First Outside Trip for Ducklings
Nov. 19th, 2014 08:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crazychicknladyI probably should have taken the ducklings outside on Monday, at one week old, but I wasn't organized enough. Instead, today was the day, at one week and two days old.
They really enjoyed the weeds in the yard. They also had a go at a dog bowl full of water. Their first swim. It took a while for the ducklings to figure out what to do with the dog bowl - at first they just drank and ate the weeds we threw into the water.
Blizzard was the first to brave the water on her own. She stepped up on the rock we put next to the bowl, then stepped in; she promptly freaked out and left the bowl as fast as she could. She tried again a couple of minutes later and was fine, since that time she was ready for the big step down.
I like how bottle duckish they look in this first picture.
S and C were outside with me today, H was still asleep.
Soft Spot is in the bowl in this picture.
They really enjoyed the weeds in the yard. They also had a go at a dog bowl full of water. Their first swim. It took a while for the ducklings to figure out what to do with the dog bowl - at first they just drank and ate the weeds we threw into the water.
Blizzard was the first to brave the water on her own. She stepped up on the rock we put next to the bowl, then stepped in; she promptly freaked out and left the bowl as fast as she could. She tried again a couple of minutes later and was fine, since that time she was ready for the big step down.
I like how bottle duckish they look in this first picture.
S and C were outside with me today, H was still asleep.
Soft Spot is in the bowl in this picture.
