Ducks Love Winter

We, new innocent duck owners that we are, were surprised that our five cayuga ducks splash and dip and have a jolly time in the little pond, even when it is barely 20 degrees. However, the temperature got down to only 4 degrees the last two nights and only the waterfall and a small area where the water flows into the pond were still liquid. The rest of the pond was frozen.

The ducks were not happy with that development and all tried to get into the little two foot by two foot thawed area of the pond and the temperatures continued to fall. I stayed up all night that last night, afraid the ducks