ducks

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Duck harvest day: 2 Muscovy drakes, 1 Muscovy females, and the remaining Khaki Campbell drake

Duck harvest day: 2 Muscovy drakes, 1 Muscovy females, and the remaining Khaki Campbell drake. They got slaughtered and plucked today and are now chilling for a day or two. Gutting and butchering will follow. #ducks #harvest #duckharvest #muscovy #khakicampbell

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Four broody Muscovies

Four broody Muscovies. Only two of them have eggs underneath 🤭 #muscovy #ducks #broodyduck Your browser does not support the video tag.

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Muscovy ducklings enjoying a bath and a snack

Muscovy ducklings enjoying a bath and a snack. #muscovy #ducklings #ducks Your browser does not support the video tag.

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Pasture strip rotation day for the adult ducks and geese

Pasture strip rotation day for the adult ducks and geese. #pasture #rotationalgrazing #ducks #muscovy #geese

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The ducklings and their mommy got a fresh nursery strip today

The ducklings and their mommy got a fresh nursery strip today. They grow up (and trash vegetation 😅) so fast! #ducks #ducklings #muscovy #rotationalgrazing

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Two new future Muscovy mamas at work

Two new future Muscovy mamas at work. #ducks #muscovy #broodyduck

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Egg switcheroo!

Egg switcheroo! We've been collecting (hopefully) fertilized Khaki Campbell eggs while waiting for one of the Muscovies to go broody. This lady was the winner, so today we took her eggs and replaced them with 18 Khaki Campbell ones. Let's see how it goes. #ducks #muscovy

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Moved the ducks to a new strip and mowed the one previously in use

Moved the ducks to a new strip and mowed the one previously in use. #ducks #rotationalgrazing

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Mama duck & ducklings

Mama duck & ducklings. They grow fast! #ducks #muscovy #ducklings

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Moved the Khaki Campbell ducks to one of the nursery areas

Moved the Khaki Campbell ducks to one of the nursery areas. The male has been very aggressively mating two of the Muscovy females to the point of hurting them. Meanwhile, his Khaki ladies are being neglected. We're going to try to get some fertilized eggs in this setup

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Left: the ducks on a fresh strip of pasture

Left: the ducks on a fresh strip of pasture. Right: the strip they were on until today. #rotationalgrazing #ducks #muscovy

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The ducks got a fresh strip of pasture

The ducks got a fresh strip of pasture. Had to mow lines for the electric fence first, the grass has grown wild. #rotationalgrazing #ducks #pasture

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🥰 #ducks #ducklings #muscovyducks #cutenessoverload😍 #permacultureportugal #homestead Your browser does not support the video tag.

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Khaki Campbell females having some fun (?) in the dark

Khaki Campbell females having some fun (?) in the dark. The drake is watching with a puzzled look. A Muscovy female drops in and does not approve. #ducks #khakicampbell #muscovy #duckducktues (surely it's Tuesday already somewhere) #lesbianducks Your browser does not support the video tag.

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Fresh strip of pasture for the ducks

Fresh strip of pasture for the ducks. #ducks #rotationalgrazing

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Planted willow, poplar, and plane tree cuttings around the duck pond bank

Planted willow, poplar, and plane tree cuttings around the duck pond bank. The hope is that they'll root and stabilize the banks, but let's see whether they'll survive being eaten. The geese already nibbled them a bit 😅 #cuttings #planting #pond #ducks #geese

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Dominance standoff between two Muscovy drakes broken up by a fearless Khaki Campbell female

Dominance standoff between two Muscovy drakes broken up by a fearless Khaki Campbell female. This keeps happening but it's the first time I caught it on video. It's always the same female. The Khaki male seems to be begging her to stay cool and not get

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Ducks running into a fresh strip of pasture

Ducks running into a fresh strip of pasture. #ducks #rotationalgrazing

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Hard workers: our ducks typically lay fairly large eggs, such as the one on the left in this photo

Hard workers: our ducks typically lay fairly large eggs, such as the one on the left in this photo. Every now and then there's a giant surprise such as the one on the right, found today. They usually have two or more yolks and are just as delicious.

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Fresh strip of grass for the ducks

Fresh strip of grass for the ducks. #ducks #grass #rotationalgrazing #pasture

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Filling duck holes with coffee grounds after pasture strip rotation

Filling duck holes with coffee grounds after pasture strip rotation. #rotationalgrazing #coffeegrinds #coffeegrounds #ducks

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Happy ducks on a fresh strip of pasture

Happy ducks on a fresh strip of pasture. #ducks #rotationalgrazing #grass

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Heads and feet from the 6 ducks harvested today, ready to make stock in the Instant Pot

Heads and feet from the 6 ducks harvested today, ready to make stock in the Instant Pot. This was a new record - the most we had harvested in one day until now was 2. Strictly speaking they're not fully done yet. The carcasses are chilling in the

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The ducks love making mud holes, especially in the bare clayish soil close to their coops

The ducks love making mud holes, especially in the bare clayish soil close to their coops. This is not ideal, but there's not much we can do to stop it. For the first time today, we tried to fill them. Mixed manure with coffee grounds and added some

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Moved the birds to fresh paddocks

Moved the birds to fresh paddocks. The previous ones were utterly spent... #ducks #geese #rotationalgrazing