This past Sunday was a little bittersweet as we sent four of our ducklings off to their new home. On the plus side, we know the couple who adopted them, so we'll still get to say hi to them every now and then.
These are the three we kept to eventually incorporate in with our existing magpie flock.
Left to Right: Yellowfoot, Clothespin, and Seven
Yellowfoot got her name because her feet had the most orange on them. Seven got her name because I think she was hatched last. And Clothespin got her name because she is very exploratory with her bill and likes to clamp down on everything.
Here she is trying to nibble on my fingers:
My Google Assistant made this cool "color pop" version of my original photo.
Of course, at this point we are still just hoping they are all girls, as their gender isn't clear to us yet. Eventually males will get a curlicue feather in their tale. Females will develop the distinctive QUACK sound we all tend to associate with ducks; whereas, males actually have a more muffled sound. I'm not sure if this is absolutely uniform across all duck breeds. This is just what I've learned since owning magpies and I know it's not just limited to their breed.
Ducklings are A LOT of work (at least for us it was, as we raised them indoors in a brooder), but the adorableness factor helps make it worthwhile! This past weekend I tried to capture as much of the cuteness as possible before four of them went off to their newly crafted duck habitat down the road.
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