Category Archives: ducks
Dead Duck and the Apple Tree
One of our Muscovy ducks died today. Sophia said when she went out this morning, it couldn’t walk. She picked it up, worried, brought it some food and water and then forgot to tell me . In the afternoon, it was … Continue reading
Baby Duck World
Mrs. Muscovy did a much better job of raising her ducklings this time around. Here they are a couple weeks ago. At this stage, they were still in an enclosed area for their protection, but now they are all out … Continue reading
Misguided
We have our ducks out in the orchard where they roam about in the grass. Lately, one of them has gone broody. She wants to start a family, you might say, and she has begun laying her eggs in the … Continue reading
Intervention
A while back, I wrote about our Muscovy ducks. They hatched out a dozen little ducklings. Before we could even get one picture, they were gone. The mother duck was attentive and protective, she just got distracted. I know how … Continue reading
A Baby Duck World
Our Muscovy duck recently hatched a batch of ducklings. On the first day, we counted 12 little balls of fluff. The next day, 11. Then 9. It was hard to go out and find that another baby was gone. We … Continue reading
When life gives you ducks….
Well, we had a little duck disaster a few weeks ago, and I ended up with 7 ducks that were not too pretty. Of course, I could not waste all that meat. It was cosmetically challenged, sure, but the meat was … Continue reading
Duck Disaster
When I set out to raise our Pekin ducks, I did some reading. Somewhere I read a recommendation to butcher them at 8-9 weeks because of how their feathers come in. I made a note, and our ducks were “due” … Continue reading
Busy Week Ahead
We just took a few days and went to Disneyland with the kids. It was their reward for the past year of hard work in which they helped us to build this farm. Now, I won’t say that the 4-year-old’s … Continue reading
Paper Planning
Last night I spread out all my planning papers and made sure we had all our dates right for our stock to meet the demand for our meat CSA that starts in January. I am the planner in the family. Brian … Continue reading