Posts for Food

One afternoon, there was Wasabi waddling around the paddock and there was a bunch of fluffballs tumbling after her, 15 little duckling.

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.

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.

Contrary to Honky, our frizzle hen Fluffy has been broody for several weeks and been sitting on no eggs – chicken brains are funny. So we decided we give it a go and shoved the three duck eggs under her. She’s been a happy chicken…

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.

The early spring mornings here are foggy and cold but beautiful.

Yesterday Jolan came back with the first duck eggs. What a proud moment for the girl. And this morning she had one for breakfast.

The storm that hit us last Tuesday evening with wind speeds of more than 200km/h (Manukau Heads) left us without power and internet and only limited cell phone coverage. Power was restored yesterday afternoon, 3 days later.

What a surprise! Our cat Silver Shadow delivered 3 kittens today.

Today Shady and his rider Jolan had a first time participation at ribbon day.

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…

We started a new adventure of ducks hatching using an incubator. First success.