One part is back.

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Plus, other good news.

First, the first of the hens to have laid eggs, and gone broody, still has three chicks.  Getting bigger every day.  Still at risk of drowning, but I have done what I can to manage that.  The other hen still has four, last I saw.  Not sure if the indian runner will get her eggs to hatch.  She seems to be off more than on them.  Then again, maybe she knows what she is doing?

That... isn't new good news.  The new good news is that the first hen is back to setting a clutch!  Her little ones, it seems, are large enough that she pretty much let them go.  And they wander off, anyway.  If too, they have learned to stay closer in with the herd, if avoiding getting too close to some, especially Henry.  He's a mean sob.  Even with those which are technically his own.

All good.  Hopefully a few more than before will make it.  Though, too, I realize... the more successful they are at breeding, the more birds I will have to cull.  At least I can cull these for food.  Unlike drakes among the indian runners.  They just don't have enough meat on them.  Perhaps, though, I could render them?  I'll look.  I truly hate to waste.  Though, if the muscovy ducks taste as good as they are billed, I could probably eat a couple ducks a month.

As well, the internet is back, through my router.  Not sure if it was a technical thing, down for maintenance, or something else.  It got down to 45 last night.  At least the lowest I saw it.  But that usually doesn't cause a problem.  When it rains, the internet used to go down fairly often.  They, mostly, fixed that.  It seems more a problem later at night, often on weekends.  I think that is maintenance, as well as they shunt speeds and access at night.  Though probably not (or not just) the service provider.

I really think google to amazon to any site or service, if they are going down, or there is a risk from whatever they are fixing or adding or such, they try to do that first at night, then on weekends.  They don't always have a choice, but if they do, and usually they do, they hit those factors as well as they are able.  For me, for now, the internet is back.  Trying to post on the 'smart' phone is a pain.  This is much better.

It was 45 when I fed and watered the ducks.  At a quarter to nine, it was up to 64 or so.  Cool out there.  I'll have to figure out some of the rest of it tomorrow.  Something is really very off.  I may just have to kill the debit card.  Or change it, but never use it.  Have them check every use, by phone.  It is too dangerous, it seems, to have that, if I can have my account consumed without a red flag, or dozen, going off.  Later.