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Three baby ducks hatch from supermarket eggs
A woman received a big surprise after she bought some duck eggs from a supermarket. Three of the eggs hatched. The woman now has three baby ducks, or ducklings. The woman named the ducklings Beep, Peep and Meep. Charli Lello, 29, bought the eggs from the Waitrose supermarket last month. She was spending all day at home because she was furloughed from her job as an assistant manager in a shop. She decided to use her free time to do things around the house. Ms Lello told reporters that she got the idea for incubating the eggs after seeing a video on Facebook. The video showed how someone hatched quail eggs after buying them from a supermarket.
Lello said the ducklings would live, "a very happy life". She said they would be good company for her pet chickens. She explained why she tried her experiment. She said: "While I was in Waitrose, I saw the duck eggs and thought maybe they would [hatch]. I was so excited for them to hatch, but I still had in the back of my mind that these are supermarket eggs." She said she was surprised when the eggs hatched. She said: "They have been collected, bashed around on a delivery truck, then rattled around on a trolley onto a shelf." She added that it had been an "amazing" experience. She called her ducklings "the cutest little balls of fluff". A duck farm said it is very unusual for ducklings to hatch from supermarket eggs.
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Discussion
1) Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
2) What do you think of when you hear the word 'egg'?
3) What do you think about what you read?
4) What do you think the best pets are?
5) Would you like to incubate some duck eggs?
6) How surprised are you that the ducklings hatched?
7) How cute do you think ducklings are?
8) What amazing experiences have you had in your life?
9) Would you prefer to eat duck eggs or chicken eggs?
10) What questions would you like to ask the lady with the ducklings?
