The return of Erwien
October 2, 2020
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What a joy and surprise that was when a few days ago Erwien showed up with a boyfriends and a whole bunch of fluffy ducklings.
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Time of the year again: Ducks, ducks, ducks
September 15, 2020
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It’s that time of the year again where the cats and dogs in the neighbourhood start bringing in little chicks and ducklings.
While a few of last year’s rescue ducks have returned sporadically throughout the year, they now seem to be returning in larger numbers and bringing their boy friends along.
Ducks versus cats versus chicken
March 8, 2020
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Funny to see the cat getting quite intimidated by the arrival of the ducks behind her and starting to freak and run away when one of the ducks started picking the cat’s tail.
A little chirp
December 12, 2019
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A few days ago we found this little chirp under Fluffy’s wings. A duckling hatched by a chicken…
Unfortunately it survived only for 2 days.
Rescue or resident ducks?
December 8, 2019
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Over the last couple of weeks several female Mallard ducks have been released back into freedom. The two which we released two weeks ago have turned into a permanent resident feature.
Ducks teaming up
November 26, 2019
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A few times in a row I have now been observing them in the paddock in the morning, making their way up the hill back to the house.
Down at the pond or on their way up they must have met our resident paradise ducks.
A sad day on the farm
November 15, 2019
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Today was a sad day at Pukeatua Farmstay. We had to say goodbye to Peekie, our female Buff Orpington Duck. She was all well last night and this morning we found her in a corner of the duck run. She must have died overnight.
New rescue arrivals
November 10, 2019
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Today we got some more ducklings they are called Nemo, Hank, Dory and Marlin.
Buddies for Bludger and Quack
October 13, 2019
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The vet found Daffy in his grandpa feeder for his chickens and Norbert got dropped of at the local vets. We thought we would take them home so they can be friends for our other rescue ducks.
Automowers at work
August 25, 2019
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The weather has not been too amazing over the last couple of weeks.
We got a bludger
August 21, 2019
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On Wednesday we got a new friend for the chicks. It is a duckling and is called Bludger. Bludger is a rescue as we got him of someone in the community.
Eggs – the difference and the life of chickens
February 12, 2018
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Fascinating to see the difference in eggs when I put some of ours into the egg carton too. Keep in mind that our chicken are mostly ex-battery hens that once used to produce those cage eggs. They were not considered good and productive enough for the batteries and hence would have been culled if we had not taken them.
