Author Topic: it took 5 years to achieve! (Read 5016 times)

northfifeduckling · « **on:** June 08, 2012, 02:15:04 pm »

now all say "Ahhhhh"

sadly she abandoned the other eggs

goosepimple · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2012, 02:18:46 pm »

Ahhh

, oh and awww for the abandoned eggs. Well done north.

Mammyshaz · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2012, 02:36:01 pm »

Ahhhh

that is cute. Is it the only one? Gonna be spoilt rotten if that's the case.

5 years

that's a long time to sit!

northfifeduckling · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2012, 02:49:24 pm »

- no other mum would sit in captivity (a nesting box

), only this mum was confined due to injury - and went broody

. I mainly meant a natural arrival of a duckling

took 5 years, only happened once when we were absolute beginners - we've had a few kindly incubated by other TAS members but having one from birth is something else

Yes, shame it's the only one, I was hoping that she gave the other eggs a chance, one was definitely making the right noises yesterday but today they are cold...and silent

little blue · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2012, 02:52:57 pm »

very cute

Brucklay · « **Reply #5 on:** June 08, 2012, 04:45:03 pm »

Oh how sweet, we have a broody duck 'Ludo' that doesn't lay eggs so she finds a clutch and then sits on them - she attacks if you get close!! Aren't ducks mad

Bionic · « **Reply #6 on:** June 08, 2012, 04:46:12 pm »

5 years, phew.... but it looks like it was worth waiting for

jaykay · « **Reply #7 on:** June 08, 2012, 08:10:44 pm »

Very sweet

What is he/she?

northfifeduckling · « **Reply #8 on:** June 08, 2012, 08:59:45 pm »

A real mongrel

, Dad's quarter Call, quarter Indian Bantam , half KC, mum is probably half IR , half KC

and I'll keep calling it a she just to use some magic

all fingers crossed!

jaykay · « **Reply #9 on:** June 08, 2012, 09:08:36 pm »

Pick her up and get her to talk into your ear. If she sounds like she's got a slightly sore throat, she's a boy. If she's got a clear 'pipe' she's a girl <from my Dad, the duck whisperer

>

northfifeduckling · « **Reply #10 on:** June 08, 2012, 09:20:01 pm »

her mum will go bananas! but I'll bear it in mind, worth a try when possible

little blue · « **Reply #11 on:** June 08, 2012, 09:34:43 pm »

oooh, then we must have at least one girl!
hurrah! thanks Jaykay & dad....

northfifeduckling · « **Reply #12 on:** June 09, 2012, 11:09:11 am »

wee one got out this morning - an enourmous screech I could hear in the kitchen (and I always listen to stories and am half deaf

) - I thought a hen had been taken! Went out and baby duckling had squeezed through a gap in the bars of the run (fixed now!) so it must have been mum! My chance to pick it up and listen - crystal clear peeps only, so there is hope that it's a girl

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