Our last ray of light is now little skewed Taffy, it APPEARS that she hasn't caught the raging disease. Once more we are hoping fervently that it remains so. She eats and drinks well every morning after a short swim and then sits on her Nest all day:
I took a photo of her three eggs first thing this morning after removing my woolly hat and a protective roof tile. Tonight, as she is now the sole occupant of the hut, I want to put her nest and content into it so she doesn't have to abandon her nest during the night.
I scrubbed out and desinfected the hut once more this afternoon, it looked like this first thing today:If I should find more green stuff in the hut tomorrow morning I think I'll despair, because it'll mean that Taffy has caught the disease as well.
We're trying to comfort each other but it's hard. And yet we have decided to incubate and try to have some more ducklings - it is so empty in the garden, even though the 5 from the bottom hut come right up to the house several times a day. We're relieved that we haven't suffered any further losses from the foxes - only hope I haven't spoken too soon!
We're trying to comfort each other but it's hard. And yet we have decided to incubate and try to have some more ducklings - it is so empty in the garden, even though the 5 from the bottom hut come right up to the house several times a day. We're relieved that we haven't suffered any further losses from the foxes - only hope I haven't spoken too soon!
My friend Mel will return the incubator I lent her with 10 eggs from her ducks, and my dear friends Alexandra and Michael are sending us eggs, too, to put into the incubator. It is so very good of all of you who have been with us in your thoughts and are trying to help us through this difficult time.
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