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Our YouTube Channel Is Launching!: Confessions From The Coop (TM)

Well, I finally managed to (mostly) finish the run to the chicken coop. It’s been a bit of a project, largely because it’s so hot here. I can’t really stand being out in the heat for long, and it’s pretty much hot here all the time. But now the adult ducks and the chickens are…

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Those Sneaky Chicks! Confessions From The Coop (TM)

Well, it finally happened. We finally had a chillier than normal (read: in the 60s F), which tells me that soon, the dang mosquitoes will go back in hiding for another 6 months. I started putting the finishing touches on the duckling coop (they’re WAY happier to be out of that tractor and near a…

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Confessions from the Coop: Who’s Laying??

In this Confessions from the Coop series, I share a “behind the scenes” glimpse of life on the farm! Enjoy! This week, it’s been all about construction on the farm. Well, construction and filming for my new web show series! (Stay tuned for more info about that!) I’ve decided I’m building the ducklings a new…

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Confessions From The Coop ~ August 22, 2018

Duckling Update! This weekend, the ducklings took their first official swim (that was outside of their water bowl, at least). They took to it like….well….a duck in water, LOL! They had a ball, and also loved the shrimp I offered them. (That was a first for them, too!) It’s amazing that even though they’d never…

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Confessions From The Coop (TM): Ducklings!

This month so far has been a notable one – we have ducklings! Yep, we’ve been testing out a Brinsea incubator (read the review here) and we now have 10 beautiful ducklings of all shades! A couple were “shrink wrapped” (the humidity fell below 50% so we were keeping an eye on them) but hatched…