Ducks come marching home
Video – We put a camera on the ground between the pond and the pen. Each night before sun set or when a storm darkens the clouds, our flock of ducks heads to their night time home. The pond is maybe 100 yards away from the garage. The flock seems to know that predators come out more at night. That or they’ve figured out we put the vegetable and fruit scraps in there after a long day of canning. So, usually without any prompting, they come waddling home… quack quack waddle waddle quack quack
Many domestic ducks are flightless. They have been bread for meat and eggs, so they are much too heavy to get more than a foot or two off the ground. Mallards (the dark ducks) are an exception. When we first introduced a couple mallards into the flock, we were concerned they would fly away. Well they do. Sometimes they do circles around the farm before returning to their night time hide away in the garage. Other times they waddle with their flightless friends until they decide the flock is moving too slow or they have fallen too far behind.
Too cute!!
Awww, thank you. I know you are more of a chicken person and I am going that route also, but there is something about ducks that gives me more of that special feeling. I think it is because they haven’t been domesticated as long.