Well, life is certainly cruel sometimes. We have lost two of the four ducklings to the elements. I'm not sure what happened, but this is my best guess...
The momma ducks walked up from the pond to the barn. To do this, they have to cross the foot-deep ditch that J dug this weekend for irrigation (I TOLD him not to do this). Sometimes, the ducklings get caught in the ditch and cannot find their way out to the side with momma. I think that two babies got stuck. The mommas must've kept going.
One of the babies made it out on the other side and either wandered back to the pond on its own, or followed another group of ducks down to the pond. It died beside the water.
The other baby was still in the ditch when we found it. It was very "sleepy" and hot. I think it must've been there for most of the morning. It didn't have much motor control. We tried to cool it down and get it to drink some water, but it was too far gone. It died in the house.
So, we now have two mommas and two babies. Cross your fingers that they make it.
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