Duckies First Outing

We are trying ducks again this year! Last year they did not make it to adulthood due to a predator in the area! This year they are going to live at the farm and hopefully will live long happy lives!

Yesterday we took them out for the first time. I really wanted to take a video of them to post but could not find the camera with video!

They totally think the kids are ducks too! They follow them around the yard where ever they go and are not afraid of them! It is the cutest thing to watch! The loved diving in and out of the little bowl of water we set out for them too. As soon as the camera shows up we will post videos!!!

 Love this one!

Our Newest Babies

 Our babies arrived via the US Postal Service this week. 50 chicks headed for the farm and 6 ducklings also headed there at some point. Right now they are all in the greenhouse in the backyard staying warm under the brooder lights until it warms up enough to bring them up there.

Here are a few pics of the kids:

Emmy with the ducklings:

 James and Ava with a chick:

Emmy with a chick:

Ethan with a chick:

Not sure where Mollie was during this photo shoot but you can see more photo's on our farm blog here.

Our New Babies: Update

We took our new spring babies out in the spring grass today! They had such a good time exploring and pecking!!!

Our duckies got a new home in the corner of Pat's shed. They seemed to be enjoying the freedom to move around a little more.

They also got to take a dip in the pool/garbage can top. This gives you a perspective of how small they really are! So cute!!

Easter Babies!

It was such a treat to have our new baby chicks and ducklings arrive two days before Easter! It is so fun to have babies in the house!! We bought 8 chicks and 4 ducklings from a NH woman who sells them on Craig's list. We are so excited to see how the Speckled Sussex chicks are going to look as adults. They are the reddish ones in the pic below. We also bought 1 Barred Rock which is the black and white one and 1 Buff Orpington which is the yellow one with it's head turned back. The Buff Orpington was a must to replace Mollies chicken Fluffy who didn't survive a dog attack:(

Here are our beautiful little Cayuga Ducklings! They are so sweet and cute and soft!! They have a much different personality than the chicks, far more easy going and docile. I chose this breed after researching a little and finding out that they are much quieter and tend to be more docile than other breeds. Plus the male becomes a beautiful greenish back color when full grown. They are also very hardy in colder climates.


Our other babies are veggies!!! This is the grow table that Pat built so that we could start lots of seedlings inside without having to put them all on the kitchen table. We also added artificial lighting to help the plants to not become leggy. Under the shelves on the floor is our brooder. We can keep the chicks and duck warm and heat the soil for the seedlings at the same time!! Nothing like multipurpose!

Here is the side view and James checking on the chicks.

Our real Easter babies on Sunday morning at church were the cutest though!!! The girls are sporting the little cardi sweaters that I started as Christmas presents but ended up not being finished until last week! They were perfect for Easter though! The pattern for the sweaters and the little purses can be found on the Lionbrand Yarn website.