cold weather
By harrypotter
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Hi I am sorry to report that so far we have no baby duckling,the eggs in the tree were there so long , with very patient parents , that my husband had a peep when they were feeding ! Two baby ducklings had hatched but were dead one was partially out of the egg but dead and the rest were stone cold !
We can only put it down to the exceptional cold weather , we still have two pairs waiting for their eggs to hatch but not holding out much hope ! has anyone else had problems this year?
25 May, 2013
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I never heard of Ducks nesting in a tree before.
25 May, 2013
That's so sad for the poor mallards. Lets hope they manage to raise a second brood.
25 May, 2013
The Ducks in our garden are Chineses Mandarins they come every year , we have 5 pairs. They are tree ducks and we have made them 5 big nest boxes around the garden , the boxes are about 12/15ft and the baby ducks usually hatch and all jump down together . We are still waiting for 2 pairs to have their ducklings ,I will keep you updated .
26 May, 2013
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