Duckling!!

Our first ducklings have hatched three weeks ago! Well only two hatched and one survived. I tried finding another khaki Campbell duckling in our area for them to be friends with but unfortunately it's too late in the season. So the lonely duckling is now hanging out in our bath tub with a special stuff friend who she loves. I'm guessing its a girl to early to tell ;)

It's had taken my momma duck almost two weeks to start laying again after hatching her eggs. I'm so excited to have duck eggs for my baked goods again!

However my Rhode Island Red Rosie has been stubborn and is constantly wanting to be broody which is interesting since usually Rhode Island reds aren't known to be broody so I've been down one less chicken egg. We think we may have finally gotten her to stop being broody fingers crossed!

Update

Sorry I havent checked in, in forever. We've been getting lots of projects accomplished outside. We've fenced in our entire chicken area and its run area so that they have extra protection and then we can let the dogs run outside and know that they are safe.

We've also had to put down our Rottweiler Moose. It's been very sad and quiet around our house. Poor Asa is now very lonely as well, he's glad to have his toys and bones back but he misses his companion. I've always believed in adoption and giving dogs second chances and I still do. However moose has taught me a lot over the last year. I also know we gave him a wonderful year; we took him on a road trip to Oregon to play in the ocean spent everyday playing on our large property and shared many nights snuggled on the couch which is what he loved. These are the wonderful memories i will always cherish.
Ive learned that some dogs just can't be changed know matter how many people and behaviorists you work with. I wish people would know just how important it is to socialize, train and treat animals, they aren't just objects. However when I'm ready I will adopt again because I know there are more animals out there who need our help and love.
Sorry for the rant I'm still angry with his previous two owners.

It's freezing!!

I'm stuck outside! While I was at work Dean decided to self clean the oven. While that's wonderful he wanted to make my oven sparkly clean and all, I'm now stuck outside freezing my toosh off! The house is smoking and smells terrible! And there's another three hours to go!

I know I could just leave and go somewhere but I just wanna stay and hang with my animals. So I'm sitting outside plotting my garden bed layout. We just finished yesterday building and filling our garden beds. I'm so excited to grow my will first garden. Last spring and summer we were so busy doing work around the house, since it was our first summer here that we were to busy to build an actual garden site. Hoping this summer will be decent for some fresh home grown produce!

They got me

Well as I previously posted u got my first silky egg a couple weeks ago. Which is really funny because Dean kept teasing me that they were all roosters. And if course me being the proud mama said "no they're not, they don't look anything like the silk roosters!" We'll it turned out that this chicken mama was right thank goodness or I'd never hear the end of it. All three of my Silkys are now laying eggs and rather consistently too.

Now on to another fun adventure I've started. I've put seven of my khaki Campbell duck eggs in the incubator, fingers crossed that they hatch. This is my first time and I'm a little nervous. I've promised Dean I would sell the ducklings however if there is a crested he agreed I could keep it since I lost my beloved crested last fall. I know my chances of hatching a crested is small but you never know!

Loving the spring!

This spring feels completely different, it's our second spring here in our house and its already changed a lot. Our flowers are blooming that we planted last year which is always amazing to watch. Our plum tree and blueberries are also looking amazing.

It's also been a year since we've started raising chickens. We've been getting an abundance of eggs everyday. Last week I even got my first duck egg! And yesterday I got my very first silky egg, they turn a year next week. :)

The first picture is of my khaki Campbell egg and the second Is a silky egg between my two Rhode Island eggs. It's amazing how small the silky egg is.

Prancer and Asa

Prancer and Asa enjoyed an early Saturday morning sharing a carrot

March is here!

Yesterday I woke up feed the dogs and took them out, just like I do everyday. However the weather was amazing, as soon as I was outside I was instantly shocked by how warm it was and windy. I love being outside during a nice warm wind storm. When I came in I checked the temperature and it was 52 degrees! That's really warm for it not even being hardly light out. I can feel spring in the air and I'm so excited to start our outdoor projects. The chickens have been free ranging more and our ducks have been enjoying their pool again. As I'm writing this my ducks are outside playing in their pool in a warm light shower of rain I love watching those two love birds be silly and splashing around.