Photo of my backyard......How did the addiction come to this....

[shelleyd2008]

I really need to take my camera out with me in the mornings when I go to feed, that's about the only time mine do this, but it looks very similar!!

I see some that look like rouens, but the white with black spotted ones have me stumped

 

[taraann81]

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Well to date there are(may not all be pictured)

12 barred rocks
3 silkies
4 silkie crosses
3 rouens
3 mallards
18 Muscovies(and a duck on a nest of 20, 3rd time she has gone broody this year)
7 White chanteclers
12 Beltsville small whit turkey poults
Your probably looking at my scovies.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Well to date there are(may not all be pictured)

12 barred rocks
3 silkies
4 silkie crosses
3 rouens
3 mallards
18 Muscovies(and a duck on a nest of 20, 3rd time she has gone broody this year)
7 White chanteclers
12 Beltsville small whit turkey poults
Your probably looking at my scovies.

Yep, probably is. That's what I thought when I saw the list. I have pekins, rouens, and cayugas, so other types are just alien to me

 

[Soccer Mom]

That is how every backyard should look! Gorgeous! Waterfowl make everything more beautiful.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Awwwwwwwwwwwww. Beautiful !

 

[chickenannie]

That's what my yard looks like too, only with chickens and turkeys! They are so cute and fat, the little duckettes.

I just finished reading a book you might enjoy (a lot) called "Enslaved by Ducks" by Bob Tarte. Chronicle of a couple's poultry addiction.

 

[taraann81]

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Yup I have turkeys and chickens in there too! Yup I would probably love the book, I will have to look for it!

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

They look like Muscovy and Rouen ducks.

 

[taraann81]

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Yup and mallards and assorted chickens and a few turkeys.

 

[GrannySue]

I was going through some old photos last week and came across what my yard used to look like. Seriously, it was quite pretty.
Now, with 8 chickens and 8 ducks running around I describe it as "a parklike setting" with scattered ponds. i.e. duck and chicken poo all over the so-called grass and several plastic pools.

Oh, and my dahlias? Well, I made a fence around them, wanted to win a few ribbons at the fair this fall. Did you know that chickens love a bit of dahlia salad? That fence wasn't enough to keep them out.