After months away from blogging about the birds I can report no new fatalities. Some noisy additions over the summer - 2 white female call ducks given by a friend (thanks Gill, but soooooooooo noisy), and 5 bantam chicks, now full grown. The chicks live up a tree at night which works well in the winter but will not work in summer when they get up too early and drop straight into a fox maw. Of course the law of the universe ran true - 2 hens and 3 cockerels! As Ellie would say "how useless is that!" Now while I was away for a few days the buff pekin who hatched the last clutch has decided this is the perfect time for brooding more eggs - she stole 2 from the splash bantam I think, and is now tight to the nest and has done 13 days so far. I'll keep you all posted!
2 comments:
Oh yes, the ducks are indeed very noisy. I can certainly agree with that. You have inspired me to start again, and it's lovely to be able to read about the farmyard when I'm away. I need the calming influence of the ducks I think, they're like stress therapy when you watch them wibble round the garden.
Oooh...you really ARE back... how lovely! And that's a great photo :-)
Can I confidently expect regular blogging now, though? Hope so xx
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