Well this is the story of too little ducklings and the adventures they had in their time they shared our home.
It all started one day whilst walking Katie our dog, suddenly there was a large sound of
quacking on the route to the fields, looking over the fence there was their family duck accompanied by a group of tiny chicks.
We said to the owner how cute we felt they are all were, his response was to offer us one because sadly he wasn't able to keep them all, our response was to say yes please, but that unfortunately we were going on holiday that day, he was quite happy to keep it until our return.
After the holiday we went round to have a look at our duck, also we had thought it would be nice if we could have two, well what a surprise all the ducklings had grown very rapidly in the short period, but also we were told there was no problem with us having two ducks.
While the next task was to rapidly create somewhere for them to live, plus a run to protect them from any other animals, this was done so we went to collect the ducks that were both males, we named them Gilbert & Sullivan (not very original).
A neighbour provided a pool for them to go in although they always preferred their water dish to flap about in & they gave a lot of pleasure to us and the neighbours over the next month or two, they also enjoyed watching me chasing them round the garden as they continued to grow in the evening when I was trying to get them in the run at night.
The only problem was that in their search for worms they ate a lot of soil which then came out the other end, smelling rather strongly, so we moved their home & run onto the concrete.
We had always said we would not clip their wings so that if ever they wanted to leave home they could, they had also educated us to their needs, by tapping at the back door with their beaks if we were late feeding them.
Well one morning whilst chasing them to pen them up, one actually managed to flap its wings sufficiently to get into the front garden, well as I chased it, now it had a good line of sight, on the next flap, up into the air we went, out of sight.
I spent some time searching & eventually found the errant duck, and pounced, well I was to late off into the air & across the gardens it went out of sight. So I returned deflated, hoping that when the duck became hungry it would return home.
Sadly after a week it still had not come back and the remaining duck was becoming more dejected by the day, so finally we felt it was better to give it its freedom and to take it down to the local lodges in the hope that being with the other ducks there it would settle in.
Off we went to carry out the task, well would the duck leave, no until finally I coxed it out & off into the water it went. A local fisherman said what a coincidence, only the other day, a couple had come with a duck that had arrived at their house and would not leave. At first it had been a novelty, but they got fed up with its constant tapping at the back door.
A happy ending at long last the two duck could get back together and exchange their adventures over the last week and get to meet the new friends down there
It all started one day whilst walking Katie our dog, suddenly there was a large sound of
quacking on the route to the fields, looking over the fence there was their family duck accompanied by a group of tiny chicks.We said to the owner how cute we felt they are all were, his response was to offer us one because sadly he wasn't able to keep them all, our response was to say yes please, but that unfortunately we were going on holiday that day, he was quite happy to keep it until our return.
After the holiday we went round to have a look at our duck, also we had thought it would be nice if we could have two, well what a surprise all the ducklings had grown very rapidly in the short period, but also we were told there was no problem with us having two ducks.
While the next task was to rapidly create somewhere for them to live, plus a run to protect them from any other animals, this was done so we went to collect the ducks that were both males, we named them Gilbert & Sullivan (not very original).
A neighbour provided a pool for them to go in although they always preferred their water dish to flap about in & they gave a lot of pleasure to us and the neighbours over the next month or two, they also enjoyed watching me chasing them round the garden as they continued to grow in the evening when I was trying to get them in the run at night.
The only problem was that in their search for worms they ate a lot of soil which then came out the other end, smelling rather strongly, so we moved their home & run onto the concrete.
We had always said we would not clip their wings so that if ever they wanted to leave home they could, they had also educated us to their needs, by tapping at the back door with their beaks if we were late feeding them.
Well one morning whilst chasing them to pen them up, one actually managed to flap its wings sufficiently to get into the front garden, well as I chased it, now it had a good line of sight, on the next flap, up into the air we went, out of sight.
I spent some time searching & eventually found the errant duck, and pounced, well I was to late off into the air & across the gardens it went out of sight. So I returned deflated, hoping that when the duck became hungry it would return home.
Sadly after a week it still had not come back and the remaining duck was becoming more dejected by the day, so finally we felt it was better to give it its freedom and to take it down to the local lodges in the hope that being with the other ducks there it would settle in.Off we went to carry out the task, well would the duck leave, no until finally I coxed it out & off into the water it went. A local fisherman said what a coincidence, only the other day, a couple had come with a duck that had arrived at their house and would not leave. At first it had been a novelty, but they got fed up with its constant tapping at the back door.
A happy ending at long last the two duck could get back together and exchange their adventures over the last week and get to meet the new friends down there
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