Re: Dorkings and ducks

Well as a follow-up it still hasn't rained but we have clouds so at least the possibility has increased.

My new fowls are going great although still not quiet. The hens and rooster have settled in well, roosting in their shed right up at head height on their ladder roost. The ducks have spent nearly all week in the cage I first locked them in, not coming out at all. They are just starting to venture around the yard and coming nearer to me when I feed them so not too quiet yet. Still they are young so hope they will settle down as they get older. We have cut them out a plastic drum for washing in although they do not seem overly worried about swimming, just a little dabble and a dip of the head so they don't seem to be using hardly any water other than drinking.

All in all they are lovely to sit and watch and talk to and I am enjoying them immensely.

Ginny
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