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Stud Muffin Is Officially Ours
We drove up to Winder last week to meet some potential new additions to the farm. Our neighbor’s alpaca and llama have been living in our front pastures in hopes that they would help control the grass growth. Sadly, Bella, the black llama passed away and poor Stud Muffin was heart broken. We have been considering adding…
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Rough Week For the Ducks
It’s been a rough week for the adult ducks. Our female mallard decided to leave the barn and fly away. We suspected this would happen as mallards are wild and most tend to do this. We didn’t, however, expect what happened yesterday afternoon. On the way to my parent’s house, I saw a hawk attacking our…
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Sleepy Babies
In an effort to make sure this batch of baby ducks is as friendly as possible, I have been spending lots of time holding and talking to them. This is a video I shot of two of the Cayuga girls falling asleep on my lap.
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Baby Quackers!!
My cell phone rang loudly at about 6 AM this morning. Half-asleep, I reached for and mustered a “Hello?” Before anyone on the other line said anything, I could hear loud peeping in the background. MY BABY DUCKS WERE HERE! I hopped out of bed and threw on some clothes and raced to the Post…
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Know Your Backroads
I’m still learning my way around out here but sometimes certain events force you to go outside of your comfort zone. On my way home yesterday with Finnegan from his sugery (optimal timing…let me tell ya) there was some sort of HUGE fire in the roadway. Not something you see everyday! I used my GPS and…