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At Home in Nature -
Sunday December 25, 2011 - By Mary
The ducks and geese just don't know what to do with ice. They want a bath and try to dive into their frozen pond, but for whatever reason these days, the water is as hard as ice. We dump out the ice and pour in water, and they enjoy it a lot. But...
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Rockgate Farm -
Sunday July 10, 2011 - By Angela
Who would have thunk it?!
After going missing for quite a long time, the prodigal duck has returned.....with (13) ducklings in tow. AMAZING!!
I told the family that she had most likely succumbed to the marauding pack of...
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Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators -
Saturday April 16, 2011 - By Suzie OConnor
Ducks are a unique animal to raise as a pet, but raising such a special pet requires extra attention. Make sure you raise your ducks from ducklings, or better yet from eggs, to ensure they will respond well to human contact. By raising your ducklings from a...
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Smaht Fahm -
Saturday March 26, 2011 - By Erin
My heart is heavy this morning--a fox visited last night and took 5 of my remaining 8 ducks. He took four newly egg laying females, which adds insult to injury. It's our fault, however, because we forgot to go and put the ducks in their pen last...
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Foxhollow Poultry Farm -
Friday March 11, 2011 - By Tai
With a week's worth of elbow grease and 12 hour days we have finally created a space clean enough to call our hatchery. The walls are white, floor is epoxy painted, vented heater, lots of lights, incubators, hatcher,new work counter and...
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Bare Naked Honey Farm -
Wednesday December 15, 2010 - By Mabe
December 15, 2010 Another Wisconsin winter is decidedly upon us! Over a foot of snow in one day and drifts several feet high. Luckily, Uber Hubby plowed, blew, and shoveled all day so that I would have paths to the barn, bees, and...
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Foxhollow Poultry Farm -
Monday November 29, 2010 - By Tai
Wow! What a season this has been. It looked perfect on paper and started without a hitch but then....Torrential rains plagued us all summer. We had 2-3 inches of rain every other day. One 3 day stint accumulated 13.5" of rain. That's right. In...
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Rockgate Farm -
Tuesday November 09, 2010 - By Angela
I just don't get it! With all the money and regulations and this and that, big business still can't produce a simple edible egg. You know, that thing that we small farmers take for granted. I find it absolutely hysterical, that...
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Susie's Climax Creations LLC -
Tuesday August 17, 2010 - By Susie
This year we have a few extra Cayuga ducklings that we would like to trade with a local farm for breeding. They are absolutely beautiful, pure bred, black/green/purple iridescent birds. These lovely ducks have stolen our hearts, decorating our farm...
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Auntie Annie's Fields, LLC -
Tuesday August 17, 2010 - By Elizabeth
We have an unusually collegial batch of chickens. The other night, one of them stood by Ian and pecked at his boots. Ian stooped over and to stroke the chicken, and it just stood there calmly. They stayed that way for a long time. I have been troubled by the...
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JustPicked Farms -
Monday March 22, 2010 - By Cheryl
March 22
Life and Death
This week has been dramatically eventful at JustPicked Farms. Last week while I was at work, my daughter called to tell me that something had killed two of our free-range hens. She didn’t see what...
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Antaya Acres Heritage Farm -
Monday March 01, 2010 - By Brett & Stephanie
Ten inches of snow 3 days ago, and here I sit filling in my seed order. I am so ready for garden Its infecting my dreams. Last night was the piglets raiding the pumpkin patch dream, and I don't even have the pigs and the garden on the same...
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Garden of Ethan -
Sunday February 28, 2010 - By Ethan
I bought a 4th goat yesterday. She is related to my Lily, Lyla and Lola, and her name is Lily. Lily 2 for now. Spencer, my rent-a-buck, has completed his job, but I will miss his spunk. He does these flying leaps and twists you wouldn't...
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Rockgate Farm -
Tuesday August 25, 2009 - By Angela
Where did she go?
She was just right there. I know, I almost stepped on her. Darn ducks, always following me around, making all that noise.....and doing bad things on the car port. Who says they don't fly....Tell that...
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Pleasant Valley Farm -
Monday June 29, 2009 - By Emily
Although we've been hopeful that the chicken killers are no longer with us, we have been shutting the doors to the coop in the evenings. On Saturday, we noticed that although the chickens were safe, one of our Pekin (duck) hens was missing from our...
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Foxhollow Poultry Farm -
Monday June 22, 2009 - By Tai
Our houses, fields, brooders, and hoop houses are full of poultry right now. Almost all of the poultry to be raised this year is on the farm at this moment except for another 200 or so turkeys, some more muscovy ducks, and a couple hundred quail. Bird chores...
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Puzzle Creek Farm: Putting The Pieces Together -
Tuesday May 12, 2009 - By Corbett Family
Mom, Dad, 3 & 5 yr old boys move to an old farm in Western North Carolina. Taking shelter in a 1800's log cabin on the property the follies are as follows: "Poke Berry Boys" Fall 2008 Moving to a farm was an exciting new adventure. We...
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Foxhollow Poultry Farm -
Monday May 04, 2009 - By Tai
Since it was perfect weather, we decided to move our replacement layer ducklings to their new outdoor summer quarters. We used a large dog kennel covered with tarps, straw bedding, put a heat lamp in, waterer, and feeder.... and the ducks. They are so...
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Re Rustica -
Monday April 06, 2009 - By fullofbeans
The duck named “Rooster” thinks that he is a chicken. He was raised with two hens and, when we adopted the three friends at the shelter, was quite confused. He takes good care of his hens, making sure they find ponds to bathe in (though they don’t want to...
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