Wednesday, June 20, 2012

How ducklings stay cool!

It is the first day of summer and we're having a humid heatwave. The car thermometer...


...read 36C/97F this afternoon, and the humidex right now means it feels like 43C/109F. I worry about the ducks and chickens and bees when it's this hot. I put the sprinkler on near the beehives so they can gather some water and fly through the droplets if they want. The ducks and chickens have fans, water, shade and...


...watermelon!


They were very pleased. And yes, the ducklings are getting HUGE, especially that boy back near mama with the brown cap and "dash" on his head.

Stay cool out there!




14 comments:

  1. My pigeons have a fan, my cats have a fan.
    I don't.
    Jane x

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  2. They seem eager to get some of that watermelon :)
    I have a name for that cute boy: Charlie (after Charlie Chaplin) :)

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  3. Ducklings grow very, very fast. Critters seem to have innate systems for keeping cool. I watch the crows and ravens and they survive.

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  4. Anyone who is kind to the bees and the ducks is a superior person in my mind.
    But, now I'm craving watermelon!

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  5. They do grow quickly. I am melting just thinking about that heat. We have cold, wet rain falling - the English summer has arrived! The temperature is all of 12 degrees.

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  6. I love the idea of a sprinkler for the bees!
    We may not be having such Summer weather here, but if we had temperatures like that I'd be melting like Elaine.

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  7. You're so good to your fowl. I'm happy to see them chowing down on watermelon.

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    1. They and the chickens just LOVE it.

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  8. OMG!!!!! So cute!

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  9. Watermelon in the shade works for me, too.

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  10. Anonymous6:47 pm

    You think of everything. I may request to be abandoned by your place one dark night in a few years time, leaving you no choice but to take me in. A snug nest of hay in the shed would be fine in summer, and a big dog basket by the fire in winter.

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  11. That is awesome! You just made my evening, Natalie! Thanks for that!

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    1. Michele! Nice to see you here. Hope all is well with you and hubby and the little ones!

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Thank you for all your comments, which I love to read!