You may have caught a glimpse of our new baby chicks on Instagram last week, but we have another feathery surprise in the brooder now: two ducklings!

The two ladies, named Daisy and Delilah by our maintenance superstar Angelo, are both Cayuga ducks, a breed that was popularized here in the United States (nearby to Cayuga Lake in New York, to be precise) in the mid-1800s. They’ll live with our chicken flock to serve as “animal instructors”, helping to teach about traits shared by all birds in addition to their own unique adaptations.

Here they are in the brooder, where they’ll stay toasty and warm until they’re big enough to move outside to the pen: