DUCK TALES

Braylin was so excited to get some baby ducks.
We got the tub, the feeder, the food, the water hole, bedding and a heat lamp.
I'm pretty sure these were the luckiest ducks EVER.
MEET JEWELS AND JUMPER!

THEY ARE SO CUTE! Braylin is the Momma and they don't know any different.
They follow her wherever she goes.

tucked away in Momma's arms

It's finally nice outside so we took the ducks outside to see if they might like to try out swimming in a bit of water...

MARCH 20

LOOK HOW THEY'VE GROWN! THEY STILL LOVE BRAYLIN SO MUCH. She quacks, they listen. BUT nobody else can get the same kind of reaction! Neither Jewels or Jumper will come to me or my mom.... only BRAY.

MARCH 21

YOU CAN SEE that they are losing their down and getting white feathers!

MARCH 22

too much! it's simply too much!!

Jewels (on right) remained attached to Braylin. Jumper wasn't as interested unless Jewels was near Braylin too.
They have almost all of their feathers!!!

week 8
THE BIG RELEASE

NOBODY knew quite how to go about it all...
We were sad to let them go, but we knew it was time.

The ducks were NOT making it any easier either!

We finally got them into the lake and I think they realized what they'd been missing out on!!!
BYE JEWELS! BYE JUMPER!

(yes, Braylin is in her pajamas)
We went back to try and find our ducks a few days later and they were in one of the golf course ponds.
But not long after that, Jewels went MIA. Jumper was all alone.
(we think Jewels probably joined the circus).

and braylin was happy to find, not soon after, that another duck had joined Jumper.
"Jumper has a friend, Momma! I'm so happy!"