Archive of Ducks
Burn Baby Burn
on March 19th, 2011 in Chickens, Ducks, Gardening by Dan | 8 CommentsI spent the majority of today in the garden hitting things with hammers. And most enjoyable it was too. Unfortunately we’ve recently lost a couple of chickens and a duck to the local fox, and so I decided my previously rather slack poultry containment efforts needed shoring up. The aim…
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Huston we have Duck Eggs
on February 17th, 2011 in Ducks, Midnight Movie Club by Dan | 9 CommentsI found these in the duck shed yesterday morning, and another one there today. Bloody marvelous! In other news, the latest episode of Lee and Dan’s Midnight Movie Club Podcast is now out. This week we’re talking about the 1982 comedy Night Shift staring Batman, the Fonz and that woman…
Chicken Wire
on February 10th, 2011 in Chickens, Ducks by Dan | 15 CommentsThis morning I’ve spent a good couple of hours working on my garden fence. It seems the chickens and the ducks have banded together to form the A.D.F.E.C (Allied Domestic Fowl Escape Committee), and are working towards driving me into an early grave. The chickens have somehow figured how to…
Continue reading...And On That Farm He Had A Duck
on December 8th, 2010 in Ducks by Dan | 25 CommentsYesterday I ventured into deepest darkest Wales in order to collect the ducks that John (of Going Gently fame) has donated to my miniature smallholding. Here they are huddled together in hysterical panic in the corner of the converted wendyhouse which is their new home. Apparently this state of hysteria…
Continue reading...How to make Amy and Evan very excited
on September 7th, 2010 in Ducks, Gardening by Dan | 10 CommentsWe were all rather thrilled to see over on John’s blog yesterday that the ducklings have hatched. Seeing them there all cute and cuddly makes me feel a little regretful that I’m not shooting down to Wales this very minute to go pick them up. However the prospect of having…
Continue reading...With a quack quack here and a quack quack there
on August 18th, 2010 in Ducks, Gardening by Dan | 23 CommentsI made a conscious decision this year not to bother with the garden. What with training and fundraising for the walk I figured the last thing I needed was putting pressure on myself to maintain a bunch of cabbages too. So I just fed and watered the chickens, collected the…
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