Snowie showed up late yesterday afternoon at Lake Murraay with 7 ducklings of a variety of colors and shapes. All but one were domestic colors. One was a mallard color. I *think* we might have a couple crested ones. You can probably guess who the dads were.
There were two that were light blue and yellow, probably came from Baby Blue:
Here is the lighter yellow-blue ducklings with a black and yellow duckling. I'm suspecting the father of the dark one to be Dougie. Bigboi tends to produce all black ducklings, but he may still be the father. I don't think it's a runner baby because he doesn't stand up at all like a runner and that trait tends to carry through even when they breed to non-runner ducks.
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Unfortunately, Snowie had to fight off all the males in the area. This put her ducklings in danger, especially from the 50 or so gulls nearby getting fed. All the ducklings were fine while i was there.
Here is a Youtube video I made of Snowie's ducklings running around:
She was heading towards the gulls, that's why I told her not to go there. Unfortunately, I don't think these guys are going to last. The weather's been cold and Snowie is not the best mother. I wanted to make sure I filmed and photographed all of them before they disappear. Also, one kid was able to pick one of them up, so it's possible that they may get duck-napped.
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