The ducklings hatched one week ago, and their rate of growth is impressive. Here are photos from yesterday, when Midnight took them for their first field trip to the dandelion patch just outside the barn. Does this spark any early memories of your own field trips or vacations? If so, please leave a comment – [...]
Archive for the ‘Ducks’ Category
20 May
New Life at the Flying T
Spring is the season of new life. After the long harsh winter (well, not this year!), the ground thaws, the trees bud, and most animals begin to raise their new young. This week, a bit late in the spring, brought the first births from the livestock at the Flying T, courtesy of our flock of [...]
11 Apr
Spring is in the Air
Spring is in the air here at the Flying T. Our resident Boer Goats, Jessie and Gracie, are off at another farm for a month or so in the hopes that they make very close friends with the buck there. That would bring us kids in September. In their place, we welcomed two more 4-month-old [...]
4 Dec
Night Pics
My daughter and I snuck in after bedtime to take some pics of the barn at night. What’s your favorite thing about being outdoors at night? Any great memories?
3 Nov
“Duck Fat” by our Guest Blogger
Our 13yo daughter graces us with another blog post today. —————– Established fact: Grown Muscovy Duck drakes are usually too heavy to get very far off the ground. Obviously, this goes for flying down, too. Doc, our drake, has problems with understanding this. While our 4 duck hens get to party on the barn roof, [...]
11 Oct
Organic?
When we first started dreaming about our farm, “organic” was high in our priorities. This flows out of our family mission, to glorify God in all ways, and to live that out on our farm by raising, managing, and using His creation in a healthy, sustainable, humane, and respectful manner. Since we planned to produce [...]
13 Sep
Guest Blogger: “Chuck” the Chicken-Duck
Please welcome the Flying T’s first guest-blogger, our 13yo daughter… I mentally go through the birds as I check on them for the night. 5 ducks. Check. 6 Rhode Island Red hens. Check. 3 Araucana hens. Check. 1 Araucana rooster. Check. 15 Barred Rock chicks. Check. 1 chicken-duck. Check. You may be wondering about that last [...]
12 Sep
Repurposing Wooden Pallets
I’ve found a reliable source for used wooden pallets (as well as heavy-duty plastic ones from time-to-time). There’s always a use for them – whether it’s stacking firewood, scavenging the wood for another project, or using them intact (or mostly so) for one thing or another. Here are my latest two pallet-projects: The muscovy [...]
9 Sep
What Does Free Range Mean?
You can do an Internet search of “cage-free” and “free-range” eggs or chickens and see that there really aren’t a whole lot of legal requirements to claim those titles. “Free range” at the Flying T means that as soon as our chicks and ducklings are safely able to live in the outdoors, we let them [...]
6 Sep
You might live on a farm if…
You might live on a farm if… 10. …you normally awake before the rooster (and when he wakes up first you have an urge to reach for the duct tape). 9. …at least once this week, you’ve been outside in PJs and rubber boots. 8. …the dockhand at the grain store starts filling your truck [...]
A Joyful Birth
