This young mum (herself a duckling less than a year ago), is being a fab parent. Today we moved her and her ten chrages into the new barn, enclosed between two walls of hay bales. She could get out if she wanted, and indeed, last year when we had a duck with ducklings in the same set up (think it was Pear), she flew out each day for a wash and a poo and a bit if general exercose and thne returned. Her ducklings couldn't get out and so simply waited for her.
All yiungsters sem to be doing well with the goslings towering above the ducklings already!!!