There Here!

It's the day we've all been waiting for.

The ducklings are here!

This morning we drove to town to pick them up at the post office.

That little cardboard box was their home for two days.

They shipped from California.

There are six cute little peeping ducklings in there.

They all looked healthy.

We were guaranteed at least two different colors.

To our surprise we had chocolate, black, and blue ducks!

We received two of each color.

We're so tickled to get something besides fawn, which is what we have.

We couldn't wait to get home and open up the box.

These two were going to be sharing their tank.

They are almost three weeks older and quite a bit larger.

They didn't like the ducklings so we had to separate them.

The Pekin side.

And the Runner side.

Thankfully the Pekins don't need the heat lamp any more.

I love the instructions that came with them.

They say not to let the ducklings swim in water for 2 - 3 weeks because they were hatched in an incubator. A mother duck shares her oil to help waterproof the ducklings until their feathers grow in.

It's impossible to keep a duck out of water.

At one point I stacked one crock on the other to elevate the water dish.

They still went for a swim.

I gave up and put each one back on the floor of the tank.

We'll have to pick up another little waterer... one they can't stand in.

Ducklings don't cooperate very well for photos.

The one on the right is a blue runner and the left is a black runner.

I think this is another black one.

All three different types together: chocolate, black, blue.

I'm not sure why it's called blue, it looks gray to me.

Maybe when she's older her feathers will have a blue tint. 

I couldn't have a blog post without a picture of the older ducks doing this.

We see them do this often.

It's even funnier when they have their neck stretched out as well.

I also had to post this picture.

That's an egg in the pool.

Indian Runners are notorious for laying their eggs "on the run".

Apparently, we had a hen that couldn't wait for bath time to be over.

I'm not sure where the idea for the Easter bunny came from.

It should have been the Easter duck instead.

That's what it's like sometimes when we're looking for eggs.

Silly ducks.