New additions, The Chick Inn II update, and the chicks venture outside!

We have 9 new additions to The Old Five Notch Farm!  We were chosen as a release site for 9 wild mallard ducks that had been cared for at Izzie's Pond in Simpsonville, SC. I had the privilege of meeting Angel who owns Izzie's Pond this past week.  What a wonderful, beautiful place!  If you are looking for ducks, geese or swans and would like to rescue an animal and help out a wonderful organization, please consider Izzie's Pond.

Our little mallards are adjusting quite well to their new home.  They are so cute and I love just sitting down at the pond and watching them.  They are not totally tame so they won't come right up to you, but they won't fly away either.  We are hoping with continued contact from feeding that they will stay around our pond.

We are hoping that we will be chosen to take some wild Canadian Geese when they are old enough to be released! 

My sweet nephews, Gideon and Patrick, came over last weekend to help out with some construction.  Patrick was a huge help while working with Scott on the top of the coop pen.  Scott "designed" a cool fence stretcher and Patrick was the force behind it! LOL

The chicks are doing quite well in The Chick Inn II :0)  We have finished the nursery pen area and they have now ventured out into the big, wonderful world.  They are so funny!  They rush the people door of the coop when they hear us coming in the morning.  Just as soon as the nursery chicken door is open they all rush out.  It's a chicken stampede!

 
More pics soon of the completed nursery and pen area :0)