So, um, did I post about the ducks? And then the chicks arriving? And then my hen Golden Claw deciding that NOW would be the perfect time to set on 8 eggs? (She had 11, but I stole the three white ones because I don't want anymore TopHats or Andalusians). Well, then she got off the nest for a drink about a week into this process, and two of her buddies decided to lay more eggs in her nest. I had stupidly NOT dated the ones she already had, so she is sitting on 10, but only 8 of them are going to hatch, at most. Still, that is 15 ducks, 8 laying hens, 19 Red Ranger meat birds, and 9 Wyandotte chicks all currently clucking, plus whatever Goldie hatches on or about May 10.
In the future, I will NEVER get ducks so early in the year that I have to keep them in the laundry room, because they are messy, smelly and loud. Instead, I will get them after May 1, and slaughter them in July... Except any I keep for eggs, because I ate a duck egg for the first time last week (not one of ours) and it was good. One duck egg and two slices of bacon is a good size breakfast. I have to admit I was surprised at the size of the egg, and the yolk in particular.
At least only the Wyandottes and the crippled duckling (at night) are still in the laundry room. It just sounds like more because the Pirate has taken up crowing to express herself when she isn't singing the "I want a horse" song...
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