Mrs Down's Diary
She throws motherly tantrums, frets when they set off on their own and goes berserk when they all decide to go for a swim in the pond. Not the kind of behavior she would expect a chick to indulge in and, as far as she is concerned, they are hens not ducks and geese.
Jessica, our granddaughter, sees all this as a supreme example of her grandfather's male incompetence. "I told you Pappa" she says with all the worldly authority of a four-year-old.
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Hide Ad"I told you (she has already learned the need for repetition when nagging) that they would all end up muddled when you let a hen hatch a duck. That Mummy hen thinks they are going to drown."
For full feature see West Sussex Gazette May 16