A very sharp-eyed viewer who saw the pic here noted that the chicks are of different sizes, which strongly hints that two or more broods of different ages have been amalgamated. Also, I did a closeup of this pic and came up with a final count of either 38 or 39 chicks. Of course, since mother ducks do not feed their young, this is no
burden on the mom seen here.
-- burden on the mom seen here.
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