting boxes, to give them more floor space. We’ll see if this works:

Treats for everyone:

Head room could be a concern as they grow:

Um, you seem to have something on your face and chest there Betty:

Another day of ducklings.

It was cold overnight, so they huddled under the EcoGlow:

The morning treats:

And wading time:

I mentioned in my previous post that I closed up the duck house after dark. Here’s me with a head-mounted light removing the swimming tray:

Treat time:

Eating from the feeder tube: