They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
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… Continue reading Meat Ducks: Update
Now that the meat ducks are out on the pasture, we have put our brooder back into business. This time, we are raising egg ducks. We bought 4 Khaki Campbells known for good egg laying abilities. Then Ellie asked if she could have a "show duck." So we got her a little Magpie hen. They… Continue reading New Egg Ducks
Three weeks ago we picked up the meat ducks. They were hatched on April 7th, and arrived on April 8th. Winnie has taken on the role of Mama Duck. Every time we turn around she is feeding her baby duckies. At Day 11 they averaged 0.35 kg. At day 14 they weighed an average of… Continue reading Ducks on the Pasture.
We are a little behind on blogging. Holy Week and the Triduum were busy, plus the kids decided to start a little Strepidemic running through the house. So what can we say, it's been an off week. Happy cows are tasty cows! The willow and witch hazel in the pasture are starting to leaf out.… Continue reading Catch Up
After our success with raising ducks last year, we have decided to raise a batch of meat ducks this year. We bought twenty Grimaud Pekins from Metzer farm. They are a fast-growing variety of pekin ducks from a French breeder (Grimaud) that are supposed to have a more efficient feed conversion ratio, and reach 8… Continue reading The Meat Ducks
The ducks built a little nest in their duck-mobile! Not in the nesting box, but still, it's a start! Unfortunately, someone set the refrigerator on its coldest setting by accident. Half a dozen duck eggs, frozen.
Sorry about the long silence for the last two weeks. We went right from a National Guard weekend into a vacation, and both of those take some recovering from. So even though we were back at the farm on Monday, we didn't actually get any farming done other than the chores, because we had food… Continue reading We’re Back! And Fresh Ground Flour
Goose, duck, chicken.
Some time last week: Mommy: "The ducks are checking out the duckmobile! The two white ones were even going in the laying boxes!" Later that day: Seppi was upset that Winnie was using HIS yellow wheelbarrow. Until I told him he was big enough to use the big green one! Then it was a race!… Continue reading Duck Eggs!
Little Farm in the Big City 