Phenomenal Ducks
TO THE KDITOII OF THE STAH
Sir, — The following circumstance is so curious that you niay choose to notice it : — We have 9 ducks and 2 drakes ; they are regularly shut up in a small enclosed space every evening, and for the last few weeks have laid from 7 to 9 eggs between each evening and morning. The night before last they laid 7 eggs, but yesterday evening they were shut up as usual about 5 p.m. and were let out this morning at 6.30 a.m., and between them they laid 15 eggs. I certainly never heard of such a thing before, but there is absolutely no doubt of the fact, however it may be accounted for. The ducks are of the Aylesbury kind, but I do not suppose they are pure bred. In fact I am not aware that there is anything particular about them. — I am, &c, A McDonald. P.S. — I ought to have said that the 15 eggs were all fully shelled, and each of quite the ordinary size. — A. McD. Awahuri, October 10, 1889.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 49, 12 October 1889, Page 2
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