Posted on ApApby whyevolutionistrue Posted in ducks 5 Comments Posted at 2:30 pm Words and phrases I detest Just a few milliseconds earlier and I would have had a complete photo, but it’s hard to time when she’s going to take off: Just imagine-each of these will become a duckling!Īnd the moment when Honey decided she’d been off her nest long enough, and flew back up. The eggs are nestled in the feathers that Honey plucked from her breast, and are pastel green, as all mallard eggs are.įour eggs. These pictures aren’t great because I had to take them through a screen, and the autofocus focused on the screen. I counted 7 visible eggs, but there are undoubtedly more buried in the fluff. Her mate Shmuley, of course, was close by:Īnd her nest.
She’s nice and plump, and ready to care for ducklings.
She’s in excellent shape, because most hens eat almost nothing while incubating, but she flies down and gets fed a two-course meal (pellets and mealworms). I took advantage of her being on the pond to sneak up to the third floor of Erman hall to have a peek at her nest.įirst, the Queen herself: Ms. Today Honey came down, got a hearty feed, and then, as usual, bathed and preened herself for a long time before flying up to her nest. (I have to peek at the pond every 15 minutes or so to see if there’s a hen there, as I have to rush down to feed her since they are always eager to get back to their nest. Both hens have been sitting tight on their nests for a few weeks, coming down to the pond only for an hour every one to three days for a drink and a snack. I estimate that at least one brood of ducklings (probably Dorothy’s) will hatch in the next week, and Honey’s brood will hatch soon thereafter.
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