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Update: Julep started swimming today! She was zooming, so I'm taking that to mean that she enjoyed herself! My hubby got a video (I was at work). I'll try to load it, but it's realllly bad resolution.

We've been fortunate. We actually don't live far from the highway, so I think that helps keep the larger wildlife away (except for coyote, of course). The bears are usually after trash in this area. We keep our trash in a shed. In the valley next to ours is a hoity-toity housing community. They...

We use electric netting because the goats are in the ravine. We have that thing juiced up to stop bears, but we live in the territory of a mountain lion. Nothing we could do to stop him if he decided to stop by for dinner. I lock my goats up at dusk. There really is nothing the average person...

We just let them eat everything. We ser up their fence where all of those really annoying plants like to grow (there's ivy and poison oak, too). It's the steepest part of the property. We can't use it much anyway, and the goaties do well on the uneven terrain. It's worked out well. And the few...

And then there's THAT, too. How would I part with the darling little babies? Lol! When we first moved here, it was high fire season. Our insurance company was insistent we clear a big part of our woods. Well, several thousand dollars later, we were in compliance. Blackberries and Scotch Broom...

I have 4 mutts (Nubian/Boer/Nigerian Dwarf mixes) who we keep for brush clearing. I may end up milking eventually, but I'm terrified of kidding, and I hate the idea of my precious baby girls being violated by a stinky, nasty buck - lol! Cricket (herd queen in the making) Nudge Sunshine...

Honestly, nothing right now outside of electrolytes. She seems to be over them already, so I guess she must've eaten something funky. And I had to clean her and her house. Ew. So stinky. :sick

I wish she'd go swimming. The others are so happy when they swim. They'd probably love one more in the pool. I may just put her in the pool this weekend. Her feathers are already looking better today. I think having the buckets helps. I doubt she had access to that regularly. She might...

And fall is my fave time of year here. She joined us at the right time. (I can't do it justice, but my deciduous trees are turning gold)

I'm unable to do much work in the coop today. I'm prepping for Thanksgiving because I just found out I'm expecting more people tomorrow, so that means rearranging furniture. I have a small house now that 2/3 of the kids are gone. Only thing is, when they leave, the next time they visit, they...

Really the only thing that's keeping me from taking pics is that my phone's camera is terrible! I'll grab some tomorrow while I'm out there working on the coop. I'm adding a bunch of high perches and a second roost/poop board to appease my high-flying pullets. My Appenzeller Spitzhauben and my...

She's plugging along. She's not fully integrated yet. My ducks haven't fully accepted her. She seems to prefer being with the chickens... unless they get too close. I'm going to take them into the front yard tomorrow to fo some foraging together if I have time (I'm prepping for Turkey Day)

Very helpful info! Thanks! Maybe I'll put her in the pool once she feels a little more at ease. She did, however, go to the coop with the other ducks tonight. So far, not too bad.

I've been watching her for a while this morning. She doesn't seem to know how to be a duck. I cleaned their pool out and refilled it this morning. My ducks went crazy (as usual). Julep stuck her bill in it and waddled away. My girls are preening now, and Julep is preening with them, but she's...

Wondering about how to integrate her with the chickens. My chickens are not aggressive at all and took to my ducks just fine when they were little. Not sure how they'll react to a big duck. Or vice versa. Will she be ok with my many chickens? I know how to deal with aggressive chickens. How do...

Julep laid an egg this morning. And I'm sure people will think I'm stupid, but I went ahead and let her mingle with the ducks this morning. All seems fine.

Well, Julep just whacked a huuuge quack. I am relieved.

Yeah. That's me with every bird. I was convinced that one of my Silkies was a cockerel until she laid an egg. I thought it was too good to be true that both straight run chicks were girls. DH and I still turn to each other every once in a while and say in surprise, "Dandelion's a girl!"

I'm just like, it would be just my luck, you know? Not the end of the world if she was a he, but it would make housing complicated.

Girl, amirite?