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Meet the newest additions to my home, Tina and Lucy Loo. Tina, the black one is an Indian Runner and the yellow one is a Pekin duck. The arrived this morning at the post office from a trip from Metzer Farms in California. Because of the fantastic weather we were able to let them roam around outside, and they showed their true foraging skills by eating worms, mosquitoes, ants and pretty much anything else they could find. I am very excited for the time when they are big enough to wander the yard by themselves to free my garden from pests, and limit the amount of mosquitoes that terrorize me on a daily basis. In a few months they will begin to produce eggs, but in the meantime they are providing me with great entertainment!

Setup for ducklings is very inexpensive and easy. We used a plastic kiddy pool, but really any container will work as long as the sides are tall enough, even a box would work, a shallow water dish, a shallow food dish, water fowl food or chick food, and a 60-75 watt warming lighting.

If the weather is nice, bring the ducklings outside (supervised of course) and allow them to forage for bugs and worms.

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