Ducks continued

On Saturday, May 29th I went out to check to see if the ducks had hatched. I knew it was getting close to the time they should be hatching. 

 I looked in the garden and 5 baby ducks jumped out. The Mother duck jumped out and the babies followed her around the yard. I went back to get my camera and they were already in the pool. I have no idea how the mother duck got under the net because she could not get out of the net by herself. We finally had to undo the net for her to get out. She tried and tried but just couldn't fit through the holes. She must have had an adrenalin rush to get her and her babies into some water. We kept the net off for a few days and watched Trey like a hawk. They never went back to the garden and 3 of the eggs never hatched. After about 4 days they seemed to be doing well and they were getting in and out of the pool all by themselves. 

 On Thursday morning I could only see 4 baby ducks and 2 of them were sitting outside the pool. The two sitting outside were starting to not look good. I don't know what the problem was because the night before they were all there swimming around doing fine. I don't know if it was the chlorine from the pool, or what happened. When the kids woke up they went to check on them. The two ducks were limp and weak and not well. Dax and Derek wanted to help them. Duck Triage unit on the back patio. They are trying to feed them baby formula through a medicine dropper. The ducks are not actually dead in these pictures but they sure look like it. So these two ducks died. I saw the mother duck with the remaining ducks walking out of the pool and around the yard, then I never saw them again. I hope they walked outside the neighborhood and down the street a block and found a new home at the pond. That is where they should be with the other ducks. Maybe we will see some more next year