Dirty Face

A couple of years ago, we bought a bunch of ducklings. Due to various causes, we ended up with three full-grown ducks, two males and one female. What this meant was that one of the drakes ended up on the outside while the other male and the female became a couple. This also meant that the lonely drake was always trying to cut into the action and the two drakes were always fighting. In order to stop the fights, we decided to give the outside drake away and posted a notice for a free duck over at IFA. When the new owner came to take possession of his duck, it was hunkered down in a previously flooded (meaning muddy) section of the coop. When I tried to capture him, he understandably quacked and flapped and tried to escape. As he flapped (and flapped and flapped) he splashed mud all over me. I immediately went in the house and took this picture of myself for posterity (click on the photo to get the full effect).