Our Ducks

Meat Ducks: Update

Ryan Kraeger

Pekins are getting pretty big. The average weight is about 3.2 kg, or just about 7 Lbs.

One of the downsides of their size is that they are now too big to spend all day in the bird-mobile. By the end of the day the grass is all trampled down and matted with poop.

So we decided to try letting them out in the grass for the day, surrounded by electric netting.

Hopefully no hawks or eagles try to mess with them.

Butchering is scheduled for 5/29 and 5/31. Let us know if you want a duck.

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Published by Ryan Kraeger

"I only remember the very first part of the book where he described the man of steel and velvet and I remember the deep chord that phrase struck. I remember the image I had of a hand of living steel wearing a velvet glove, a hand that could crush or caress, strike a killing blow or wipe away tears, lift mountains or cradle an infant. The rest of the book was an afterthought." From an essay about Aubrey Andelin's "Man of Steel and Velvet".

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