I haven’t written much about Petty all week, but she is doing amazing. Her babies are just beautiful and kind of little stinkers, but Petty is so patient and loving with them.
The babies have started to run around all rowdy and act like they don’t need mama. They have even taken to going through the fence (they are tiny enough to fit) and hanging out and eating clover on the duck side of the fence. This worries me because our ducks have gotten a little grumpy as they have aged. They are sassy though, especially the little back chick. I think it must be a boy, but it’s too soon to tell for sure. Today, Juliet was out in the driveway, and I watched him run right up to her and stand in front of her, just looking up at her and checking her out. Juliet hasn’t been hanging out much since the babies hatched. Interestingly, Ruby kind of helps watch, we think.
Today, Ron said he had to run the little babies out of the duck area. I told him I had done it twice. I chased them out this evening before I collected eggs, and by the time I was finished collecting eggs, those babies were right back in there in the duck area with poor Petty fretting at the fence because she couldn’t get to her babies. That’s just like children, I swear.
Out of the six babies, I think we have two girls for sure, two boys I am mostly sure, and two I just don’t know about. I used to be able to tell more, but my tell-tale signs don’t work on Dvorak’s babies. So we will see. They are a treat though. Just a treat.
