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Yes, the beautiful evening light was my reason for taking the photo. Yesterday I forgot to check the weather forecast (happens super rarely) and boom, -8 C. I'm sure for Canadians this is a routine event but over here, not so much. Here we see the young ducks in a dilemma - should we get out or... -
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Yeah we're not big lovers of snow either, this is 5-10 cm of it and will be gone in a day or two leading to lots of mud. The older ducks don't care and basically ignore the snow; the young ones have a lot to say about it. Egg production is steady at around 6 daily from 14 ladies. -
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Mucked out the 2 duck houses today and restocked nice dry straw. It has been a while. Think DEEP bedding. It's unfortunate that ducks don't tend to stir up their straw like chickens would but rather trample and compress it. It's funny how differently the ducks reacted. The young crew suddenly... -
Quieter duck breeds?
Sorry, I'm very late to this thread. We only have KC currently, 14 ladies + 2 gentlemen. I must say that if KC are relatively quiet then I shudder to think what other breeds are like :) -
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Over here is in Slovenia, continental Europe where there is also a tradition of hedgerows. Sadly the majority have been thrown out in recent time to maximize field acreage. Once I planted the young trees a neighbor told me that yes indeed there had been trees along our field before in the... -
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Hi friends, and a special long distance hello to @Miss Lydia in her internet exile :(🫂 I hope at least she and everybody around her are able to cover the other necessities of life well enough in this situation. @WannaBeHillBilly I hope your health is at least stabilized with a hope of getting... -
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Thinking of all you excellent people in your hard times... Sun has to shine through sooner or later -
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We're also being told that the first freeze is just around the corner but it hasn't happened yet. Start of November is not at all unusual; some years there is a quick one in the first days of October just to mess with everybody's autumn bean harvest. The season was a little unusual at first... -
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How many duck eggs did you get today?
3 from 8 x 2023 KC ducks who have been in molt for... oh, it must be a month and a half now at the least, feels like forever. 2 from 6 x 2024 ones who have just started practicing laying a fortnight ago. -
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My excellent people how are you doing? Especially @Miss Lydia and @WannaBeHillBilly with your troubles :( ... ? -
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For sure it's worth exploring all the possible paths you have with the old employer, and the thing about a competitor sounds promising. Gotta stay alive to fight another day -- get a lot of sleep, lots of water... maybe some herbal support - no, not necessarily that kind of herbal support, i was... -
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Oh man :( because of the work news or unrelated problems? -
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Be well @Miss Lydia , I hope you stay on the path back to regular life, I saw some photos and videos on Twitter as well as people saying that authorities are for whatever reason not allowing volunteers to come in - in such an upheaval I'm sure it's hard to say what's true or not and there must... -
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Great to hear you're OK Miss Lydia, as long as people are alive it's always possible to rebuild, life finds a way! -
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I'm very sorry to hear that :( Hoping for a good outcome.