past the crawfish ponds, where the pink birds fly...







Friday, November 23, 2012

baby duck report...

hello to all.  i hope everyone had a good thanksgiving.  we did a lot of baby duck loving yesterday.  it was a day that i was thankful for. 
 it saddens me to say that not all of our beautifull babies made it.  3 were dead when i open the box.   green arrow died a few hours later, and will died, too.  will's name was lover first (farmer son 1 named her) but she had such a will to live that we changed her name.  she tried so hard!  even though it was just a little time of knowing her, she touched us. hopefully everyone else will survive.  they seem to be doing great!
farmer son 1 put it perfectly.  he said that he was sad that will died.  but he was so happy that we had everyone else.   i agree with him. it's sad that death is part of life, but it is also something that make you realize what you have and to appreciate and focus on that.   i hope that our life here on our homestead  will give them a greater appreciation and awareness of the world around them.  i like to think so. 
tomorrow we are doing a lot more of baby duck loving with a ton more pictures and i'll share the other 25 names with you.  the farmer sons named them all.  goodness help me. 

til next time,
farmer mom 

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