Humans tend to adopt wild animals and consider them “pets” when we feed them. Kayla felt that way about a duck near her home, which she had fed all spring. Living on a farm can be challenging without “adopting” wild critters. Kayla has a couple of horses, a goose, at least one cat, and two kids. But she wasn’t too busy to feed the little mama duck. That paid off this week because the mama brought six baby ducks to show Kayla.
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The mama duck paraded her baby ducks right up to Kayla, as if to say, “Look what I made!” The commenters said she was now an Auntie or Grandma to the little fluff balls. After the visit, the mama duck moved her little brood under the children’s playset. And so, with the new duties of guardianship foisted upon her, Kayla set about making them feel at home.
First on the agenda was a duck pond, also known as a kid’s swimming pool. Kayla filled it and added a ramp. It took a little while, but the mama duck finally took a swim. Then she showed her little ones how to climb the ramp.
Kayla continues to feed the little family cracked corn. There is also plenty of natural food on the farm. The baby ducks are growing quickly. Kayla is enjoying watching the little family grow up. She’ll keep tossing them extra food.
Ducks are migratory and often return to the same nesting area every year. This might start many years of watching baby ducks grow up in her yard. You can follow Kayla on TikTok to watch her fulfill her duties as an adoptive Aunt or Grandma. They’ll be swimming very soon.
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