Five Things Friday: assorted favorites, oddities, time-sensitive announcements, discoveries, random thoughts, life tidbits and whatever else pops into my head. Cue the intro. Boom! What I’m Reading – Weekly Reads Random assortment of articles from around the interwoobles that I read this week. If it’s in this list it made me nod vigorously, tut aggressively,…
Ducklings
Duckling Drama
Ducklings have basically taken over my life. Our story starts about two weeks ago, when we find one of our female Ancona ducks killed and, separately, a freshly hatched baby duckling hanging out under the other broody female. The next day, new mama duck Minkie takes the single duckling on a grand tour of the yard, quacking all…
The Life and Death of Ducks
Death Monday was pretty rough. My daughter came in from her normal morning check of the chickens and ducks and said, “I think Frances was attacked.” Out I rushed, and my daughter led me to the trail of feathers, the splatters of blood, the slaughtered but uneaten carcass of our female duck, Frances. Her neck…
The Curious Case of The Missing Duck
My neighbor leaned over the fence at me. “Where’s your brown duck? I haven’t seen her in the last few days.” “Uh…she’s around,” I said. “Are you sure? I haven’t seen her lately and I’ve really looked.” “Well, I locked her up last night and let her out this morning, so, she’s somewhere.” But then…