Baby ducks

[Lucinda]

I heard somewhere in the hospital grounds is a mummy mallard with 14 babies :o

 

[Sehnsucht]

14? whoa :o :o :o

 

[Lucinda]

Imagine carrying all those eggs :o :o :o

Apparently the RSPCA have come to check them all out.

 

[baby-wilson]

Woah! When I had a duck she had 4 never heard of 14! lol
Maybe she is a duckling-sitter ;D

 

[michellemuffin]

wow amazing poor mum hope they all survive, our hospital also have a hugh duck pond in the grounds when you drive in theres warning signs everywhere to beware of wandering ducks

 

[Glynis]

Gee that's amazing.. wow how would she ever be able to suckle and feed them? This we have to follow up on please

 

[Billies Mum]

Ducklings are so cuuute :smitten:

 

[Abnoba]

Gee that's amazing.. wow how would she ever be able to suckle and feed them? This we have to follow up on please

do ducks do that? I thought the young just started eating normal food straight away O_o

 

[michellemuffin]

I was thinking same thing Abnoba didn't even realise ducks had nipples ;D

 

[newpiggies]

I had heard in the past that sometimes ducks in a group take it in turns to look after all the ducklings in the group but I don't know whether that is true. We saw a duck with 11 ducklings recently but the next time we saw her she had only 7. We recognised the ducklings because one was significantly more yellow that the others.

 

[kellyandpiggies]

awwwww

 

[Lucinda]

Might just be a hospital rumour

Or someone who had too much anaesthetic. ;D

 

[kellyandpiggies]

LOL

Could be that she's taken on someone else's/ They do that

 

[Lucinda]

No idea.

it's only hearsay