Flora, Fauna, & Merryweather

I realize now why most sites I've seen on ducks/chicks are weighted with more posts while they're young and trail off as they get older. Already these three seem to be growing out of the brooder we've set up. We're planning to move them to a larger enclosure this weekend.

We've gotten lots of wonderful suggestions for names, but an epiphany dropped into my lap yesterday as I was requesting a copy of the Walt Disney masterpiece Sleeping Beauty from a friend. The three fairy godmothers in that film are Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather. We're not quite sure who's who yet, but you can be pretty sure that the smallest and pluckiest will be Merryweather.

This clip pretty much represents their routine so far. Eat, drink, eat, drink, poop, drink, eat, drink, sleep, eat, drink, etc.