FIRST EGGS!
First eggs from Golden Cascades, 14 November 2015 There were TWO EGGS in the duck house this morning! This is a full month earlier than the first eggs we'd gotten from our previous ducks. One of the eggs (the larger of the two) ...
LIGHTS FOR EGGS
The ducks are now 21 weeks old. I love the way their color camouflages them to protect them from predators. This is one of their favorite hangouts. Can you count all five? (Where's Waldo?) On Monday (10/26) I put a timer on a light in the duck h ...
DOWN TO 5 DUCKS
Golden Cascades, 17 Weeks Old, 4 Hens, 1 Drake Now we've got the final count. After discovering that we had two drakes (rather than just one, as planned) we have now donated one of the drakes to a nearby Wolf Sanctuary. I'm sure t ...
THE DUCK STORY
In addition to building the house, we took on 13 ducklings, which arrived June 4th. 13 Ducklings, June 5 They grew, and grew, and at 12 weeks, they really filled the pool! A few days ago we finally found time to "reduce the ...
GROWING DUCKLINGS
Life has been busy here, making plans and working on the property and house. Little by little, the duck's house is complete, and heeeere it is.... The DUCKAGON It was made of materials left over from the barn. Our house is going t ...
IT’S OFFICIAL?
We're continuing to make progress at the new Golden Gaits Ranch property. There's a lot of grass in the fields that is just begging to be enjoyed by the horses. However, the property is not fenced. I (Tim) started working a bit on fencing in order to ...
New Duck House & Paddock
The ducks continue to grow, and are a lot of fun to watch. They’ve been in their new house and paddock area for about a week and a half now. They’ve got a small kiddie pool, and we gradually increased their “pool time” each day, until we began gi ...
Golden Cascade Ducklings: Videos
Videos have been deleted from youtube. Leaving this post here as a placeholder in case I find a better host. Here are a couple of videos of the ducklings' first days: This one was taken June 5, the day after we got them: This was yesterday, ...
GOLDEN CASCADE DUCKLINGS @ ONE WEEK
Here's a shot of the ducklings the day after we got them (above). The ducks are now one week old. All is going well, and the chores have now become habit. In addition to providing food & water, each day I clean out their brooder box. This pro ...
DUCKLINGS ARE HERE!
Our new batch of ducklings has arrived! They were hatched Tuesday, June 2 at Holderread Waterfowl Farm in Oregon, and shipped out that evening. After a postal service mishap in which the shipment was delayed, we found that they were sitting in Colora ...