Now there are four

Two more, June 2019

Two more ducks have joined us, adopted from a local rescue charity.  We know almost nothing about them, other than they are two years old and are female Khaki Campbells.  We can tell from their behavior that they've never been handled--for the first week they ran into their shelter quacking in a panic if we opened the garden gate.  They've acclimatized a bit now and will tolerate us in the garden, but still hide if we approach their fence.  I've managed to hang out laundry on the line, and sit down on a garden chair within about five feet of them.  We want them to be comfortable with us, though we understand it's scary and stressful to go to a new place, completely unfamiliar;  we doubt they'd ever even been outside before--they certainly aren't waterproof like our two ducklings:  hopefully they are now oiling themselves properly.

Separated by a fence, June 2019

The ducklings, meanwhile are even bigger than these two adult ducks!  Comparing them, I'm think perhaps one of them is half Campbell, but maybe neither of them are.  I do think they are half runner duck though, as they are certainly more upright than the Campbells.  We've kept the Campbells in the little chicken tractor while the ducklings have been free ranging (the chickens have been rotating over the bit of lawn and ornamental bed nearest their yard, as I don't have enough chicken wire to accomodate everyone).  When the Campbells are more confident we'll let them join the ducklings to free range and put the chickens back on their full rotation.