A look back...at pictures I had but never posted. Shame on me.

Yes, at times they were peaceful. But it never lasted for long.

I couldn't remember if I had this picture on here already or not. It's one of my favorites. Yes, that is Sheldon McDuck on the left.


This was my blind boy. The grey one in the center was blind in his left eye. My friends Matt and Michelle took him and one of his sisters. They live in Kansas City.

Look at the date. July 10th. They hatched June 24th to give you an idea of how fast they grew.

Awww...Sheldon McDuck.

This was one of the girls. It was so weird that the brown ones all turned out to be girls and all of the grey ones were boys. This is the girl that Matt and Michelle took.

This was the kids' first night after the rest of their siblings found new homes. They were terrified that they were the only ones left. Plus, Chester was soooo mean to him. He got locked up for like a month because he tormented them so bad.

I know, the pool is gross. This was on a clean day, too. :o)

A difficult, yet wonderful, decision. And a new home.

After MUCH thought, we decided it was best to let the ducks go to a new home. Bob met a wonderful woman named Judy who was willing to give them a wonderful home. She lives in the country, has a pond, and has 60 other ducks and geese. The ducks have access to a barn at night, and access to a pond all day. I was very reluctant to get rid of them, but seeing the home that Judy can provide for them and seeing them in a pond for the first time in their lives put my mind at ease. Here are their first moments in a pond.

They took right to it...the saying "like a duck takes to water" really held true!!

They stuck pretty close together and LOVED being in the water. They splashed, "ran" in the water, and seemed to make new friends.

Even with all of the other ducks and geese around, they still stuck together. For some reason, other ducks really seem to pick on Sheldon, but I fully believe he'll be fine.

Thank you, Judy, for giving my babies such a good home!

The Final Three: Mama, Dad, and Sheldon

I know it's been forever since I have posted anything on here about the ducks. These were taken on February 9th, 2008.

I was really starting to feel sorry for them because it was so cold and their water was frozen, and the only shelter that they had was a dog house with hay in it.

L to R: Chester, Sheldon McDuck, Pickles

"Yum."

"What, no more?"

See how big Sheldon has gotten?

Their Predecessors

This is Kirby. She is the one that started it all. Getting a duck started as a joke, and my husband is so awesome, he got me one, even against his wishes.

This is Sammy, Kirby's companion. They were both girls. Sammy would lay down when you walked up to her and let you pick her up. She got attacked by something once and I had to take her to the vet, and she just stood there on the table letting them poke her.

Kirby could fly and she would fly around the neighborhood, landing in peoples' yards. I finally decided to clip her.

This is Kirby as a baby. She was SO cute! We were told she was going to be a male though...oh well. She was so cool.

Look! Chloe has always been "interested" in ducks.

Kirby was lonely, so that's when we decided to get Sammy. This was the day we brought Sammy home.

Kirby was a weird duck. She disappeared the day after Christmas 2004. We think she got out of the yard and something got her because we found one of her eggs outside the fence.

This is Pickles as a baby. I know it's fuzzy, but you can see where the babies now got their yellow chests from! See her little black legs??

This was Pickles at a few weeks old.

This is Dill, who never really had a chance. Dill got attacked by an owl or something when we decided to put her outside. I felt terrible...that's why all the babies are inside now.

I don't have any pictures of Chester when he was a baby, but Chester looked almost identical to Dill when we first got him.

A Week Old!

This is what happens when you put fresh water in with them...they fight over it.

This is Sheldon McDuck, the one that I plan on keeping.

Aren't they vicious? They're attacking my hand!

They had just gotten out of the pool, so they're all soaked.

They look just like their mama when she was a baby.

"See how tall I can be?"

"Look how long my legs are getting!"

This is Sheldon again...see his multi-colored legs?

So cute.

First time in pool

At first they were all terrified...

Then they started to loosen up a bit



....swimming....


Twins?

Not quite soaked to the skin yet...

Sheldon McDuck! You can tell it's him because of the little swirl on the back of his head. My favorite! But shh...don't tell the others!

What you don't see in these pictures are these ferocious little ducks trying to climb up me and Amanda's legs with their sharp little dagger nails...no, just kidding. They were trying to get out of the water and were using our legs as "docks." I got video of that...if I can ever figure out how to get it on here, I will post it as well!

Proud Mama and Her Babies

So, it was my complete intent to let mama raise her babies outside. However, the father tried to kill on yesterday, and so did my dog, Chloe. So, we brought them in. These pictures were taken at about midnight, and the last three had just hatched. They were still wet, so we brought Mama in with them.

At first they didn't know what to think of her, and she didn't really know what to think of them.
You can see the little wet one at the back of the duck pile.


Eventually, they all laid down, including another wet one on the right, which is Sheldon McDuck. I think he was the very last to hatch.

Pickles was really nervous, so she stood there with them, but it took forever to get her to lay down.

Here, the attempted baby-duck-killer looks on intently. Bad dog, Chloe. BAD DOG!

Finally, mama and babies rest peacefully!