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We had figured on our first hatch of the year being muscovy ducks. But the due date came and went.  It is a bit tricky to decide when they start sitting, as they seem to sit some of the time for a while before getting on with it properly. But we are a week over [...]

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duck pie

We had the first of our muscovy ducks for sunday roast yesterday, and can report it was delicious. It killed out at 4 lbs 14 oz – plucked and drawn, which is not a bad weight – and heavier than a lot of the white commercial ducks  - although about three weeks older. As reported [...]

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Our Muscovy ducklings are 14 weeks old.. and huge. And it is more than time that they left us.  Via the freezer.  This will be one of the harder ones for me – himself is unfazed.  The ducks are so easy going, so calm around us, and have individual colouring.  It has been a joy to [...]

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big ducklings

Nothing the ducklings and ducks like better is a fresh pondful of water. That and the skanky water tipped out proves to be lots of fun too. Mum and Aunt like to take a supervisory role. Before jumping in too. The ducklings are growing so fast! They have lost their yellow fluff and the proper [...]

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Clarissa, the other muscovy duck sitting on eggs has abandoned them.  We did not realise in time to do anything about them. Sadly, she waited until they were just about ready, and my guess is that she got a bit mixed up with the other ducklings being in that run Although we had penned her, [...]

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a heap of ducklings

The white ducks are all gone now, and into the freezer. Sort of sad and good at the same time. This means we were now free to see how the muscovy ducklings got on in the run with the drake Cap’n Speck and the other duck. So far so good.  Cap’n Speck rushed over and [...]

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Over the weekend we finally finished the new hen house, and had a big poultry move around. First we moved Chloe and her brood into the duck run with the others.  I’ve been reading up and asking questions on whether we should mix the young or not, and have heard of drakes attacking the ducklings. [...]

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Odd sort of day – started with a trip to the abattoir, which is always stressful, with the loading, unloading and backing of trailers etc.   Actually it all went fine, but you still worry.. Having achieved that, the general animal rounds, harvesting soft fruit and home ed, we gave ourselves some time off and [...]

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