We have been taking advantage of the hot weather to do a little bit of maintenance around Quackington Haven in the last few weeks. The old Hen House has had a bit of a make over. A little while ago something predatory managed to get in an killed one of our hens, we’re still not […] Read More
Experimental Planting
Another busy weekend at QH saw us trying to add some green to the barren wasteland that is the duck zone. So far in the past all our efforts have been in vein, with the ducks eating anything remotely plant like as soon as it hits the ground. Not wanting to spend a fortune on […] Read More
Tough Duck(lings)
Our very own bred ducklings made there first appearance in Quackington Haven this weekend when they left the comfort of the house and heat lamp to join their compatriots in the nursery pen. (The new ones are the one looking to get in and the one with the strip on its face in the bath). […] Read More
A taste of the great outdoors
It’s hard to believe the guys on the left, (5 Porcelain Pekin chicks (a week old) 3 Indian Runners and 2 White Runners (3 days old)), have now been living at QH for three weeks, and how they have grown. It is also notable the extraordinary difference in growth rates between the hens and the […] Read More
Trying to fix the grass
After an extraordinarily wet winter during which we naively let the ducks roam free, we are attempting to restore the grass. We discovered that ducks will utterly destroy any grass area by a combination of eating, waddling and digging with their bills. In no time at all much of the grass had become mud. We […] Read More
A quick welcome
Hi All. A quick welcome to our new blog. It is all things Duck, Hen and Quackaponics. We will be updating over the next few weeks with the history of QH, how it has developed and where it is going. We will also be keeping the blog up to date with the goings on of […] Read More
New arrivals
In unexpected and exciting news we now have two new ducklings both home hatched. The story begun about 4 weeks ago when we had a broody Pekin in the garden. Lets stick some duck eggs under it and see how it turns out. Sadly for the Pekin it didn’t end well when a predator of […] Read More
Quacking On…
It has been a very busy weekend at QH. We have been on a bit of a poultry-buying-bender and have also done a lot of work on QHHQ. Following the accidental purchase of two more Trout Runner Ducks on Thursday we unfortunately allowed ourselves to be shown the day-old duckling hatchlings. Despite having already agreed […] Read More