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In article , HC wrote:
Have you thought about a couple of ducks? They don't scratch in the garden and will eat snails etc as well as give you some eggs. A bit dish for water (or small tub) sunk into the ground makes a good swimming hole for them too. My younger son is 3 months old, so he won't be drownproofed for a couple of years. I thought ducks had to dabble their food, resulting in a fair bit of mud around? -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "In Melbourne there is plenty of vigour and eagerness, but there is nothing worth being eager or vigorous about." Francis Adams, The Australians, 1893. |
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from Chookie contains these words: In article , HC wrote: Have you thought about a couple of ducks? They don't scratch in the garden and will eat snails etc as well as give you some eggs. A bit dish for water (or small tub) sunk into the ground makes a good swimming hole for them too. My younger son is 3 months old, so he won't be drownproofed for a couple of years. I thought ducks had to dabble their food, resulting in a fair bit of mud around? They don't have to dabble their food, but they will creat a fair amount of mud whenever it rains. Also, their pooh is very copious wet and smelly compared with hens. and iirc, more likely to be a source of salmonella which your baby could ingest. For the same reason, duck eggs are less safe for babies and toddlers to eat unless they have been cooked at a high temp for at least 10 minutes (as in a cake). You wouldn't (safely) feed a baby a soft-boiled, poached or scrambled duck egg. The number of eggs laid per year by ducks is tiny compared with the number laid be a professional egg-laying hen..look it up. Janet Janet |
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