Ohiofarmgirl'sAdventuresinTheGoodLand-where ya been? whatcha been doin

[lorihadams]

Must. Not. Look.

They are sooooooo cute! The ducks, not the pigs, that is.

 

[savingdogs]

The ducklings are adorable! I want ducklings! I'm down to my last two and they aren't speaking to one another so I doubt there are any ducklings in my future.

But looking at yours is almost as good!

 

[Henrietta23]

Holy cuteness Batman!
My two ducklings are now almost as big as the adults and we successful got Quackers off her nest so no more ducklings here either.

 

[abifae]

Cute!!! Not piggies. Piggies look delicious, though.

 

[freemotion]

How does the average duck dress out compared to chickens? Geese? Maybe I should consider using my kid weaning pasture to raise some larger birds next year. I just can't bear the thought of fowl.....fowling the goat's water every day. But it just dawned on me that I have a fenced pasture that some larger birds could be grown out in, once they are too big to fit through the 4x4" openings in the goat fencing. And water fowl won't dig under the edges of the fence like chickens will.....will they? Is flight feather clipping enough to keep them contained?

 

[kcsunshine]

free - you are getting sleepy. Watch the pendulum swing, listen to my voice. You must have ducks, you must have ducks. Ducks are delicious, ducks are cute, you must have ducks.

Have you got them yet?

 

[savingdogs]

Oh no! There goes OFG again, she is going under!

*Everyone watches as OFG goes out to the ducklings, walking as if in a daze. She reaches down and somehow manages to catch one despite the mama duck and promptly put is in her bra, murmuring, "must have ducklings, ducks are delicious, ducks are cute....."*

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

dudes! how did i get this duckling in my bra! hey... are you hypnotizing again?????

I just can't bear the thought of fowl.....fowling the goat's water every day.

just hang the buckets on the fence, baby! we get those kinda "S" shaped ones in the horse section of TSC and hang flat sided buckets out of reach of the poultry. works like a charm. and nope, they wont get under.... once the males get too big they just cant fly and my duck hens tend to stay grounded once they get to laying age. we've clipped wings but havent really needed it. the geese couldnt fly if they had a first class ticket and a mileage plus card.

we've loved the way the ducks dress out - especially the scovies. but we cant bring ourselves to butcher any of the geese - they're always lookin' atcha... i dunno we just cant do it. BUT i've loved it when i've had roast goose - delicious!

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

awwwwwwww.....i so want a couple 'scovie babies!!

Miss Priss needs to get crackin' out there!

 

[Henrietta23]

How does the average duck dress out compared to chickens? Geese? Maybe I should consider using my kid weaning pasture to raise some larger birds next year. I just can't bear the thought of fowl.....fowling the goat's water every day. But it just dawned on me that I have a fenced pasture that some larger birds could be grown out in, once they are too big to fit through the 4x4" openings in the goat fencing. And water fowl won't dig under the edges of the fence like chickens will.....will they? Is flight feather clipping enough to keep them contained?

We were having that problem until I put the goats' water bucket in the center of an old tire. The ducks can't get their bills in it anymore and the water stays as clean!