Lady Red
Free Ranging
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Thank you, yes all is great. Just some nice celebrations with themFamily should be first, I’m thinking. Hope all is well .
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Thank you, yes all is great. Just some nice celebrations with themFamily should be first, I’m thinking. Hope all is well .
Oh no! I hope he's alrightSigh, sitting in a line-up for a Covid test for my son. Guess I’ll catch up on BYC since I was busy over the weekend!
Thanks. I reckon it’s just a cold, but I don’t actually know what it’s like when someone has Covid.Oh no! I hope he's alright
They are such beautiful decorations for your pool and yard.I seem to have some new friends.
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My new friends have eggs.
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And one broody mother duck
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All this would be lovely except that it is my pool they have taken over.
Also I fear they are very exposed to fox attack where they have their nest, but I don’t think there is anything I can do about that.
I think they might be wanting to move into the Chicken Palace!
This is hysterical!I shared this on Ribh's thread in response to the Perry County Emu. Maybe you guys would enjoy it too. Warning, it's a bit rude.
Don’t eat them. Incubate and hatch them.A sad start to mothers day so unfortunately I am not going to get any ducklings in my pool.
At about 1am a raccoon struck the nest. My lovely broody lady flew away across the pool just in the nick of time so I am not feeling too upset - I would have been devastated if the raccoon had got her.
The raccoon ate one of the six eggs and broke another but he left four.
I am not sure what to do.
I could take them and eat them. Can anyone think why I should not do that?
I could leave them for her to come back to - but I don't really want her to come back as the raccoon now knows where she is and she may not be so lucky next time. I also read that they don't come back to disturbed nests.
I could scramble them for the chickens.
Below are two videos of the event. The first is of the attack and the second of the raccoon struggling with how to cope with a big egg. I put them in a spoiler but actually they aren't remotely gruesome and you do see the lady duck make her escape right at the start.
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Just splendid.Happy Mother's Day to all you mama's out there!
I spent the morning hanging out with mama hen Chickadee. It's so hard to believe that she came into my life last Mother's Day!
I took these photos this morning!
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Mother's Day kiss for Chickadee!
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What is the bird that scares you all?
I hope he is OK. Please let us know.Sigh, sitting in a line-up for a Covid test for my son. Guess I’ll catch up on BYC since I was busy over the weekend!