nightly bathtime for the duckies

if you've been following the duckies.......
you know already how reluctant phoebe is to bath a lot of the time

today i put the two wading pools up and filled both of them
one was out on the driveway by falstaff's pen and one just at the top of the little hill that goes down to the day pen

i let the duckies out tonight ( you all will be reading this in the morning)
and let them graze around for a while
cleo got in the hilltop pond
she had a blast splashing around and hopped in and out
in.....splash splash.......out .......nibble nibble

in again splash splash
hahahaha
lillianna was too busy grazing as was phoebe
but i snuck up on phoebe.......... and wisked her away to the pond on the driveway filled with warmed by the sun fresh water
and she bathed!
and bathed and bathed

'PHOEBE!!!!!!!!!!!!
you are taking a BATH!

yup mom, i don't like to bath with the others,
lillianna poops in the water and cleo bites me on the neck

phoebe, i am so proud of you.......now do your wings dear......

yup mom, i will do my wings..........

don't forget behind your ears too Phoebe, and then you have to preen......'

after 20 minutes of happy splashing..... a very soaking wet and dripping phoebe emerged from the now dirty cloudy water

meanwhile in the other pond
lillianna was splashing and having a grand time
while cleo hunted wormies on the driveway.......

'ok girls, time for bed now, get your last drink of water'

and the duckies follow each other into their bed