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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 27, 2019 18:33:46 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 18:49:15 GMT
Ducklings are great.
However adult ducks are fowl.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 27, 2019 18:53:33 GMT
I suspect "slammed on his brakes" is newspaper-speak for "came to a gentle halt in slow-moving traffic".
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Post by naughtyfox on Apr 27, 2019 19:05:05 GMT
I did similar about 10 years ago, just off the Haaga roundabout in Helsinki, off onto the Vihdintie road; mother duck ran back and jumped up the kerb, 13 little 'uns couldn't jump that high so I put the hazards on and went to assist - first time I've ever touched ducklings - luckily I got 'em rounded up and two at a time up onto the kerb, last one was the 13th.
If I've done bad things in my life, that helps to balance the books.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 19:11:36 GMT
I manhandled (no matron jokes) 9 newly hatched ducklings where the mother duck had nested on a balcony 20ft above a concrete walkway by the mooring.
Cut a long story short the flat occupier was worried they would all die from falling so got me to take them down to the water. The one that did fall onto the concrete was fine as it happens.
Little fluffy egg shaped things.
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Post by Trina on Apr 27, 2019 19:40:35 GMT
I love ducklings(Paul calls them ducklets or chickletsπ),don't like goslings as they are just animated loose bowels...but most of all all I love coot & moorhen fluffballs.Soooo cute.Okay,I'll admit it,I just had a fluffy bunny moment.
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Post by naughtyfox on Apr 27, 2019 19:42:35 GMT
"My, Grandmother, what big feet you have!" "All the better to scratch your eyes out, Little Red Riding Hood!"
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Post by naughtyfox on Apr 27, 2019 19:45:59 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 19:49:23 GMT
Coots chicks look sweet but coots are nasty birds. Very aggressive and they don't have webbed feet so they can run across water.
Eventually all birds on canals will be coots.
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Post by thebfg on Apr 27, 2019 20:36:24 GMT
We rescued a duckling last week. Mummy and daddy duck π£ and the rest of the family swam off leaving one behind. Whilst we were moored up. We scooped it up in a bucket and dropped it back of with mummy when we caught up.
It's alright we had her sister on board and she works for the RSPCA.
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Post by Trina on Apr 27, 2019 20:37:59 GMT
Coots chicks look sweet but coots are nasty birds. Very aggressive and they don't have webbed feet so they can run across water. Eventually all birds on canals will be coots. Rather them than Canada geese.π©π©π©
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Post by naughtyfox on Apr 28, 2019 5:59:59 GMT
Coots chicks look sweet but coots are nasty birds. Very aggressive and they don't have webbed feet so they can run across water. Eventually all birds on canals will be coots. Rather them than Canada geese.π©π©π© They all look like clones.
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Post by patty on Apr 28, 2019 6:34:59 GMT
Love ducklings when I lived in Mkt Harborough I watched some people use the pedestrian crossing to shepherd mum and her brood across the road...didn't have camera unfortunately.. My dad used to hatch off pheasant chicks under hens and I would carry them around..i was the only one allowed to handle them as little sis and big bruv would drop them. I didn't realise that all those cute chicks destined to be recipients of 12 bore shotgun cartridges...such a cruel world. Dad was active member of local shoot up Oundle woods.
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Post by phil70 on Apr 28, 2019 7:21:47 GMT
Coots chicks look sweet but coots are nasty birds. Very aggressive and they don't have webbed feet so they can run across water. Eventually all birds on canals will be coots. Coots are much maligned, they are scrappy amongst themselves but that's it. We had a Coot on the Broads that would came to the boat and feed from my hand and when she nested next to the boat she let me sit with her and watch the eggs hatch..... magical moment! Phil
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2019 7:32:59 GMT
We've got coots everywhere including a nest under the pontoon. They do seem to discourage other fowl or birds.
I do think after a few years some places will just have coots. A successful bird.
I've even seen one fighting its own reflection in a mirror stainless steel box.
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