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He has been here about 5 yrs and bonks the bantams.
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10 mins ago in the garden.Attachment 30400
He has been here about 5 yrs and bonks the bantams.
Yes we do but they are not very robust chicks and have never made it to adults.
Great pic of that rooster john m
Good that you sorted out the killer puke Dundee
Parries are great parents when they get them on the water - this pair got three out - I have been keeping an eye on them most days since 19 Sep -
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I know pukes kill ducklings but this pair were not afraid of the heap of pukes round here and the pukes never bothered them - that looks fairly relaxed -
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So 25 Oct - now they are half grown - no wonder cause the little buggars never stop feeding on stuff round the edge -
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Couldn’t believe it yesterday - I knew there was a mallard hen with a couple of ducklings somewhere round the edge of this pond - the parrie drake swam over to some willow weed and hounded the mallard hen out and over to another nearby piece of water - she landed by her drake and the parrie flew back to his brood - aggressive buggar - the poor mallard separated from her brood and squawking her head off :pissed off:
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Breeding program looking good here.:D
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Have you got the boys on hawk watch Dundee?
Always got a rifle or shotgun ready:)
19 September to 19 November - good parents - never stopped looking after them - they grow quick
They don’t put up with Mallards but are happy to live closely with a couple of pair of Canada’s and their young
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While setting a cage trap at the pond tonight Sean spooked a nesting teal or spoonbill. Another reason to shoot the aerial predator.:thumbsup:
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I had a wander round our block today - pruning young natives, digging weeds and more bloody weeds - blowing like shit so no spraying
Must have seen ten roosters, couple of hens and heaps of Quail and Tui - roosters crowed all day
Nearly stepped on this nest - hope she comes back - couldn’t resist taking a pic - not a lot of prep - just straight into green grass
Went round all my thirty bait stations and 12 stoat traps - bloody possums are back and cleaned out four stations but hardly any rat bait touched - nothing in the stoat traps - not even a rat
Came home to semi suburbia and a bloody big rooster walked across the lawn but too fast for me to take a pic :thumbsup:
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Bloody predator got another parrie duckling:pissed off: One left hope it survives for the parrie summer season:nom nom:
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I've been reading on a NZ chook site of FB about hedgehogs killing chicks, observed.
One less hare out where we walk the dogs, Obviously didn't get the email!! .
In the hare vs pointer stakes the hare is the loser at the moment. Smart arses worked a pincer movement and drove it into a fence.
Its currently residing in the freezer without its furry coat
:)