We lost Crazy Daisy the mallard duck. She decided to sit on a hidden nest again and instead of the nice safe hay pile she used last year she found another place that I could not find. Staying the night outside the coop here has a 0% survivability rate and sadly one of the oh ...I would say... thousands of pillaging and marauding coons that live in this National forest had her for supper.
The little blessings of life never cease to make me smile...the same morning I found Crazy Daisy's remains I found her nest full of green eggs hidden behind a bucket in one of the old goat houses! I almost cried at the sweetness of it. I carefully gathered them up and brought them inside and got out my incubator and got it set up. I had no idea if they would still hatch. But guess what,they did!
Now that your moment of awwww has fully sunken in I would like to say,baby ducks are the stinkiest of all baby poultry! I just can not fathom how something so cute can be so dang smelly! They will be moved outside in another day or so. As we walk by and peer into their box a dozen times a day we all have the same reaction of ,"They are sooo cute.....dang these things stink!"
I know you all need a goatie fix because really how can one have a day without a goatie fix of some sort! So here is a goatie goat picture for you all today! This is Heidi, Nibbles' baby girl....
Don't let that sweet face fool you ,she is a piranha in a goat suit! She will attack you as soon as she sees you and commence to trying to eat all your clothes off! All Nibbles' babies have been like that,supper friendly but extremely bitey! Maybe they just want us all to be naked,lol! Yikes!
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So wonderful to know you're still around! Glad you found the eggs. That's small comfort to losing Daisy, but at least her nesting efforts and sacrifice were rewarded. That is one cute kid! Hope she doesn't eat all of your clothes.
It's good to see you back. I understand completely what you mean about time.
The ducklings are very cute. So is the kid - even if she bites.
So Good to hear from you!! I always check in on you and wondered how you were getting along!? What a neat thing in that those baby ducks hatched. You are a dear to incubate them!! and Life does get busy these days...doing the "real" things in our world sure is fun though!!!
What a nice surprise -- So glad the ducklings made it through all of the marauding. Surprised the coons didn't eat the eggs too.
That little goatie looks to be a bit impish. So cute, though. :)
It is good to see you back! Poor Crazy Daisy, but what sweet blessing to find that nest and be able to hatch cute little duckie babies.
Nekkid farming, I like the sound of that. LOL Nawt with my loony neighbors. I agree ducks do stink but, one day we will have a duck pen. Take care,
Mal
OH I forgot --- Waves a big ole Howdy to Paw Paw.
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Happy Birthday! Hope your day is as special and beautiful as you! Filled with beautiful blessings!!!!
I used to have a pet duck I raised from a baby when I was a kid. Even if they're stinky - they are mighty cute!
Anonymous,
Thank you very much!
So glad you are back in blogland, have really missed you....your additions to yourfamilyarereally cute...guess they will imprint on you as their mom, or? That phirana goat is too cute for words....how are the donks?
So sorry to hear about Crazy Daisy, but you did luck out on finding her nest and hatching out her babies! They are so cute!
The new kid is cute, I thought they all tried to eat one's clothes.
ahhhh the ducklings are so great!!! I am so glad they hatched for you!
Heidi is sooo cute!
Love the pictures! Welcome back, I've been absent too. What kind of goat is Heidi?
Tina
Bonnie and Clyde are great!
Kelly,
Heidi is half nigerian dwarf and half Nibbles. Nibbles is a dwarf breed all her own,lol but she is a very good milk goat what ever she is!
Hi girlie! Thought of you the other day when hubby got the call to ship out again... Wondered how you've been...
Your sweet mallard hen must have drawn those racoons away from her eggs and sacrificed herself. SO glad you found her nest and got them to hatch for her! They're adorable! SUCH a sweet little goat girl! Sounds like you have a hazardous place there tho - noxious gases and clothes-eating parasites...
Missed you so very much. God bless Crazy Daisy at least you saved her children.
Naked and stinky. Sounds like your having fun!!
IT is oh so easy to get out of habit of blogging. I know this feeling. Had a little 3 month hiatus my self. :)
Those little ducklings brought some moisture to my eyes. What a great surprise and relief.
Sometimes the blogging does tend to get forgotten. Glad you`re back and so glad to see those wee ducklings!
So glad to hear from you. Tha ducks are so cute but you are right they sure do stink! Have a good day! Rebekah
A sad post with a sweet twist. I'm glad you got those little duckies hatched!Poor Momma.
never leave blog landok.....?
too many stories to read ok?x
I kept wondering where you were and what you were up to! I missed ya, pally! I really did. I love your farm stories. :)
How very sad to lose your Daisy. But what JOY in her babies. Gees, I was gonna cry that was so sweet--except for the stinky part. :)
I'm glad you are back and posting again!
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