ducks

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On Eating and Incubating Eggs with a Three-Year-Old

I've spent a lot of time thinking about Ember's ability to mentally process the fact that some eggs are for eating and some eggs are for hatching and what that really means for all eggs. At three, she's developmentally at a point in which she questions everything, which is both invigorating and exhausting. She challenges me to think about my…
February 13, 2017

Muscovy Duck Cuddles

Who knew that Muscovy Ducks would become some of my very favorite critters on the farm?! Don't get me wrong, I have a deep affinity for the chickens and goats and turkeys and barn kitties and dogs, too!  But the ducks just have me feeling all warm and fuzzy these days :-) From their quiet nature (no squawking from these…
January 10, 2017

Muscovy Ducklings – All Grown Up

All grown up and completely gorgeous, our Muscovy ducklings are no longer ducklings! Instead, they're trying to fly all over the garden and eating us out of house and home with their love of and obsession for chicken scratch as a snack! So, I've been joking on social media that it's time to send them to freezer camp... but it's…
August 19, 2016

Ducklings!

Mama Mello might still be holding those kids of hers hostage, but Kitty has "delivered" her ducklings to us right on time! Today marks day 35 since Kitty sat on her clutch, and in perfect form, all those ducklings she's been caring for so diligently began hatching early this morning! Now, she's guarding them well, holding them close under her warm belly…
May 9, 2016

The Feathered Nest

Eggs... Feathers... Down... And...we're off! Well, Kitty isn't sitting on them yet, but we officially have the beginnings of a clutch!!! #ducks #duckeggs A photo posted by Melissa (@evergrowingfarm) on Mar 24, 2016 at 7:08pm PDT We're up to nine!!! So the big question is...how long do the eggs stay viable between being laid and her beginning to sit on…
April 9, 2016
I’d like to formally introduce you to…

I’d like to formally introduce you to…

Red & Kitty :-) Since we've officially decided to keep our two Muscovy ducks as a mating pair into the foreseeable future, we have decided to give them names! (You know, unlike all of our other poultry that don't get names because they have a greater potential to become dinner either by intention or necessity.) And, so, in keeping with the…
March 22, 2016
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