Saturday, December 15, 2007

nest wars

I just had to break up a fight between Speedy and the Baby Girl with the sore foot, who incidentally is the friendliest and kindest of the female ducks. You see Baby Girl has been sitting all day today on a nest where Speedy sleeps at night. Speedy went into the pen and just pecked at her back and head. I stopped her but she kept going back to peck more. I tried to get Speedy to sleep elsewhere but realised that she wouldn't take no for an answer and probably end up hurting baby girl pretty bad. So I ended up taking Baby Girls eggs and making her a makeshift nest and moving Speedy onto the nest. Speedy was still trying to have a go and the duck while I was holding her. She was pecking at her head, I was worried she took out an eye. So now Speedy is sleeping with one eye open and watching the duck. Baby Girl is so gentle she'd never even fight back.
I think I saw Katcsa eat a poo today. It was hard to tell what it was but she was loving it.

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