City Ducks

One of my board members asked if we could take 5 ducks from a neighbor who was moving out of state. We thought that would be easy since we have acreage and a pond. For the first few days we kept them in a fenced area, hoping they would get to know they live here now. About the 4th day we opened the gate to let them venture out under the Oak trees and visit the pond. They chose to say in the fenced area. The next day we helped herd them out onto the grass, where they stayed all day. The next day we tried to herd them out toward the pond. It scared them to death and they came running back to their fenced area. Apparently they don't know they can fly because they just waddle everywhere. It has now been 2 weeks and they still won't set a webbed foot into the pond. They are afraid of the horses and the chickens as well as anything else that does not look like the city they came from. Today they got close enough to the pond to at least look at it. We wonder what they are saying to each other???