We live on a beautiful piece of property in Michigan. We are retired, and we enjoy it. Too bad it is located in a bedroom community. Most of our neighbors work during the day, therefore we don't have anyone to play with during the day...except for our ducks. At the end of May, the baby ducks hatch and make their way up to our house. You have to understand that we have been doing this for years...therefore, we have been feeding many generations of ducks. We feed them all summer long and the families continue to grow. This year we had about 30 ducks to feed twice a day...sometimes they wanted to eat all day long. They just hang out on our property. Mi casa is su casa! They follow me all over the yard. I will be in our vegetable garden, and they follow me inside the fenced garden. They act like I'm their mother. Last year, we ended up with about 70 ducks.
We go to the local Wonder Bakery outlet and purchase bread to feed the ducks. We can get about 40 loaves of bread for $3. Pretty cheap to feed my big family. We put it in the freezer and take it out as we need it. Well, the weather has changed very quickly this past week. It is getting colder and colder. The above picture is the last of the "die-hard" ducks. This is the orginal family we started with earlier this year. We can't believe there aren't more of them. We hope they havn't flown south just yet...we still have bread in the freezer!
They do look well fed!
ReplyDeleteBillie...they are well fed. Good enough to eat. Bob threatens and plays with the ducks all the time. He chases them like he is going to catch them.
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