March 5, 2025

Baby Ducky Update

Our eleven baby Muscovies are two weeks old now and doing fine.


Guest appearance by Tom.

19 comments:

Boud said...

After a very difficult couple of days here, the ducky update was exactly what I needed! Great timing, thank you.

Ed said...

They might be a bit chilled in the blizzard we are in the middle of right now.

Quinn said...

I've often thought it would be fun to have a few ducks, but really don't have a suitable place for them here. I enjoy them vicariously, though!

Kelly said...

That short clip did my heart a world of good! I'd say Tom totally photobombed the video! 😂

Retired Knitter said...

Adorable! Just adorable. And that Tom - he is impressive.

Leigh said...

Liz, nothing does the heart good like baby animals. :)

Leigh said...

Ed, I mentioned before that we were surprised she hatched them out with all the cold weather we've been having. But she's a good mom and they are all thriving.

Leigh said...

Quinn, ours picked the chicken yard, even though we tried to set them up someplace else. They squabble a lot with the chickens, but they are where they want to be!

Leigh said...

Kelly, yeah, Tom really stole the show!

Leigh said...

RT, Tom is something else!

Anonymous said...

So cute! Our tom always wants to be the center of attention also. RHill, TX

Leigh said...

RHill, ha! Then I'm guessing your tom loves to parade around in full strut. They are really something, aren't they?

Toirdhealbheach Beucail said...

Yay ducklings! I confess I have now added duck feeds to my Instapic because they make me happy.

Leigh said...

TB, ducks are a hoot. The mucsovys are "quiet" ducks because they rarely quack, but our neighbor has "noisy" ducks and sometimes we hear them raising a fuss.

Nancy In Boise said...

So cute!!!

Anonymous said...

Hi Leigh. Haven't heard from you in a while. Hope all is well with you and yours. Blessings, Fern

Leigh said...

Fern! So nice to hear from you. I have a post scheduled for tomorrow. :)

Anonymous said...

Irish, huh? Interesting to read about someone's background in the form of food. Take care.

Leigh said...

Irish, yes, but not a lot. My 3rd-great-grandfather was born in Ireland, so that's five generations back.

The ancestral foods project has been a lot of fun. What I'm especially looking for are traditional recipes and methods I can use too, i.e. especially simpler, off-grid methods. With food self-sufficiency comes the problem of food fatigue from having fewer dietary options. I'm learning different ways of using and combining foods to keep more variety for interest. So far I've done Irish, Norman French, and Wampanoag, and am getting ready for early American and Saxon cuisine. I have about nine cultural groups to research. I plan to publish it all as a blog series at the end of the year.