Penthouse Duck hatched

[Simon Brown]

The penthouse duck got her 5 chicks away this morning (5 unhatched) Out onto the black box, jump down to bike cover, down to jetty onto the water. There are chicks everywhere here they seen to have planned to be here for the Bank Holiday...
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[Sparkies]

Great set of piccies Simon... I love the stages you've captured....and the way the mother seems to be encouraging the chicks to follow her route. Wonder what she would have done if you hadn't had a bike there for them to jump on... it woul have been a long jump down without that!!! Jenny...

[Hevva]

Love the sliding start to life Simon !! Is it unusual for that many eggs not to hatch?

[Jandy]

Again, wonderful pics, Simon! It must have been funny to watch - I can just imagine them one by one sliding down the bike cover like one of those emergency chutes!

[Sparkies]

How are the chicks Simon... Does she still have 5?

[Simon Brown]

She has still got 5 amazingly, notice the blackbird waiting its turn, he was feeding it after the ducks left it looks a bit big to still be feeding it!! its not a cuckoo is it?
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[Sparkies]

Simon, So glad she had still got 5 chicks, that's pretty good after a week.... she's either a very good mother, or has been lucky I guess...
Feeding the ducks and the birds so close to your boat is really giving some great close up pictures..
Bill reckons the brown one is a female blackbird, he says they are usually brown. He reckons it's his Mrs and he is giving her food to take back to the nest...... Any sign of the Moorhen's babies from the tyre yet? :)
Jenny

[animalfriendly]

Its May now -- how are the baby ducks from the penthouse?

[Simon Brown]

She still has 5 after 17 days a couple of photo taken this evening...
I hope like them in Texas...
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[robinoz]

Well done Simon, Do the ducklings make much noise in the mornings ? Looking forward to their continuing good progress. Rob:)

[animalfriendly]

Simon, Its June 14. Do the "penthouse ducklings" have a happy ending?

[Simon Brown]

Simon, Its June 14. Do the "penthouse ducklings" have a happy ending?
The penthouse duck still has 5 under the jetty and the Jetty duck still with 7 waiting for me to come back from work and a new resident in the Penthouse should hatch 19th July, but i think we have had enough pics of my chicks this year unless its very spectacular. (i hear you all say here here)... Simon...
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[Sparkies]

No, I disagree - can never have too many pictures of ducks & chicks. We have to see the second lot of penthouse duck chicks in July!! Amazing when you look at the first two broods - you can hardly tell the mother from the chicks... Jenny;)

[animalfriendly]

Disagree, too. One can never see too many duck and baby duck photos! i am also surprised at how big the penthouse ducks are. Fast growth. Thats good - it gets them out of the danger size.:)