Popped out tonight to check everyone had gone to bed. When I noticed one of my two Muscovy ducks looking a bit odd and sat outside one of the sheds. On closer examination, I found she was sat in the wet and cold keeping 7 (or 8...) ducklings warm. They look about a day old, lord knows where she had been brooding them! I carefully bundled them all in my jumper (followed by a very irate mother duck..) and popped them into a shed, where I knew they would be safe from predators. Then the task of reuniting mum with her ducklings...not so easy! Eventually managed to reunite mum with her ducklings. Photos tomorrow..but boy do I need a drink!
Video? OK, how do you lure a mother duck? Get a drink (still doing dry October??) and tell us all about it PS Jemima... the duck... in a puddle?
I did go live on fb, never done that before! Seem to have deleted it though.. will take another one tomorrow and photos of course! What on earth am I going to do with 7 ducklings this time of year, as if we are not busy enough...sigh.
Goodness, fancy that , it is a funny time of year for ducklings, bet they're cute though. What's with all this dry October stuff?
Aw can't wait to see the video. Do you think they will survive Kate as it's so late in the year? I do hope so xx
Well, we think we have worked out where she was brooding them. Quite a walk to get them into the main poultry run bless her! Checked in in her this morning and mum and ducklings are fine. I can confirm we have 7 baby muscovies! Will nip down and take a few photos later
Update: So the little darlings are doing well, growing like weeds, time-consuming and eating us out of house and home. They are still with mum and boarding with our 2 ancient runner ducks...
Oh how nice! They look like a healthy bunch! I love the rooster crowing in the background. It's all so peaceful with the happy duckies muttering away
You mean "huge". They look pretty "huge". When I first saw Kate's ducks, I asked her OH if they were some sort of duck-shaped goose. He had a good laugh at me over that, as apparently they are normal-sized for their breed, I'd just not encountered such "sturdy" ducks before. I think Kate just has a strange outlook on proper animal sizes. I mean, consider Remy, the COUS (Cat of Unusual Size). Glad to hear the ducklings are thriving despite their oddly-timed birthday!
