duck

Today is friday, my day for cleaning out the chicken's house. It's amazing how dirty twenty-seven hens, two roosters and a duck can make a place in a week. Wait a minuite, did I say duck?

This fellow was found at the side of the road next to our driveway. We haven't found his owners yet, but this muscovy duck seems to be happy enough with our chickens. He even made himself a home in the hen house dispite us makeing him a shelter that he could have all to his self. When he arrived he weighed in at under 2lb, now he's alsmost up to 10 lb. He has quite a limp, but other than that he seems happy and is increadibly friendly.

Speaking about duck, this week we were given eight ducklings and a mummy duck. These are also muscovy ducks. They are so cute. They look like they are smiling. I'm smiling too: apparently these ducks love to eat slugs.

Working hard

We've been working hard at the farm. We've made a home for the rabbits, dug a pond, moved the hen house, and harvested a countless number of cucumbers.

We now have far too many cucumbers and more eggs than we can eat. Eggs are $3.50 a dozen and any vegitables or fruit we have ready are by donation this year. Tours of the place are free and encouraged. They give us a welcome break.

Also, if you have any old egg cartons, we would gladly take them off your hands. The hens are laying between one and two dozen eggs a day. They are finally earning their keep.