Here it is August already at the Bad Dog Ranch.
In addition to our regular flock of ducks, we've added a couple of geese. Here they are at about three days old.
Here they are a couple months later.
They don't have their grown-up feathers yet but are molting, so they're working on it.
The groundskeeper/flock manager reports that it is true that geese have a different attitude than ducks. She handled the geese when they were very young so that they would be used to her getting into their personal space (she does this with the ducks too). Now the geese follow her around!
These ducks, raised in the brooder right next door to the geese, do not follow the flock manager around.
These are Rouens. They will look like stocky Mallards when fully grown.
Like the geese, they don't yet have their grown-up feathers.
Meanwhile, the elder ducks are taking the invasion of youngsters in stride.
