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*Update on ducklings* Since my last postings, I have lost a further two ducklings, adding up to five ducklings lost. I do hope that is it now, and the other five look healthy, happy and active, so fingers crossed. The two that died recently (yesterday) were very small compared to the five...

I don't know if this helps, but they all seem to scratch the sides of there beaks, and no were else. the one that died yesterday was excessively scratching, but the others will be wandering about eating, foraging, have a quick scratch, and carry on.

thank-you the food that they are on is water cress (from the supermarket) two types of pond weed (picked yesterday), freshly rolled wheat (from our own wheat store that my other adult ducks and hens etc are on), weetablix, rolled oats and they where on garden peas, apple and lettuce. Everything...

they have assess to water all the time, but i have given them some new pond weed that they haven't had before, which i put in there water so as they could dabble for it, which they loved. They were on shredded paper when the were babies, then I put them on towels. I have been letting them...

I have hand raised a brood of ten Mallard ducklings, and up until yesterday, everything was going fine. They are two and a half weeks old now, and I had noticed that one of the ten seemed to be a little 'strange' in the head i.e it was a bit slow, and every now and again it would have a 'spaz'...