My last, forever and ever (maybe), number of ducks is now…..drum roll please…..6! I found someone to take my 3 drakes, but there was a small catch. I had to meet his mom halfway between 2 cities. So this is how the story goes….

This is John, George and Paul (Ringo is in the background by the way), and the Pekin (whitey) is Cher.

My whole duck adventure started out with 5 Khaki Campbell ducklings, which I really believed from the beginning were all girls.  As they matured, 4 of them molted and the colors that returned were definite boys (dark green heads)!  During this time I also adopted 2 others, a Pekin and a Rouen.  At this point, I realized my ratio of boy to girl was NOT good.  The best mix (yes, men will love this) is about 5 hens to 1 drake.

I put out a 911 request on my favorite website, www.backyardchickens.com , that I desperately needed to save my hens and find a good home for my excess drakes.  I took one drake 30 miles east last week and from that drop off plus $20, I got back 3 new Khaki hens.  HOORAY, since they were instant egg layers. 

Last night I did some more excessing and the poor guys had to take a road trip….

If I had a few more hands I could have taken pictures of how hubby and I got them to this point, but it wasn’t so pretty.  Trust me, there are 3 ducks in the box.

I met “mom” in a McD’s parking lot and we quite literally smashed the box into her small four door car (with a child in a carseat too!) and away she went. 

This morning, of course, my first thoughts were, how did the ducks handle the drive, where did they go and will they be happy? I know, I know, they aren’t children.  Around lunchtime today I received a great note and pics from the new owner, Tim, showing off what he calls “handsome drakes” in his pond…..

YUP, I think they’re happy!!  I wanna go!!  Thanks again, Tim, I have no worries.