In the picture on the left, you see Pearl (Sebastopol) and Seli (Pilgrim) having a ‘swim’. In the picture on the right, Diamond has hopped in and there is now a queue – oh, that’s Woodroffe in the forefront by the way.
As you can see, the babies are all grown up now and the shell pools are a little inadequate! I didn’t want to get a proper pond too soon because I was told by one of the breeders that ducklings and goslings can easily drown, and obviously baby chickens and turkeys are even more at risk.
But finally, now that they’re so BIG, we’ve put the first pond in (I can see we are going to need a few of these!) and they are delighted, I think, although a little hesitant as you can see!
The funny thing is that when I lock them in the yards in the early evening (to keep them safe from the foxes), they still love to squish up together in the shell pools. So I still empty and refill these for them constantly, which sometimes seems a little futile as these tiny pools immediately becomes filthy again. But they don’t seem to mind; in fact they seem to find muddy water much more interesting than clean water – more bugs I guess.
The picture below is to remind you of what they used to look like, not that long ago! If I had known they were going to grow up so fast, I would have savoured these childhood moments more. That reminds me, Son graduated from high school this week. I wonder if he is going to require a bigger pond too – mmm?
jmgoyder 
This holds so much truth, “If I had known they were going to grow up so fast, I would have savoured these childhood moments more.” and I immediately thought the same goes with kids. (:
So, so, so true.
Oh Julie, they are so beautiful…..sigh…..can I come and visit?
Any time! After all, you’re the one who told me about Sebastopols – they are magic.
I must be lazy. I bought a large blue kiddie wading pool (rigid type) drilled a hole in the side near the bottom, put a cork in it, filled it with water, then voila! Goose Fun for a day! At the end of the day I pull the plug and let it drain, then rinse and refill the next morning. But… that said, your little kidney pools are beautiful! 😉 ~ Lynda
You’re not lazy, you have commonsense which I obviously lack – hehe!