Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Ducklings

I woke this morning to the sound of Jason's phone ringing in the closet. Before having a chance to be annoyed that he left it with the ringer on in the bedroom, I answered and heard, "this is the Penn Laird post office...your ducklings have arrived." It took me back to an early morning in our Hamlet Drive apartment when we were newly married and got the call that our chicks had come in to the Harrisonburg post office. Fond memories...Not too many moments later, Alida helped us wake Kali with the news:



It's amazing how cooperatively and quickly Kali can get up and be ready to head out the door when the destination is the post office where duckling await! I think we were all pretty excited about the adventure as we headed out in the rain (which we are also rejoicing in). We counted them before leaving and they had even given us a bonus duckling so we headed home with 11 cute "fuzz balls" as Kali calls them. One was pretty interested in seeing the world outside the box and all of a sudden I heard Kali say, "oh no, one got out" from the back seat. Sure enough, there was one sitting up on the back of Jason's seat. He/she sure had a lot to say while I held it until I could safely put it back with its fellow ducklings.

Here they are getting adjusted to their new home:



They are just about as cute as can be. Kali goes up often and often brings one down to show Alida and I. Not surprisingly, Alida is about as interested in sprinkling their feed around as she is with them. It's fun to note how different they are from chicks. They are BUSY buggers. They took less than a minute to find their water and food and while they snag little naps now and then, they are quite intent on growing it seems, and fast. We are enjoying them! It seems doubtful they will last inside as long as the chicks did, so Jason will need to finish his new coop SOON! For today, anyway, we are savoring the rain and he's working on garden trellising.

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