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Sitting on the verander today.I noticed somthing strange in the grass in the backyard.On closer inspection found that it was a pr of ducks with approximately a dozen ducklings.These are wild ducks that must have decided to nest beside my wood shed.Unfortuantly the dogs had noticed them too.Some made it through the chicken wire while some had to be helped.The problem was they all ran of into the paddock in different directions.Mean while Mum and Dad had taken of.I made a split decision to keep the last three that had not made it through quick enough.As the Lake down the back will be dry in the next couple of days,And all the other duckings down the back are now flying.Also mum and dad will be lucky to locate all the ducklings.

Later this arvo i noticed the dog in the backyard chewing on a duckling.Hopfully most of the others have caught up with each other.I will go for a look later as Mum and dad have now shot through.

Fingers crossed the three i have will have a chance.They now located in my bird room.They have spark in the water,bird seed,meal worms,earth worms and magots available if they survive.

Sitting on the verander today.I noticed somthing strange in the grass in the backyard.On closer inspection found that it was a pr of ducks with approximately a dozen ducklings.These are wild ducks that must have decided to nest beside my wood shed.Unfortuantly the dogs had noticed them too.Some made it through the chicken wire while some had to be helped.The problem was they all ran of into the paddock in different directions.Mean while Mum and Dad had taken of.I made a split decision to keep the last three that had not made it through quick enough.As the Lake down the back will be dry in the next couple of days,And all the other duckings down the back are now flying.Also mum and dad will be lucky to locate all the ducklings.

Later this arvo i noticed the dog in the backyard chewing on a duckling.Hopfully most of the others have caught up with each other.I will go for a look later as Mum and dad have now shot through.

Fingers crossed the three i have will have a chance.They now located in my bird room.They have spark in the water,bird seed,meal worms,earth worms and magots available if they survive.

Perhaps i should have let nature take its course.

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Cute little things.
Hope they make it.
And good on you for rescueing them.
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thats one way to avoid duck season, have thembreed at home and keep a few little ones to fatten for the pot ;) :D
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gomer
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Have made it through day one.I am a bit lighter on magots and meal worms though.
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Try some milk soaked bread, it's not a sustainable diet, but it will help, and they should take it no problem.
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gomer
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Thanks for the advice.But unfortuantly they didnt make it.I hope the parents found a couple of the others.
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Sorry to hear about your ducklings demise. I tried once as a kid too without success. I think they easily succumb to gastrointestinal infections and it's night on impossible to keep them and their food out of their water.
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Sorry about the duckilings ...I use to take them home too but my Dad use to make me take them back to where I got them , he reckoned they had more chance hiding in the grass which is how they avoid being picked off by predators ....I say fair enough in a world without dogs and cats.
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What a shame....at least you tried
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sorry to hear bout the baby ducks dying gomer. last week me dad also lost 27 baby muscovy ducklings that were about 4weeks old they were on a grassed area wit a roof over the top but dad miss one spot to tying the roof onto and a fox got in there nd killed them all so not good at all
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