Re: Update on Peeper (aka Lady Chatsworth)

Cool beans.  Sounds like they will hatch just in time for my visit!  Hope
you are getting pictures of all this darlin'.

On 5/3/06, Bonnie & Bill Morgan <wmorgan972@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
> Already a good mother and she hasn't hatched the eggs yet!  Did her mate
> ever go into the barn before?  Being a "wild" bird, I wonder weather the
> building might be intimidating to him.  Yes, all the male Canadian Geese
> I've observed around here (and Ohio is loaded with nesting couples) the
> males STAY very close during the nesting as well as after the eggs hatch.
> I'm glad you are going to keep us up to date!
>
> Blessings,
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> Of Jesse Bell
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:03 PM
> To: Gardenchat
> Subject: [CHAT] Update on Peeper (aka Lady Chatsworth)
>
> Well, the grey duck that was nesting in the stall with Peepers had her
> babies Sunday. She had five ducklings. Peeper must want some babies
> really,
> really BAD because now she is "helping" with those babies. She is still
> sitting on her eggs (and according to the books, a goose sits on them for
> 25-30 days, she has maybe a week or so to go) and still does NOT want
> anybody around her nest...BUT...when she isn't sitting on them, she is
> "mothering" those baby ducklings and I just think it is so sweet.
> And the mother duck lets her. If the German Shepherds come too close to
> the
> babies, Peepers goes after them. I sure hope she has some babies because
> her
> heart is in the right place. And I haven't seen the Mr. in almost two
> weeks.
> I don't even see him on the pond. I wonder where he went?
>
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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