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    🕊️ The Silkie That Wouldn't Quit

    Farm life doesn’t ask for perfect weather — it just keeps going. And sometimes, it throws you a mess that tests your heart more than your hands. We’d had nonstop rain for days. The whole property was soaked, and the chicken run had turned into a sloppy swamp of red clay mud, thick enough to...
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    🥚✨ Hatch Watch Begins at MFF (aka The Egg-citement is Real)

    We're officially 4 days into the incubator with a brand-new batch of eggs I picked up from eBay — yep, I’m rolling the dice, and honestly... I’m feeling pretty lucky so far. Here’s what’s in the incubator: 🦆 14 Silver & Blue Swedish Pekin Crested Ducks 🦆 18 Mallard Ducks (well, 17 now — had...
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    🌙 Possum Drama at 4AM – Meet Ray Ray

    So here’s how my early morning started... Around 4AM, my rooster loses his mind, crowing like the world’s ending. Then I hear my 6-week-old goose honking like it’s being chased by a ghost, Ducks quacking, chickens flapping — the whole farm is losing its feathery mind. So of course, I fly out...
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    🍉 Watermelon Wars

    There’s peace on the homestead... until someone cracks open a watermelon. I learned early on that my ducks, chickens, and goose all have one thing in common: a totally unhinged obsession with watermelon. It doesn’t matter if it’s 100 degrees or a cool spring morning — as soon as they see that...
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    Tulsa King: The Fluffy Stalker With a Crow Problem

    UPDATE: Tulsa King Strikes Again So guess who decided 2:30 AM was the perfect time to remind the entire zip code he’s in charge? That’s right. Tulsa King. My Silkie rooster. My feathered alarm clock with no snooze button. My fluffy overlord of chaos. He stood in the dark like a shadowy...
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    Tulsa King: The Fluffy Stalker With a Crow Problem

    I don’t know who needs to hear this, but I am being emotionally blackmailed by my Silkie rooster. Meet Tulsa King — majestic, fluffy, dramatic. He crows. Not just in the morning like a respectable farm bird. No. He crows when I'm inside the house. He crows when I leave the coop. He crows like a...
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    Mandarin duck enclosure

    What house is that? I am looking to build a coop like this for mandarins.
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    First day in the run - Will they go back in the coop?

    That is awesome they are catching on, I usually try short bursts of time until they get where home is, and the run is.
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    Hello from Mother Flucker Farms – Back in the Chicken Game! 🐓

    I was recently asked to change my profile image, and I want to sincerely apologize if my previous one — or the use of my old Scottish family name — caused any offense. It certainly wasn’t my intention. Also, to anyone who was flustered by my use of the word “cockrel” (even without spelling it...
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    Why We Use a Welcoming Coop Instead of a Garage Brooder

    🐣 The Welcoming Coop: Our Alternative to the Garage Brooder At Mother Flucker Farms, we do things a little differently when it comes to raising new chicks and integrating them into the flock. Instead of the usual brooding box in the garage, we raise new additions in what we call the Welcoming...
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    Do ducks need fresh water if they live near a pond?

    Right now, I’ve got the ducks ranging during the day in a secure enclosure alongside my goose, rooster, and chickens. It’s a mixed flock, but it works well because everyone has separate spaces at night: 🏠 Main Coop for the chickens 🦆 Duck House for the ducks 🚪 Welcome Coop for new additions and...
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    Cockerel being a jerk or just normal behavior?

    Hey there! First off, welcome to the wild ride of raising a cockerel — sounds like you’re already deep in the "is he a jerk or just figuring out life?" phase 😅 Been there! From what you’re describing, it sounds like your young lavender orp is definitely starting to test boundaries and figure...
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    Hello from Mother Flucker Farms – Back in the Chicken Game! 🐓

    Hi everyone! It’s been a few years since I was last in the chicken world, but I’m excited (and honestly a little emotional) to say I’m back at it again. About 5 years ago, I had a small flock that I loved deeply — until a predator attack wiped out the entire coop in one heartbreaking night. It...
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