One Week

So, if anyone is actually reading this then they will have seen the pictures I put up a couple of days ago.  I wanted to have some to share - now I am going to go back and give everyone an update on how our first week went.

This is Ginger, she has settled down with the other girls now and isn't as much of an outcast.  Poor thing was nearly drowned by one of the duckies this morning (heard an awful squawk and came in to find her soaking wet and limping), so we moved the ducks into their own temporary enclosure.

 

This is Basil.  She has the most distinctive feathering coming in - it almost looks like she is wearing leopard print shoulder pads right now.  She is currently the calmest of the girls and the easiest to handle.

This is Paprika.  I think she has the most tail feathers of the group, but personality-wise she doesn't have anything that particularly stands out.

And Curry, who is just a little pistol.  She is constantly looking for ways to escape, is nearly impossible to catch, and I think she can already fly.  She makes changing the pen very interesting to say the least.  This past week she has gotten out of the box 3 times and been found wandering around the spare bedroom.

Daffy - the ducklings have gotten HUGE.  Daffy is the shyer of the two - will run away when you get close.  Constantly pecks at my hand and bites at my wedding ring when I am trying to do things in the pen.

Aflac has grown even more than Daffy I think.  Definitely the noisiest one of the bunch.  He is not at all happy about being separated from the chicks.  He is the friendliest out of all the birds, being the first to come up for belly rubs (which I've read is a Pekin thing?).

It's looking like this will be the last week in the house.  The weather is finally starting to break and we were able to find a good deal on a pre-fab coop at the feed store.  Weather permitting we will clear out the garage next weekend and set it all up.  Which cannot come soon enough!  The ducklings are horribly messy - I have had to do complete litter changes twice a day the past three days because they kept tipping the water bottle over!