Monday 22nd April 2019

Ducklings!!!
Hooray, a successful hatch - at last. This clever duck is one of last year’s youngsters and this morning we found no less than 10 ducklings peering up at us when we tentatively lifted one of her wings. She is a massively protective broody so it was with sleeves rolled down that we moved her and her charges to the confines of the aviary, away from any potential predators (not that we have seen any rat activity for a while but...).
Relaxed at Home
There were 14 eggs, two weren’t fertile and two died before they reached full term.
Ten is a grand number and our hope is some may turn out to be chocolate colour - assuming that is that Orange had his wicked way!!