Martin B Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Ta Da! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 I'm sure we are doing this to up our post tallys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 You might be I'm not - I'm putting off the ironing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 It has to be done sooner or later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Not on my birthday it doesnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Good point! Why doesn't (& Paul) do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 he's watching the cricket! cant come between a man and his googlies actually, he would do it, but then I would have to do the doggy poo run in the garden - poo / ironing / poo / ironing - what a choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Choose the poo Mel! Much quicker and who wants to iron in this heat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Or I could just have a gin and tonic its my birthday after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Just take a chill Mel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 G&T, no poo or ironing! I like that plan do that Mel. Oh and dont forget the chocolate either! Class it as another birthday treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Number 4 was there this morning!Note the wide open bill of Mummy Duck - that's why the photo is out of focus She's not too impressed when we open the hatch Now we know that all 4 are safe, we will leave her to do what she knows best. Oh Lesley I have only just found out from Clare you have the little ducklings...aren't they the cutest. This thread moves so quickly, will show these to mikey later. The absolute sweetest and I really want some and so will he BBx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 They really are gorgeous BB, so cute and wriggly. AND the mummy wriggles her botty like your avatar On of the ducklings got caught by the neck in the chicken wire, so Carl rushed to hold it while I cut through the wire - daft little thing nearly hung itself - don't know what would've happened if we hadn't been there. They have their own little pond and look so cute bobbing around on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 They're adorable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Oh bless. Don't let Ian see it, I'm fighting a rearguard action against ducks at the moment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 They'd be very messy in a garden Helen The ducklings are about double their hatching size now - they grow much faster than chicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Yes I think we'd have no garden left but they are lovely. BBx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Lesley - have pmd you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Are you after ducklings then Melanie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I wish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 They'd be very messy in a garden Helen I know - but he doesnt seem to have got this bit...Men! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share Posted July 19, 2006 We lost a duckling yesterday When we got back with Lauren and Jake, there was one dead duckling in the run. It had no down left on its back and we think it was Mork. He has been throwing the ducklings around since they hatched - he throws them over his shoulder Mindy didn't seem bothered by him doing it so after a brief separation we let him back in the run. If it had been a buzzard or crow there would have been blood or no duckling at all? Mork has been banished to the other side of the fence with his own water and food supply The ducklings seem to be much happier and swim a lot in the big pond - Mork was always throwing them out of it. We thought he was protecting them from us but now think he didn't like them in his pond. Jake wanted us to bury the little duckling and put a stone on top - a bit difficult when the ground is like concrete We've managed to s"Ooops, word censored!"e a shallow hole and put a very big rock on top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 poor you nature can be very cruel sometimes can't it, but then survival of the fittest keeps the animal world going, big hugs to you and the children karen x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Oh Lesley, that is so sad Please give Mindy a big hug for me and tell Mork off - naughty boy! Love to you, carl and the children Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
