Hi Julie, I too started my ducks out in the house. I got the first duckling a companion early on so she could have a friend. The first one acted very much like yours, with the chirping and the fear of hands coming at her (so did the second one). I know it's not my business, but why are you going to keep this duck in the house after it's big enough to live outside? Ducks are not indoor creatures, they need room to forage and a small pool to bathe in and a secure pen to spend the night in. Please don't put a diaper on your duck, it sounds awful. I know there are people who have done just that, but don't you have a yard, even a small one? Ducks are messy, which I'm sure you know by now. Do right by the little guy; get it a friend, an outside space with a water source, even if it's small will do. My ducks went outside when they were six weeks to a pen with a small foot tub as a bath. They went out with the chickens after they seemed big enough to defend themselves and come in willingly at dusk back to the pen. If you have a yard, please do your duck justice, get it a friend, build a small secure pen, and create a small water source (for bathing). Your duck will still love you, in fact, it will love you even more!

This has nothing to do with my new camera. I wanted to show the difference from June 24 to August 8th in this Drop Dead Red container rose. My roses are doing good. I don't think it is any thing I've done, we've had a decent summer and I think the milder weather has helped. I'm also wondering if the Mills Rose Magic and Mills Easy Feed have helped? I know where I live this is a rare thing and I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

I can't add anything on how to make a duck a household pet, but can tell you I've seen a duck at my avian vets office and they told me he wears a diaper around the house........special diaper just for ducks. Check out the forum below since the folks there are knowledgeable about ducks. Be sure to let them know what breed of duck you have. Here is a link that might be useful: Duck forum

Well, I've been taking photos, but can't download them on my computer. We thought it was due to the old computer not having a USB 3.0 port, but.... My older son bought me some new computer called a Gigabyte that's a tiny box, and a new monitor. He put a Linux program on it again instead of Windows. I've had like 4 different Linux operating systems in the last couple of yrs. He's always playing around. They are good because you don't have to worry about viruses, but not everything works on them. They don't have the drivers or the support for alot of things... like my new camera. I keep getting error messages that it "failed to mount." or something like that. Sooo... he's going to try and see if there's anything he can find to fix it. Otherwise he said he'll have to put Windows on the computer. The camera downloads fine on my other son's computer and the one at my shop. Both have Windows. I did get these pics downloaded the other day at work. Christmas decoration shots... These were all in basically in just Xmas lights and maybe some light from the TV. No flash. This is our dog KYA. She was about 12ft away on the couch. No flash again, and the viewfinder looked almost pitch black. Hard to focus on a dark object in darkness. Not bad. And here's my favorite cat, Ginger.... the psycho kitty. I'll try to get some outdoor pics tomorrow if it doesn't rain again.