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Good morning!!! 
I was just thinking about the ducks. I can't remember if I updated about them. It got a little hairy around harvest time...lol.
I hatched the four.
They did really well with the chicks they were in with. Ducks are SO messy...lol!!
They stayed with the chickens in the electric fence where I had a shallow pan for them to rummage in the water. They got along with the chickens really well! Then one night as I was following them in to shut them in the coop, Steve the cat was sitting outside the fence. Two of the ducks took flight into the pasture. I felt really bad because it was at night and I was worried some predator would get them. I got this pics of the last two remaining ducks the next day.
Dh saw two ducks flying over the barn the next day. These two left the day after. But then we saw them living across in the pond across the road! I took the pic below from the combine. They stayed at the pond until everything late fall. One day they were gone, presumably they flew south.
I was just thinking about the ducks. I can't remember if I updated about them. It got a little hairy around harvest time...lol.
I hatched the four.
They did really well with the chicks they were in with. Ducks are SO messy...lol!!
They stayed with the chickens in the electric fence where I had a shallow pan for them to rummage in the water. They got along with the chickens really well! Then one night as I was following them in to shut them in the coop, Steve the cat was sitting outside the fence. Two of the ducks took flight into the pasture. I felt really bad because it was at night and I was worried some predator would get them. I got this pics of the last two remaining ducks the next day.
Dh saw two ducks flying over the barn the next day. These two left the day after. But then we saw them living across in the pond across the road! I took the pic below from the combine. They stayed at the pond until everything late fall. One day they were gone, presumably they flew south.
Morning everyone.
It's a toasty 28 degrees here this morning. It was 24 when I got up. I didn't think it was going to get that cold so I didn't dump out the water containers for the birds last night. My bad. Will have to wait for them to thaw now or hopefully they will have just a skin of ice on them.
@Wickedchicken6 your ducklettes are such pretty birds. It must be tough to watch them fly off wild and free and not know if you are going to see them again next spring. I hope you do.
Not much going on here today. My broken toe is starting to work on me. Still cannot get a proper shoe on that foot. I managed to wear a loose sneaker for DH's doctor appointment on Monday and paid for it on Tuesday. DH keeps telling me to be patient. I'm only at week one and it isn't going to start feeling better till I reach the month anniversary. I'm just getting tired of wearing my muck boots whenever I go outside. Patience is not one of my virtues, LOL.
I need to get up to the local C&R for my free turkey. I am the only one who likes it so I'll let it thaw, quarter it and refreeze it for future use. I also need to get to HyVee for a prime rib. Even though we are invited out for Thanksgiving dinner I told DH I would still cook a nice meal along with pumpkin pie for us to enjoy at home at our leisure depending on when our neighbor is planning the meal. I may even just fix it on Wednesday then we can do left overs for a while.
It's a toasty 28 degrees here this morning. It was 24 when I got up. I didn't think it was going to get that cold so I didn't dump out the water containers for the birds last night. My bad. Will have to wait for them to thaw now or hopefully they will have just a skin of ice on them.
@Wickedchicken6 your ducklettes are such pretty birds. It must be tough to watch them fly off wild and free and not know if you are going to see them again next spring. I hope you do.
Not much going on here today. My broken toe is starting to work on me. Still cannot get a proper shoe on that foot. I managed to wear a loose sneaker for DH's doctor appointment on Monday and paid for it on Tuesday. DH keeps telling me to be patient. I'm only at week one and it isn't going to start feeling better till I reach the month anniversary. I'm just getting tired of wearing my muck boots whenever I go outside. Patience is not one of my virtues, LOL.
I need to get up to the local C&R for my free turkey. I am the only one who likes it so I'll let it thaw, quarter it and refreeze it for future use. I also need to get to HyVee for a prime rib. Even though we are invited out for Thanksgiving dinner I told DH I would still cook a nice meal along with pumpkin pie for us to enjoy at home at our leisure depending on when our neighbor is planning the meal. I may even just fix it on Wednesday then we can do left overs for a while.
Yep, me too! Cooked one in the pressure cooker for supper last night,
now we'll have sandwiches today while I start roasting pumpkin for pies and baking my famous deercamp recipe cookies for the crew arriving tomorrow. DH is making a supply run to town this morning and is going to pick up a large one which will make four in the freezer. (BTW-one tip. We always grab at least one big bird and have our grocery store butcher cut it in half. That way we get the bargain of huge bird w/o having to cook it all at once.).
Furnace works. No dripping.
(shhhh, btw, got my latest test results, still in treatment free remission. I'm still my Onc's favorite! Aka, miracle patient 
Thank you Lord 
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Thank you Lord )
(shhhh, btw, got my latest test results, still in treatment free remission. I'm still my Onc's favorite! Aka, miracle patient
Makes Thanksgiving special for you this year, doesn't it? I am so happy for you. Thank you Lord, indeed.
@superchemicalgirl! Great news. Welcome back to the 21st century with hot running water and everything!
Wicked sorry about your ducks leaving home. 
Maybe you could raise some that don't fly so well or at all. They are very messy.
I tried some but our place was not sutable for them. So we rehomed them to a family that had a pond.
Maybe you could raise some that don't fly so well or at all. They are very messy.
I tried some but our place was not sutable for them. So we rehomed them to a family that had a pond.
Dh kept telling me that he thought they'd fly away. He ended up being right...lol. He thinks they'll show up next spring. I think I'll fall over if they do that.
I hope they miss the hunters. And I hope they DO show up.
That'd just be amazing!
Now that's just outstanding news!!!(shhhh, btw, got my latest test results, still in treatment free remission. I'm still my Onc's favorite! Aka, miracle patient
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