Good Bye Ducks...........

The Sunday before our Disney trip we decided it was time to let the ducks go.
We could not keep them at our house outside because it just was not safe.
Our first plan was to take them down to Heritage park
where there is a big pond and lots of other ducks.
McKenzie and I invisioned them being so excited to get freedom
that they would join the other ducks and swim off into the sunset
and live happily ever after.

It did not go quite as planned.
They did not want anything to do with the other ducks.
Did not care about the water.
Followed us back to the car..........
They seemed pretty domesticated and were not afraid of people.
After about 45 minutes of trying to persuade them to stay in the water
and not run into the road, and not follow us,
we decided to go with our 2nd plan.......

We gathered them back up,

and took them to James sister Janene's house.
She has 5 other ducks that they take care of and she said she would take ours.
We weren't sure how well they would be accepted by the other ducks,
but after a few little curiousity pecks by her ducks,
Daisy and Dopey seemed to be accepted.

I felt so much better about leaving them with Janene
than leaving them at the pond.
So I am really glad we went with plan 2!
Noah was sad but I promised we could come back and visit!

Saying good bye was hard, but we finally dragged McKenzie away......

Daisy and Dopey with their new family.
The next morning Janene sent me a text and said they were doing great.
Waddling around and eating.
A few days later she sent McKenzie a text saying that
Daisy had actually become one of the leaders.
I believe it because she was always a little fiesty and bossy!!
It was fun to have them while we did,
but I will not miss the smell, or the poop!!