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.
We are moving into the last week of raising this crop of meat ducks. They are averaging over seven pounds now. God willing we will be butchering some of them on Thursday and the rest on Saturday. Why is Ellie so cranky? "Because you made it too hot out here!" Ellie is not the only… Continue reading Meat Ducks: Getting big!
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
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.
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
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