Ducklings day 59: mucking out the duck house

Today I mucked out the duck house.

But first, sleepy ducks:

Approaching for treats:

Eating treats; check out those tongues!

Mucking out the duck house; it had many layers of compacted straw:

I took several loads of dirty straw to the compost on my cart:

The straw added a lot of volume to the compost bin:

Empty duck house:

Fresh straw:

I probably won’t need to muck it out again for a while, now that they aren’t living in there anymore.

I also refilled their food, in the inverted jug at the top of the feeder tube:

Swimming:

The ducks visited the duck house to eat; here Bert and Betty seem to be comparing notes:

Bert with a dirty bill, while others eat:

An animated GIF of ducks eating: