GOLDEN GAITS GARDEN BLOG "Golden Gaits Garden" was the blog we kept from 2009 through 2017, from the time we began gardening & raising ducks in Wellington until the time High Country Living went live in 2017. This blog had been hosted on "Bl ...
DUCKS WE'VE RAISED We have been raising ducks since the summer of 2011. As of Summer 2024, we are now keeping our 5th flock of ducks: five ducks, five different breeds. These ducks are now one year old. CURRENT FLOCK OF FIVE2023-Present: Our ...
FIRST EGGS FROM CURRENT DUCKS Our newest ducks have begun to lay! We received our first oval gift, 1/21/20, and the second came 4 days later. The ducks are now about 23-24 weeks old. These ducks are a week apart in age, and we have no way of know ...
FIVE DUCKS :: FIVE BREEDS Our 2019 flock was purchased as ducklings August of that year. They turned out to be an enjoyable group. Friendly, not too noisy and generally calm. These ducks have been a great group and good layers. January 2023 Up ...
the six-pack :: 2016-2019 Our “Six-Pack” of ducklings arrived in early August 2016. Many mail-order companies require a minimum of ten ducklings, but we didn’t want that many. We wanted only layers and no extra drakes we would ...
DUCKS AT THE RANCH (RAISING DUCKS FOR EGGS) A couple of years after starting our garden in Wellington, we decided it might be time to add some chickens, for eggs and perhaps for their meat. As we began researching ...
Our ducks fare well even in the winters here at 9,000 feet. Our temperatures can range from roughly +60F to -20F. The other day it literally started out at -5F and reached +60F in the afternoon! Most often the sun is out at least a portion of the day ...
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 ...