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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Cobra on July 16, 2010, 01:11:41 pm

Title: New arrivals
Post by: Cobra on July 16, 2010, 01:11:41 pm

Bought 4 Orp Chicks & 2 Aylesbury Ducklings from Sicknote. They are fantastic birds and what a lovely bloke  ;)

Settled into their temporary home now and today hopefully I start to build their new condo  ;) If the rain lays off  :-\

Sicknote has some more for sale I see in the marketplace, nudge, nudge. ;D Seriously they are very nice birds  :chook:

(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg295/UK-Cobra/Smallholding/Ducks4WksChicks3WksSmall.jpg)

Title: Re: New arrivals
Post by: Fleecewife on July 16, 2010, 11:34:37 pm

Hi Cobra.  Well done and aren't they lovely!  We haven't had ducks for a few years now since the Bird Flu contingency plan required us to be able to house them all within 24 hours notice.  We had so many Muscovies that we simply couldn't house them all day as well as all night.  I miss all those cute little ducklings which grew into beautiful lavender grey adults.  On the upside, not nearly so much poop around  ;D  Enjoy your little ones.