On being trained. We have two lovely girls about to turn one on Easter. Instead of having food always available, they come up on their deck and demand a meal or a snack. They do this several times throughout the day after they get bored from free ranging. At bed time, I step over their fence to put them to bed. Amelia goes right into their coop at this point but Gladys just waddles over to the entrance and lays down. You have to pick her up and place her inside. They have trained themselves though too. As soon as it starts getting a little dusk like, they are on the deck and next to the house. Smart ducks.
