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Angelina, Lillibeth and Jemima were three white Cherry Valleys who I had loved and cared for since I was given them when they were two weeks old.
Although Angelina has passed on since this blog begun, sharing their story continues :)

Jemima and Lillibeth are my two white Cherry Valley duck sisters. Bea and Alice are two rescued Campbell siblings. Their brother Monty has since passed on. Harriette and Ginger are rescued Orpington chickens who were the sole survivors from a fox attack at two weeks old. Oscar is a rescued lop eared rabbit. We also have two family dogs, Dolly and Rumpus, also rescues :)

Introducing Edwin, a Call duckling who wasn't wanted by their previous owners.

This is a blog to share the joy they bring to our family life. I hope you enjoy!

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→ 16 Jan 13 at 3 pm

Uh-oh! We have some competition. Look at these two fluffing their heads up! Edwin seems to fluff his crest up to make himself taller and Monty fluffs the back of his neck to make himself bigger. Monty wanted to include Edwin when he was a duckling but as he grew older and started to show off with his flying skills (as larger breeds the others can do “assisted jumps” but nothing like Edwin’s 20-foot-soars) the girls started to take an interest in this tiny pilot. Monty is not impressed and shoos him off.

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→ 15 Jan 13 at 12 am I just had to post! So here’s another photo of Edwin from this weekend. So ever since he was a baby (admittedly I just forgot to do it every now and then when he was still tiny and fuzzy and always wanted his mummy no matter what) I’ve been picking him up gently from underneath with the word “up”. He would then tuck his legs up onto my hand and stand up. The last few weeks I’ve been putting my hands open in front of him with the same command. He’s normally needed to be poked and prodded, but tonight… Tonight I went to where he was standing on top of his cage, put my hands down as a platform in front of him, calmly told him “up”… And on he steps, one foot, two foot, slowly and deliberately. I am so thrilled! I will probably start devising simple tricks for him to learn on a reward basis. Had to share!

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I just had to post! So here’s another photo of Edwin from this weekend. So ever since he was a baby (admittedly I just forgot to do it every now and then when he was still tiny and fuzzy and always wanted his mummy no matter what) I’ve been picking him up gently from underneath with the word “up”. He would then tuck his legs up onto my hand and stand up. The last few weeks I’ve been putting my hands open in front of him with the same command. He’s normally needed to be poked and prodded, but tonight… Tonight I went to where he was standing on top of his cage, put my hands down as a platform in front of him, calmly told him “up”… And on he steps, one foot, two foot, slowly and deliberately. I am so thrilled! I will probably start devising simple tricks for him to learn on a reward basis. Had to share!whatducksdo.tumblr.com

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→ 10 Jul 12 at 8 am What a handsome big boy our little Monty is becoming :)

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