A couple of days ago, we started herding the ducks back and forth between their daytime pen and their brooder (which is getting very small for them!). It took two people to keep the ducks moving in the correct direction because they are easily distracted by things like bugs, grass, puffs of wind. Here’s a picture of me trying to coax the ducks up the hill by wiggle their food bowl at them.

Tonight, for the first time, we opened the door, I wiggled the food and called to the ducks, and they came running. They followed me all the way up the hill with no detours! One got a bit lost and wouldn’t head up the ramp back into their bed. She was so confused and sad, but finally I got hold of her and put her with sisters.