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~~~Duck Eggs For Breakfast~~~

~~~Duck Eggs For Breakfast~~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Runner Ducks are seasonal layers….. They lay wonderfully large eggs…in the Springtime….. We’ve been taking advantage of their super-sized eggs this Spring….. Poached eggs for breakfast are the best….. Poached eggs on toast is even better….. Runner Ducks have tiny little ineffective wings…they can’t get off the ground with them….. …..they like mud…and love water….. The ducks have an inability to fly up into the nesting boxes that the chickens use for their…

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—Egg Production—

—Egg Production—

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** The girls are slacking….. Our conveyor belt of eggs has slowed way down….. It’s a little sad knowing I can slip into a chicken’s head so easily….. I know their logic…I know their head-chatter….. …..there’s not a lot to either….. …..(it’s about as easy as slipping into cocktail party conversations)…(but at least with the chickens…I don’t need to wear Spanx)….. Sorry…this post is already devolving into nonsensical comparisons….. …..(and that’s what regularly happens…

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~Sandhill Cranes~

~Sandhill Cranes~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** It’s Spring….. Babies are showing up….. Babies that I didn’t even know were out there percolating….. I try to keep track of the ducks and chickens…but there are a lot of them…and only one of me….. …..and they’re so sneaky….. Some of the hens successfully sequester themselves for the necessary time to hatch their eggs….. Some………….I never know about….. I try to keep up with the flock…but if they choose not to return…

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~~~@#$%&*&%$#@ Roosters~~~

~~~@#$%&*&%$#@ Roosters~~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* CLICK HERE***Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel*** Farmers never want and/or need a surplus of roosters….. Roosters are valuable…..but you don’t need multiple/crowing birds….. …..they fight…..they do that early morning crowing-thing (try 3:30am)…..(in what world is that dawn?)…..they harass the hens….. …..they’re basically loud  &  disruptive….. …..plus some stupid (short-lived birds) try to chase & spur you….. I try to keep our rooster population to a minimum…..just a…

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***Really Stubborn Hens***

***Really Stubborn Hens***

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Hens can be single-minded….. …..with their tiny…..tiny heads….. …..I don’t think there’s a lot going on in there to begin with….. Hens can get an idea…..and they just won’t let it go….. …..come hell or high water….. …..(I’ve known some people like that)….. Here’s an example….. …..they can pick really bad…..or really unsafe places to lay their eggs….. ~~~Recently I’ve seen one of our hens fly up into the hayloft each morning to lay her daily egg….. …..at first glance…..I…

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~~~Please Return The Carton~~~

~~~Please Return The Carton~~~

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It’s interesting how it turns out to be the little things that can matter the most….. We’ve had chickens for…………. …………..a long time… Over that time…..we’ve found that much like meat cows versus dairy cows and meat goats versus dairy goats….. …..there are chickens who are best at egg-producing….. …..and chickens who are better plucked and cooked….. Our chickens put all of their effort into laying eggs….. …..even though they are well-fed and have free-choice food along with free-range scratching…

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~~~The Daily Egg Hunt~~~

~~~The Daily Egg Hunt~~~

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*****Disclaimer To My Friends***** *****There Will Be Snake Photos In This Post***** (…..there I feel better now…..) (…..I have a few squeamish friends…..) It’s that time of year when my biddies (the chickens…..not my friends) are warming up to more egg production… It conveniently coincides with Spring Egg Celebrations like Easter… Being that my hens are all truly free-range…..that means they can lay their eggs just about anywhere… A daily egg-search is a must……. …..on top of the generator……. …..in…

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Sometimes The Crows Win…….And Sometimes It’s Me…

Sometimes The Crows Win…….And Sometimes It’s Me…

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I know why a flock of crows is called a murder of crows… We do battle daily… Me versus the crows… It’s actually pretty sad that I’m posting about my negative, social interactions with residential birds… One would expect there are more important things to write about rather than honing in on my personal conflict with regional birds… Nah…………. …..I got nothin’ better… Actually it’s just one crow in specific… (At times like this I realize I’ve stayed in the…

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Where Have All The Eggs Gone?…

Where Have All The Eggs Gone?…

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  We have a ten compartment laying box for all the hens in our chicken coop. It’s old, but it functions. I’ve got comfortable/astro-turf bases for each of the compartments There’s an upper level and a lower level……. ………each with a full-length perch running along the outside from end to end for easy…………well…………perching… Their nesting/laying boxes are safely & securely attached to the wall on the inside of their coop. It’s cooler in there… It’s safer in there… It’s out…

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~~~Barred Owls vs. Swamp Hag~~~

~~~Barred Owls vs. Swamp Hag~~~

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A true story……….(aren’t they all?) So, I wasn’t very successful hatching out the passel of eggs that I was trying to incubate recently… I’m not taking full responsibility for the lack of chicks or ducklings… I’ve gotten better at candling… For the most part…..these eggs weren’t fertile…………………? Come on, guys!…………………I’ve done my part! The rest is up to you! Do I need to put up Health Department posters? I’ve taken away their cable and internet privileges… …..so they have nothing…

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