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    Please, show me your ducks

    Thanks for praising my babies! I have always admired Musvovys. We are on the SW Washington coast and it is a rather cold winter for us near the ocean, high 20s for overnight lows, weeks on end. The lights go off at about 9 PM each night in our poultry house and that might be the factor that is...
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    Please, show me your ducks

    Thank you. We provided a nest box and they prefer to lay in there. We bed primarily with pelleted sawdust for horse stalls and add extra pine shavings in the nest. We don't want to shorten the storage life of our eggs by washing them so we just use a damp paper towel on an especially dirty egg...
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    Please, show me your ducks

    I'm thrilled to share my ducks with you. I have 14 young black runner ducks, 8 of them hens. They started laying on New Years day and we are getting 4 to 5 dozen eggs a week. My husband Craig has business in town today and I've sent 4 dozen eggs with him to share with family members. My daughter...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Thanks very much for the helpful link!
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    A question for Penny Jo about the Chehalis auction- do they sell poultry? I don't see that on their website. Just certain days?
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    Ducks

    - also, I trained my ducks to run into their house when I ring a bell. It's so darned cute!
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    Ducks

    These are 4 of my 5 month old Indian Runner ducks. I'm new to raising ducks but I have found them to be delightful. They run up to greet me, begging for treats whenever I come into view. As they grew, they went through a very fearful stage but that may have been nature's way of keeping young...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Hello Washingtonian friends! I've been busy in the garden and working on our home remodel. All the while my little flock is growing up. A few of my ducks went to their new home in Vancouver to live with my daughter yesterday. ❤️ I felt a little emotional even! I would like to sell a few of these...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Well, the little rows of overwinter veggies are germinating very well. The kids and I reclaimed another strip of ground by chopping, cutting, raking- you all know the drill- then we covered it with cardboard and relocated the late potatoes in their grow bags. It is all fairly tidy and pretty...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I have begun a winter gardening experiment in a newly developed garden spot. We were able to expand our property last year with the neighboring plot that has a nice southern exposure, but had an impenetrable bramble to deal with. Craig, helped by the grandkids, nieces and nephews chopped it down...
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    Medicine Chest for a new poultry Mom

    Thanks so much and the flock thanks you too.
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    Currant bushes?

    At my old farmhouse I had a row of red currants alternating with gooseberries along the walk. They were so pretty when they were laden with fruit and they fruited prolifically. I agree that they don't require much. Once a year some kind of looper caterpillar would invade but one sprinkle of...
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    Bush beans and pole beans question?

    Beautiful and lush!
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Thank you!
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    Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

    Thanks. Yes, the plants died back on my earliest plantings. I rolled out the grow bags, crossed my fingers and hoped for potatoes. I hadn't had freshly dug potatoes for years so it was quite a treat, just boiled with butter and truffle salt.
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