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Why Ducks are Better than Chickens

Posted on: May 7, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
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…
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Tick Patrol

Posted on: February 21, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
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…
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Duck Duty

Posted on: July 5, 2017 Last updated on: July 5, 2017 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
It’s been an active couple of weeks around here, hence my blogging absence. This weekend we had the joy of sitting a couple of ducklings for a good friend of mine!  They are chocolate runner duck babies.  Super sweet, social…
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A Year Of Ducks

Posted on: March 25, 2017 Last updated on: March 25, 2017 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
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…
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Bits of Training Fun

Posted on: January 14, 2017 Last updated on: January 14, 2017 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Well we all told had way more than just ‘bits of fun’ but here are video bits of some of our fun this afternoon out in the yard.  I’m finally feeling back in the land of the living (a norovirus…
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You Know It's Cold When…

Posted on: December 16, 2016 Last updated on: December 16, 2016 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
…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…
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A Ducky Update

Posted on: December 3, 2016 Last updated on: December 3, 2016 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
In response to such a nice comment asking about the ducks, here is a ducky update: In short, the ducks are doing very very well.  Great even!  Winter has been unusually slow in coming, only a couple of mornings where…
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Quality Time

Posted on: November 14, 2016 Last updated on: November 14, 2016 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
I thoroughly enjoy learning new things.  Challenging myself to think differently, enhance my education, use my brain in new ways.  Often immersion into a new project, learning new skills, is a primary means of combating perception of boredom and stress…
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They're Ducks.

Posted on: October 17, 2016 Last updated on: October 17, 2016 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Conversation between myself and my husband. “I wonder if the ducks will forget who I am if we go away and I’m not there for a few days.” “Honey, they forget who you are every time you come in the…
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We Have EGGS!!!!

Posted on: August 8, 2016 Last updated on: August 8, 2016 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Oh my gosh I am so excited!!!  2 ducks are now laying!!  Yippee!!!!  They turn 5months old next week! This is especially joyous after the rather stressful duck weekend.  That involved me finally deciding to pick up some dewormer at…
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