RE: advice please mallard mum & 13 chicks in my pond
ORIGINAL: reikidonna
I have actually heard that bread is bad for ducks and other birds due to the gluten. Not sure if it's true, it's just what I heard...
I think you may be right. Certainly bread and milk is said to be bad for hedgehogs, although often given to them.
Roger, if you put "duck food" into Google UK you'll find a list of online suppliers of duck food, especially in the sponsored links.
Caveman will also find a number of recipes 😉
Laura.
RE: advice please mallard mum & 13 chicks in my pond
I've just remembered something! My friend in Florida used to feed the ducks every single day (the back of her house backed onto a river), they were so used to it they would come to her back door every day. She would boil a big pot of white rice, they seemed to love it.
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Rosi x
RE: advice please mallard mum & 13 chicks in my pond
Thanks guys,
the cooking thing was well funny (but I won't show it to my wife) since we've moved here I've had to give up lamb and mutton and because of it, I'm notallowed to eat goat either... & I have to tell you home made goat curry is the nuts. Yum Yum!
And becuase it's a little village I can't even hope to be invited to a West Inidian or Indian shin-dig (like I used to be all the time) to taste goat again- we aint in London no more.
We moved into this village in March many years ago (when we abandonned the sprawling council estate my kids grew up on) and we have to drivepast fieldsto the house... they were full of lambs playing and prancing about.... no lamb in my house ever since 🙁
Now 'she that must be obeyed' don't eat duck either, I have to sneak off with pals for a bit of crispy duck and pancakes...& come home looking like I've had an illicit meeting in aHotel with a 'mucky lady':)
Re: Pictures, I'll take some tomorrow in the sun when they are out but I dont know how to post em on here?
Sharon, it wasn't the ducks that messed up my garden or pond.... it was a massive heron that attacked all my Koi (that I had reared since babies for over 8 years) but they were so big that all the heron managed to do was mortaly wound them but couldn't eat them all, my garden was scattered with dead koi covered in blood... I had 14 beautiful Ghost Koi... now I have 4 left that guard carefully.
RE: advice please mallard mum & 13 chicks in my pond
Re: Pictures, I'll take some tomorrow in the sun when they are out but I dont know how to post em on here?
I don't know how to do that either, but I believe you have to have a picture hosting site - like Photobucket or Image Shack. If you do a search here, I'm sure you'll find some "how to" posts. Probably in General Discussions. Any difficulty, PM me.
Laura.
RE: advice please mallard mum & 13 chicks in my pond
Re: Pictures, I'll take some tomorrow in the sun when they are out but I dont know how to post em on here?
ooo fab[sm=1syellow1.gif]...I'll post them on for you if you want, you'll just have to email me the photos
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Amy
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