posie

Commander of the Wild Empire

Last Activity: 20-11-2011 02:23 PM

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02-06-2010 03:30 PM - permalink
pammosley

Hi Posie, thanks for supporting the Tripping up Trump thread.
Let`s hope it ALL doesn`t happen.
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30-05-2010 10:55 PM - permalink
davecatt

Yo Poe, Hows things?
26-05-2010 01:50 PM - permalink
Dutchess

Yes, I've always loved the Kookaburra :)
26-05-2010 12:24 AM - permalink
Dutchess

Hey Poe, get yourself off to bed, the weather is on the turn, it will be a case of battening down the hatches (again!) for a few days! 'Can't believe the temps are gonna be half of what they were (Celsius, at any rate)

D. xx
22-05-2010 01:27 AM - permalink
Dutchess

Haha! Yes, I know what you meant, Poe ;) I don't have the room for ducks anyhow, but if and when I ever did, I'd follow your advice :)

xx
19-05-2010 12:26 AM - permalink
Dutchess

I would love to have ducks! However, unless you have a proper pond (as you obviously have) they always seem to be such mucky creatures! I have yet to see an enclosure kept duck with clean looking water (to drink or to swim in, lol.) Therefore, something there doesn't sit well with me .... I am sure they need a larger expanse of water than a paddling pool.

I am pleased your babes are pullling through, please - let's have some pics soon, Poe!

D. x
17-05-2010 11:38 PM - permalink
Dutchess

How are your ducks? My friend bought a pair of beautiful (very vocal!) Indian runner ducklings yesterday! She collects all sorts of small livestock, her husband must be a saint, he never knows what she's going to come back with when she's been to an aggie or game fair, lol!

xx
15-05-2010 01:35 AM - permalink
davecatt

Yo Po. Hows things?
11-05-2010 10:13 PM - permalink
mbaldw

Hmmm...I'd be tempted to think that you should've seen them by now, if they're about. There is some evidence that oestrous in captive vixens occurs later than in the wild, but most wild individuals are receptive for 2-4 days between January and mid-February. If we assumed a very late mating (say end of the second week in Feb), the gestation would take you to mid-April for the birth and then you're looking at another five-ish weeks, which would put you into next week. So, I guess that the latest date for the cubs to emerge would be end of the month, but I would expect most to be out by now. Of course, if the vixen does have cubs already and you've just not seen them, it makes me wonder if there might be another entrance to the earth? Cheers, Marc.
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11-05-2010 10:50 AM - permalink
mbaldw

Hi Posie. Interesting question! I've never come across accounts of buzzards taking fox cubs, although they take rabbits, so I guess cubs are within their size range. I guess it wouldn't hurt the buzz to hang around; many fox cubs die underground and are sometimes brought outside the earth by the parents. I doubt a buzzard would turn down a dead cub were it to happen across one. Cheers, Marc.
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