Ducks ordered

Ducks ordered, two male and six female. Yes, I know, these are not the previously discussed ducks; these are Khaki Campbell ducks from Nature's Hatchery. I have realized that I have more time now than I will have all year...and more space. For the eight weeks that it will take to raise the ducklings until they are feathered in enough to live in an outside shelter we will still be living in a larger rental house. Where I have an extra bathroom. When we move these ducks will move into the blue "parts truck" (DH Matt didn't mind, anything goes as long as I don't ask him to move that truck)
which will be surrounded by electric fencing.

Nature's Hatchery raises K.C. ducks all year round, so I can actually "brood" them in a bathtub. I'm looking forward to this...a new adventure. Both the ducklings (awww, cute!) and the fencing are new learning curves. The fencing is Perma-Net from Premier1, which with accessories ran about $200.
The charging/power system I chose is the Patriot PS15, for another $200. I have some doubts about the sealed battery pack lifespan, but the ducks won't survive our wilderness for long without some heavy protection. In spring we'll build them a more permanent house.

I have an intuition that electric fencing will figure prominently in our future. I recently put some aged chicken manure in the greenhouse; the greenhouse was ransacked several times over as the various local bears examined (meaning tore apart, strewing my greenhouse floor with manure) the plastic bags. And everything else...my garden fence has several bear sized holes now. I can just imagine what the bears will do to our fruit trees and berry bushes in the spring...and I would love to grow some corn this next summer. Electric fencing; it's the future.

These are "egg ducks", not "meat ducks" (unless a bear gets hold of them), Khaki Campbell ducks produce more eggs per year than most chicken breeds. I do still want Brown Chinese Geese...but I don't want to brood goslings in a bathtub. A wise woman knows her limitations. And values her sleep.