They actually tell you when one gets out! Yesterday afternoon I was in the yard doing some spring clean up when I noticed the ducks were making a racket. “What are they freaking out about?” I thought and went over…
Tick Patrol
Tick Patrol reporting for duty! One of the draws for me to Magpie Ducks is their known foraging tendencies. They’ll eat just about any bug they can get their beaks on. Last year I watched one of them crunch an…
A Year Of Ducks
Today marks the ducks first complete year of life on this planet! Tomorrow a year ago, they were packaged up at the hatchery and shipped via USPS where 2 days later my husband and I picked up our little quack…
Snow, Real Snow!
This weekend we were graced with the first real snow of the season! And by real snow, I mean over a foot of it. Yea sure we’ve so far had a couple of dustings, even a couple of inches, but…
You Know It's Cold When…
…the ducks choose to be in their pen over loose in the yard. The ducks who normally throw a fit in any other weather if I suggest they go back in their pen. No! No! Squawk! Squawk! Squawk! We don’t…