Right now, I have two ducks sitting on big old nest’s, one is due this week and one is due next week, the one nest has 18 eggs and the other 15 eggs, typically the girls hatch out 12 to 16 little one’s.. So I am both really looking forward to seeing little fuzzies arriving..
Very excited that appleduck decided to sit on a huge nest this year, I think she is being a little hopeful sitting on 23 eggs but I am pleased to see that a second nest is also being laid and that a Blue Swedish hen looks to be going broody.. So that means I should ducklings that are swedish laying ducks (purebred) and half Appleyard/Swedish crosses for my regular ducks plus of course my other two big girls who will hatch me a lovely flock that will grow up to be freezer camped.
I’m not done yet, I have two rabbit does due this week as well, and I am expecting some pretty, pretty babies, I breed a solid chocolate brown doe with great bone and a truly plush coat to my lovely big broken blue boy. My second breeding is a lovely red broken who is as sturdy as they get to the same broken blue buck.. I should not only have a mix of solid and broken coats but I have upwards to at least four or more possable coat colors that could pop out in the mix..
Looking forward to seeing what they have in both numbers, colors, patterns and sex’s..



Omg, ducklings AND bunnies? Going into fuzzy-baby nirvana just thinking about it…
OOOhh, I can’t wait to read about the newest family members soon!
That’s a whole lot of fuzzy cuteness coming soon. I know, they’re all intended for your freezer. I try not to think about snuffing the life out of something that cute, but the realist in me knows that the meat would be healthier and we have a responsibility to raise meat animals humanely.
The rational side of me knows all this…but the little kid in me says
awwwwwwww
I try and just focus on enjoy the little ones as much as possable, by the time freezer camp time comes, they are all grown up, which really helps..
Ducklings, bunnies, lambs, calves…it’s a good thing I don’t live near you ’cause you might have a crazy lady running around your back yard squeezing all the livestock.