Tuesday 15 May 2012

Seven Up !

Seven cygnets so far, and Penny still insists on sitting on the remainder. However if they don't hatch by tomorrow then they probably wont hatch at all. When the parents give up on the nest, I'll get a chance to inspect the ones that don't hatch. Weather is very cold, and my fingers were feeling the bite today. The cygnets don't need food for the first couple of days and live on reserve yolk sac. However they will have to take to the water soon !   

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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