The ducklings are doing well, on day seven. Here is a current photo, with "Whitey" front and center as usual. The big guy does always seem to be the most bold, and I don't think it's just because he's the only one we can pick out. I've thought abo ...
We are fortunate to live in an area that is plentiful with livestock and feed shops. As we researched options for duck feed, and particularly organic feed, we discovered that the most affordable organic feed available to us is produced right he ...
Our ducks arrived at the post office this morning, so Tim went to pick them up soon after. Our order was for 10 Welsh Harlequin ducklings, and along with the 10 we received one White Appleyard as a "bonus". One of the 10 arrived dead, but ...
Seedlings: The indoor seedlings are doing well! This week I transplanted all the peppers and tomatoes from the MINI blocks into their MAXI blocks, and they're taking off. A few more seeds were sown for basil & other herbs and some mar ...
After tons of research, we've decided on DUCKS. Not only that, we've decided on a breed. We'll be looking for Welsh Harlequins. They should be good layers, and are considered "rare", so by raising these we will help prolong the bree ...
We are thinking about getting chickens or ducks, for eggs and/or meat. We are still only thinking, and plotting out how we will do this, where they will be, and whether we want one more thing to tie us down. If we do it, we will build some kind of ...