Hope is a good thing.  I had made the decision to leave my duckies alone this year and not bother them about laying and nesting.  I opened the coop and told them that they were free to walk around and do whatever pleased them.  I then quickly stuck a greenhouse in the coop…thinking: aha, since you are not going to be around, I will move my tiny plant nursery off the veranda into your big, spacious coop!!

Anyway, guess what happens next?  A few days later, Gnome spotted a duck emerging surreptitiously from under a wood pile.  He said,

“Quick Munchkin…check that space out…”

I quickly got down on my hands and knees to peer into a tiny, squashed-up space under a wood pile and this is what I found:

They are laying and starting a nest.  Yes…there is hope.  😉

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