half an hour ago, mi esposo heard cheeping coming from an area where we have no chickies... where the DUCK condos sit, under our house...

WAIT a minute, we don't HAVE any chickies that YOUNG right now!

looked out, and here comes a brand new, fluffed out BABY, wandering from under our stairs...

OOOOOOPSIE!

it must be an egg that one of our young pullets laid when Hannah stepped out of her nest for her morning coffee?

since chickens hatch in 21 days, and ducks in 35, Mama Duck Hannah's still on her nest..... but this baby was ready to PARTY!

we can't put it with the older chicks, that's not safe...

so, we've brought it in the house, and put it in a shoe box.

here, mi esposo is teaching it to peck for grain in a cheese box:



our new baby learns to drink water from a mayonnaise jar lid:



it's so CUTE !!!