Duck Blind

We put up this wood fence on the northwest side to block the wind and spread out nice fresh hay. Later the next day we also put a long flat piece of painted plywood on the top to keep the hay dry. But we learned early on that ducks will not immediately explore anything new.

Our ducks have been experiencing so many new things that it only takes a few days for them to get comfortable with changes, but in the beginning it took them weeks before they'd get close to some change (moving a bench for instance).

Ducks Love Winter

This started out as a Koi Water Garden and was such for ten years -- crystal clear water with underwater rock formations for the Koi and Goldfish to explore over a pebble bed 8 inches deep. Then in June 2008 we were given "just one duck and four cute ducklings."

We had no doubts that when they matured, we'd have roast duck. However, we never took into consideration the fact that these ducks might grow on us. Now we don't know how we ever got along without having ducks to watch each morning as they single file march here and there. The most interesting thing I have learned by watching our Cayugo ducks is that they seem to actually enjoy playing freezing water.