In my own personal exciting news, we just got our first duck egg! The new hen laid an egg a little bit ago. Her nutrition has clearly been really deficient because the egg is small and the shell is almost translucent. But, she is already looking a lot better than yesterday -- her plumage is cleaner and her feathers are neater and less bedraggled. She is working pretty hard at smoothing them out. We named her Jane, as in SNL's, "Jane, you ignorant slut!" I have always thought that was funny. The drake we have named "Chase."