Ready or Not....... Shouldvknwnbetter- Fall

[Jenn27]

Our ducks were fun but SO messy! I didn't miss taking care of them at all this winter, but in nice weather I do kind of miss them waddling around.

YES!! Ducks are soooo messy, but I LOVE mine!! I'm hatching more right now, and I'm super excited! But, yeah, until they get moved outside to our pond, it's gonna be an adventure...but I think I am more prepared this time with an outdoor brooder pen. Here's hoping, anyway.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Good luck @Jenn27 with your ducks and goats! We aren't sure if ducks will get added....just a idea being kicked around here...helps pass the time in winter

 

[Hens and Roos]

Looks like we are 15 days out before kidding starts for our does. Hoping that the weather will be nicer by that time but do have our warming barrels ready to be put into use!

Finished making maple syrup for this season- we ended up with 61- 8 oz jars.....now just to finish cleaning up all the tubing/taps and pails used

 

[Jenn27]

Good luck @Jenn27 with your ducks and goats! We aren't sure if ducks will get added....just a idea being kicked around here...helps pass the time in winter

Thank you! I had ducks when I was a kid, and just had to have them once we had our farm ready. Don't regret it one bit! But, it's easier for us since we have a couple of ponds....not near about as messy. They just kinda chill and do their own thing without hardly any maintenance from us.

Oh and good luck on your kidding!!

 

[Bruce]

I have a pond and would likely get some ducks if I didn't have to deal with giving them clean water in quantity all winter long!

 

[NH homesteader]

We have a stream. We used a sledgehammer to bash holes in the ice. Twice a day. All winter. We had very happy ducks and I had an achy back!

 

[Hens and Roos]

a friend of ours has ducks and geese and they do just fine during winter....she has a small running stream that goes through her yard that the ducks make use of. We have a creek bordering our yard but I don't want to run into problems with the neighbors.

 

[Jenn27]

We have pretty mild winters here, so the ponds freezing over aren't an issue. I have had to break up the water pails the animals drink out of, but not the ponds. I can imagine that would get very tiring breaking it up that often!

We share a pond with a neighbor of ours (it's on both our properties, connected by a creek). One of my ducks flies from pond to pond and I have never had any issues (she is too spoiled to leave, hahaha). But chickens, ducks and livestock in my neighborhood are common.

 

[Latestarter]

There are quite a few TX folks here Jenn... I saw above you mentioned you're in TX... Where are you located (roughly)? Myself, @Baymule & @Devonviolet are in NE TX. Then there are also @animalmom @Ferguson K @frustratedearthmother @greybeard stretching down toward Houston, and quite a few others scattered around the state.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Looks like we are 15 days out before kidding starts for our does. Hoping that the weather will be nicer by that time but do have our warming barrels ready to be put into use!

Finished making maple syrup for this season- we ended up with 61- 8 oz jars.....now just to finish cleaning up all the tubing/taps and pails used

I hope your kidding season goes smoothly