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January 18 I rescured two ducks , one male and one female from the pound. Skye was going to take them there ......they (ducks) had taken over the backyard and the girls couldn't go out and play with out geting attacked...they were Easter ducklings...Oh...so...cute!!!!Skye had other offers from Gary and other male in the family.."peking duck, duck with orange sauce" she didn't want to see that happen so I thought they can occuipy my messy back corner of my yard...We had to put a cover on it...(they decided to fly on to Sandra's shed )...the children loved to feed them and Shayla said she would like them to have ducklings.eg MUM & DAd & babies.(family)..so after the second batch of eggs had started .....and me getting attacked by the male for touching the eggs...I decided I would leave them and see what happens. She got her eggs in a spot and started to make a nest and lay more eggs day by day......I gave her more shreddered paper and she greatfully used it ......them she started to sit on the eggs...and that took such a long time 35 days ...but it felt a lot longer...We thought the male "Fatso" or Fat duck - Shayla calls him...we thought he didn't do his part....we saw him trying at different times....Shayla came running into me one day and was quite upset ..."Nanna..quick ..the big duck is squishing the little duck!!!" I laughted and said " that's how have ducks have babies.....you said you wanted ducklings...remember !!!" "OH" she said.. still not so...sure...Well finially when I was checking her one morning and had really given up on seeing any ducklings....I noticed that they was some egg shells scatted around the nest and the nest was nearly non-exsistant........I thought she had destroyed the bad eggs....and was going to lay some more...then I noticed something yellow darting under her and had a lot closer look ...I felt... soooo... happy ..."We've got ducklings I yelled to my neighbour Sandy...we had been watching her every morning"...."He did do his job"......So we have now got only three left...She had 10...fatso killed one then there was 9...one dissapeard then there was 8....5 we got great homes for......then there was 3. Huey...Duey...& Luey..... Huey is Yellow, Duey and Luey..are black with white chests. I think Luey is a girl....
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