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

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

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

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

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