Animals
Well, hello there!
- Tiny Miracles
Early this weekend during AM chores, I headed to the pond to put feed out for the ducks. Upon entering the duck hut, I saw Mrs. Duckles on her nest.She was hissing at me. I looked a bit closer.... she wasn't alone,no, there were several just hatched...
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A whole year has passed since we bought our last batch of ducklings.We added a mixture (17) of Cayugas, Swedish, and Pekins to the pond;home, then, to the solitary Methuselah (Khaki Campbell drake.) Every day since the new ducks came,we go to the pond,...
- Pond Happenings
I make several trips to our pond each day...first thing in the morning,to let the ducks out, last thing at night to close them back in,and occasional trips in between with the dogs. Each and every time I arrive at the pond,seven wild ducks fly away. They...
- Goin' Nuts
We feed and care for a lot of critters on the farm. Most we have adopted, but some have adopted us. I have come to realize lately that we spend more money at the feed store,than we do at the grocery store(partly due to the fact that we grow so much of...
- Where Did All These Toads Come From?
Frogs and toads have always been a part of the farm. Evening walks to the pond are always accompanied by the pond peepers and their high pitched chorus. The addition of large mouth bass in our pond seemed to cut back on the numbers of frogs over the past...
Animals
Well, Hello There!
Sitting by the pond watching this...
has become a favorite pastime of mine.
Sitting on the bank of the pond I was aware of a presence in the water to my left.
I looked over and saw these two...
Well, hello there!
Before I knew it, there were three...
and four...
and five...
and six...
(now an orange one joins the group)
and then there were seven...
and another (orange)
eight...
and number nine (orange, as well)...
This is a pretty amazing sight.
You see, 15 or so years ago our friends Jim and Kathy threw two tiny goldfish
(won at a carnival) into the pond.
And for years after that we would see an increasing number of goldfish...
soon in every imaginable size.
Then the fish began to mutate...
white ones began to appear.
I have no idea how old these large carp are...
or how many generations of fish we have had from those two tiny goldfish.
Isn't nature absolutely amazing?
- Tiny Miracles
Early this weekend during AM chores, I headed to the pond to put feed out for the ducks. Upon entering the duck hut, I saw Mrs. Duckles on her nest.She was hissing at me. I looked a bit closer.... she wasn't alone,no, there were several just hatched...
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A whole year has passed since we bought our last batch of ducklings.We added a mixture (17) of Cayugas, Swedish, and Pekins to the pond;home, then, to the solitary Methuselah (Khaki Campbell drake.) Every day since the new ducks came,we go to the pond,...
- Pond Happenings
I make several trips to our pond each day...first thing in the morning,to let the ducks out, last thing at night to close them back in,and occasional trips in between with the dogs. Each and every time I arrive at the pond,seven wild ducks fly away. They...
- Goin' Nuts
We feed and care for a lot of critters on the farm. Most we have adopted, but some have adopted us. I have come to realize lately that we spend more money at the feed store,than we do at the grocery store(partly due to the fact that we grow so much of...
- Where Did All These Toads Come From?
Frogs and toads have always been a part of the farm. Evening walks to the pond are always accompanied by the pond peepers and their high pitched chorus. The addition of large mouth bass in our pond seemed to cut back on the numbers of frogs over the past...