How This Man’s Epic Beard Saved A Duckling’s Life Is Brilliantly Beautiful. A Must See.

If we asked you to think of your favorite cute animal, you might not immediately list a duck, but when you see this Reddit user and his pet duckling Peeps you may change your mind. Peeps is fuzzy, he’s lovable and he grew up in a beard (really). The man initially bought Peeps as an egg, thinking he was a chicken. He was wrong, but he didn’t care, it turned out to be one of the cutest friendships ever.

When attempting to hatch chicken eggs, the man got an incredible surprise: this fuzzy little duckling!

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The chicken eggs didn’t hatch, but the hardy duck egg did very well.

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However, ducks are social creatures, so he knew that he needed to hand raise this little guy and make sure that he was well-socialized.

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He was afraid to let little Peeps get too far…

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So, he kept a little bed for him close: his beard.

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Peeps was quite comfortable and able to let his daddy know when he was thirsty or hungry.

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The duckling didn’t have a mother’s wing to go under, but his beard was just fine.

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Letting Peeps hang out on his shoulder and in his beard had some pooping issues…

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And maybe some pecking issues…

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But it was well worth it.

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The (constant) pooping and socialization issues aside, Peeps was doing very well.

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It didn’t take Peeps long to imprint on and get used to his new daddy.

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25 days later, Peeps was still growing.

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This majestic, fuzzy duckling was going strong.

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At 41 days old, Peeps couldn’t fit in his daddy’s beard any longer, but he still hung out on his shoulder when he could.

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Watching TV and nap time were the best for this duo.

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The man who raised Peeps still can’t quite determine if the duckling is a male or female, since the tail feathers haven’t come in yet. They should in about 4-6 more weeks. But, while he waits, he is incubating more duck eggs, hoping to form a little family for Peeps so he wouldn’t be lonely.
Saving ducklings… THAT’S why you have a beard.

Source: reddit.com