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Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch?
We have a pair of swans that hatched 3 eggs on April 9, 2009. The cygnets were pinioned, 2 were sold and the remaining cygnet left with his parents. In the past week the parents have laid 4 eggs and may lay more. I have noticed the cygnet keeping a distance from the parents, which may be normal for a 7 week old cygnet, however, they all eat together and the parents have not exibited any aggressive behavior toward the cygnet. My question is: Will the parents drive the cygnet away and is there a chance the eggs will hatch?
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- Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- Jeanne Moore -- 29 May 2009
- Re: Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- The Regal Swan -- 29 May 2009
- Re: Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- Jeanne Moore -- 30 May 2009
- Re: Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- The Regal Swan -- 30 May 2009
- Injured cygnet taken to the vet for 5 days: Will its parents take it back? -- Jeanne Moore -- 9 June 2009
- Re: Injured cygnet taken to the vet for 5 days: Will its parents take it back? -- The Regal Swan -- 10 June 2009
- Why the injured cygnet was accepted by the parents after an absence of 6 days -- Jeanne Moore -- 15 June 2009
- Re: Why the injured cygnet was accepted by the parents after an absence of 6 days -- The Regal Swan -- 16 June 2009
- Why the injured cygnet was accepted by the parents after an absence of 6 days -- Jeanne Moore -- 15 June 2009
- Re: Injured cygnet taken to the vet for 5 days: Will its parents take it back? -- The Regal Swan -- 10 June 2009
- Injured cygnet taken to the vet for 5 days: Will its parents take it back? -- Jeanne Moore -- 9 June 2009
- Re: Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- The Regal Swan -- 30 May 2009
- Re: Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- Jeanne Moore -- 30 May 2009
- Re: Double Clutch: Will the parents drive the 7-week-old cygnet away when new eggs hatch? -- The Regal Swan -- 29 May 2009
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