New duck

[Alice Abbott]

For some reason our garden seems to attract wandering ducks.

We had two fat white ones move in last autumn and they have never left since, no one seems to own them and they are happy little souls who live perfectly contentedly in an old wooden crate in one of our barns and lay beautiful eggs. They get along with our four hens quite happily too and petrify the dog.

Suddenly we have a new duck in the garden. The other ducks are quite amenable but one of the hens chases her off if she strays out of the barn. She's jet black, quite small with greyish legs and beak. When the light shines on her she is the most beautiful iridescent green. From looking on line she seems to be an East Indian. Ill try to get a picture next time I go out. No eggs yet so I don't know what they might look like.

What amazes me is where they are coming from. She flies well but I've never seen the white ones leave the ground. I have visions of them marching here from some distant farmer!

[ClareMarie]

sounds like an indian to me, someone might keep them local they can fly so they might have decided your place looks better