New duck!

Farmingemma was very pleased to buy this female call duck to pair up with one of our lonely lad call ducks.

I say just one, because it was an early start to the day to get to Ross poultry sale by 7.30am, to sell 3 ducks and 5 chickens, all surplus to our 'flock' going into Winter.
Fortunately the market has a rather good café, so my bleary eyes revived after a sausage and bacon roll (with plenty of brown sauce) and a cuppa.
Then into the market hall to see the auctioneer go about selling at remarkable speed. You get used to his stream of words and figures, but I would need many, many cuppas to speak that fast!


Duck update... The new arranged marriage seems to be going well, they seem to be waddling around together, though they have politely opted to sleep in separate pens tonight. Well, it is the first date.