by instagram | May 12, 2023 | Photo Posts
They are starting to hatch!We were starting to get worried because according to our math it should have happened two days ago.This afternoon I went to check on her and there was something yellow under her wing. I lifted it carefully (she did NOT approve) and there...
by instagram | May 12, 2023 | Photo Posts
New flock members arrived yesterday:One Muscovy mommy and her recently hatched 12 ducklings.A couple of grey Muscovies whose drake will be replacing ours.
by instagram | May 8, 2023 | Photo Posts
The poultry family has grown!While the Muscovy ducks are hatching their eggs, a pair of ducks, a pair of Toulouse geese and 4 Chinese geese goslings have joined the crew. Here you can see the three species meeting for the first time.It will take time to become a...
by instagram | Mar 22, 2023 | Photo Posts
Because the new duck coops aren’t ready yet, moving the ducks to a fresh strip of pasture involved some creative fencing work.This apple tree was within the accessible area and before long, the drake was methodically trying to eat it (!).We scared him away and...
by instagram | Mar 22, 2023 | Photo Posts
Planted an assortment of seeds in the pasture strip that the ducks just left.They’d been there too long and some patches are quite degraded. Hopefully at least some of the seeds will grow into duck food by the time they return to this strip.