ducklings - Limes End Cottage

Back to 'Plan A'

Looking back over our blog posts from the last month you’d be forgiven for thinking that we’ve become a bit obsessed with Aylesbury ducks. After hatching out two ducklings from our first batch of eggs we’ve been on the lookout for some more to join them – without

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In search of ducklings

Our search for some more Aylesbury ducklings has continued since our last post... unfortunately without success. There seems to be a real shortage of pure Aylesbury ducks, with many breeders having crossed them with other large white ducks such as Cherry Valleys or Pekins. Whilst this results in good utility

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Aylesbury ducklings

As if bringing pigs onto our smallholding for the first time wasn’t enough, a couple of weeks ago we also welcomed our first Aylesbury ducklings when two of the eggs in our incubator hatched out. The first duckling needed a little help to make it out of its shell