Watching Cassie break her little beak out.
Aww, big yawn!
When it came time for them to hatch,
Cassie picked the wrong end of the egg.
I had to help her along.
Operation #2, open up the hole a little bit more.
And the next morning, I woke up
and she was already out of her egg.
Just wam bam, "Hi, here I am."
Get up, little buddy.
You can do it.
She was completely exhausted
and I was a little concerned about her getting up on her own
because she was twisted around so much inside the egg.
After a few hours,
she just sort of lifted her head up and...
then she was fine after that.
Come on.
No, not my hand, silly.
Not my hand.
There ya go.
From the moment they met each other, Cassie and Carl,
they just bonded like two peas in a pod.
From the very first night that they spent together,
they always did, like, a synchronized sleeping
so their heads would, like, slowly go down
and then jerk back up,
and they always did it at exactly the same time.
And now they're practicing
getting all primped and preened.
You found me!
They were constantly on my heels.
I mean it literally.
And if I left the room, they followed me.
And if I sat down,
then they would come and they would sit.
Are you enjoying your swim today?
First time in the water, in real water.
They loved it instantly, like they were born in the water.
They splashed and they played, and, oh my gosh,
it was so amazing.
Oh my goodness.
And back to swimming.
Look at baby Carl.
He's learning to tread water, oh my goodness.
Cassie, not quite yet.
You're still too busy splashing and having fun.
These two grew so fast.
Look at how big my babies are getting.
Adult feathers are starting to grow in.
Look at Cassie.
Her colors are all coming in now.
Look at you guys growing in your feathers.
Yeah.
Did you hear that?
That was, like, almost a full-on duck noise.
Well, it's their first time outside.
Well, semi-outside.
We're on the porch.
And I just let them have the run of that
and then we let them out in the backyard,
and they were just running back and forth.
What do you think?
There's so much to see.
Quack, quack, quack, this way!
Good kids.
Then I started to build the pond area.
Both of these breeds actually cannot fly,
so they wouldn't do well in the wild.
They're 100 percent meant to be kept safe,
and that's exactly what I plan to do.