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26 Jun 2012My Flock garden
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Sunny 34°C / 93°FWow, there’s been so much going on with my flock lately i dont know were to begin. Since my last update there has been some losses, and there have been some new additions. We lost 3 chickens (Red Stars) over the corse of 2 nights. I’m afraid that a very hungry Racoon was the benafact...
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31 May 20122012 Vegetable garden
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Well it now has been 2 weeks since the garden has all been planted and there are signs of life eveywere. The entire garden is an acre in size. Fifty 50" rows of vegetable varieties. 3 corn patches, 3 pumpkin patches, couple rows of zukes, and squash, potatoes, some decorative flower plots, a...Rainy 20°C / 68°F -
08 May 2012
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Cloudy 17°C / 62°F8am sharp I got a call from my local post office. (who knew, they actualy work there) “just come around back and ring the doorbell” the lady says.. (I knew it, the port office wouldnt be open till 11, just in time to take a 2 hour lunch break, and closed at 3) So i did… In that ...
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21 Apr 2012
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Cloudy 16°C / 61°FD-Day as in Duck day, for the ducks (and chickens) got to move into their new home. We did the move yesterday and it went seemless. A couple of large planks under the legs of the coop and we pulled her along with the 4-wheeler into its new spot. I left the chickens uptop in the coop to fend for ...
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17 Apr 2012
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I did it again - Geese, Chickens, Ducks, oh my.
Storms 19°C / 66°FMaybe it was the wind, or lack of sunshine, but something got ahold of me the other day and whoops. I got myself 150’ of fence, some posts, a pond liner and lots of lumber and poof… next thing you know i have a duck pond/pen and 3 baby Embden Gooslings on the way. 30 X 45’ Fenc...
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04 Apr 2012
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Sunny 12°C / 54°FToday i ran out of patience. I was going to wait till this weekend to mix my chicken with my ducks but alas i could wait no longer. The chicks are now about 2 weeks old or slightly older and have been kept in a large plastic tote inside the chicken coop while the ducks, about 2 weeks older yet, ...
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22 Mar 2012
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Overcast 21°C / 70°FI’ve been thinking for awhile now about starting a beehive. ‘m not sure about the whole honey thing (thats down the road) but just having some bees around for my garden and orchard would be very good. I’m going to go this weekend and grab some supplies for a couple different des...
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21 Mar 2012
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Rainy 20°C / 68°F
Well its been about a week now and my ducks are still enjoying their coop. I’m glad I got a chance to try it out and make sure it was i order before filling it with chicks. I now know for a fact that it will keep a hungry stray cat out, and that will help me sleep at night.
The ducks, wel...
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17 Mar 2012
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Sunny 23°C / 74°F
Ok, I know.. you need chickens for a chicken coop. I’m working on it, but I thought I’d start out with a few cute little ducks to melt the wifes heart a bit before i suprised her with some chickens.
Spent the day turning an old wood frame from a bench swing into an A-frame style coop....
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09 Mar 2012
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Sunny 17°C / 62°F
Ok, so i couldn’t resist the cuteness that are 4 baby ducklings. I was in Tractor Supply and got sidetracked by the soft little chips coming from the chick area. My son (Mikey, who is 12) insisted we snatch up the last 4 ducklings and I couldn’t refuse. The sign says mixed lot, so t...
