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maggiemay2

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my hens persistance has produced 4 beautiful ducklings which she is besotted with.... she is being a fantastic mum and will look after them until my adult ducks can show them the way...

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ISNT NATURE GREAT!!!??? :wub:
 
That's brilliant...but who will teach them to swim...and quack (w00t) (w00t)
 
i do have ducks who roam free with the chickens. It has never been a problem before and as soon as the ducklings are old enough to venture away from the nest they mingle with the adult ducks and learn off them.

no different i guess to those hatched in an incubator and dont have a 'mum'.

this way they get all the love, natural warmth etc and the hen gets the babies she wanted... :wub: :huggles:
 
They are fab, Jordan was telling his friends all about his holding a duckling at 3 hours old :wub: :wub: :wub:

I love that she has taken the ducklings under her wing pardon the pun, bless her :huggles: :wub:
 
Jordan with the cockerel :D

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bless Jordan, dont think he knew quite what to make of it at first!!
 
aww they are cute :wub: :huggles:
 
Ahhh, isn't that lovely. :huggles: :huggles:

Jordan looks very brave holding that cockarel - braver than I would be! :eek:
 
(w00t) how cool is that :wub: bleeding hell jordan is brave ,i got kicked by a cockeral once bleeding thing flew at me and jumped up and spun around and kicked me right on the legs i was supprised at how much it flamming hurt :eek:
 
thats so cool, what luckly little ducklings to have a mummy hen, you could right a new book "the ugly chicks" better than that ugly duckling story you have really life pics (w00t)

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Is it true that even if ducks are reared with chickens, without conatct with other ducks, when they get old enough and come accross water they make a b-line for the water. If so i can just picture mamma chicken as her wee younsters start heading toward the water.....johnny!! johnny!!! get back you'll drown!!! Wee johnny shouts back "don't worry mamma i know i can do it, something on the inside of me just tells me i can swim, yeeehaaa, whooopeee!!!"
 
Linbin said:
Ahhh, isn't that lovely.  :huggles:   :huggles:
Jordan looks very brave holding that cockarel - braver than I would be!  :eek:

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Braver than me too Lynne, it was HUGE (w00t) (w00t)
 
meddling said:
That's not a very big pond you've got there (w00t)
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its just a little dish for now before they are released into the big pond and the other adult. just enough to wet their little webbed feet and get back out without drowning. :)

they are so comical to watch
 
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