Mother duck and the ducklings

5 November 2017
ducklings, ducks

If you read chapter 1, then you know about the ducklings that we hatched out of an incubator.

While lot 2 is now in the making, the little ducks have grown bigger and since Jolan has been looking after then so well, they seem to recognise her as their mother duck.

May, June, same old rain and mud

23 July 2023
animals, dakota, ducks, flooding, goats, grass, milking, mud, puzzle, rain, repairs, shelter, water, weather

We had flooding and cylones. The ducks have been the only very happy creatures but they turned their area into a slimy, muddy mess.Guess that sums up the last few months.

Nature has decided it’s spring

1 September 2022
birds, cats, cheeky, dry, ducklings, ducks, eggs, farm, feed, flooding, goats, horses, mud, nature, night, rain, rescue, sun, twi, water, weather, winter

Apart from the usual winter farm activities, there has not been much exciting stuff happening. It’s been a typical winter with lots of rain, lots of mud but rather warm in comparison. It looks like nature has decided that it is spring.

Ducks for bug control

14 August 2022
animals, cayuga, ducks, farm, garden, house, outdoor, plants

Today, we made an attempt of getting the ducks out of the duck run and into the garden for some bug and snail control. They were not too keen to get out and needed convincing, some of them we simply had to literally throw out.

Winter Solstice & Matariki

26 June 2022
background, box, christmas, content, cooking, ducks, eggs, family, farm, feed, goats, horses, la, land, nature, rats, scenery, shearing, sun, sunset, trapping, twi, weather, winter

The weather has turned from somewhat wet and warm to rather wet and cold. The horses have been rugged up just like the goats. The rodent infestation has become noticeable, so we started putting up more traps on top of the traps and bait stations we already had.

What happened this month? Well…

30 December 2021
animals, cats, cayuga, christmas, dinner, ducklings, family, food, friends, land, sun, sunset, weather

Lots and not so much happened. New ducklings, alpaca maintenance, Christmas, holidays and lots of animal fun.

Duckies, duckies everywhere

4 December 2021
background, birds, box, cats, content, ducklings, ducks, food, nature, outdoor, rescue

The little ducklings have grown over the last couple of days and become so docile, or should I rather say they’ve sussed out where the food comes from….