This weekend Leopold has started to try to crow. I say "try" because it is really ridiculous! George will crow and crow and crow, which gets Leopold going...and it sounds like a long croak. It makes me laugh.
We had some sadness this week, as our incubated duck eggs didn't make it. One made it all the way to hatching and then survived three days out of the egg, before passing. Her egg yolk never absorbed all of the way, and she never thrived. We call her a she, because Clara named her Eponine (from Les Miserables). There could be a variety of reasons, but I think the main culprit is that I didn't get the humidity just right.
Our next ducklings are due to hatch in August, praying for better results.
Our garden has blessed us with GREAT results. I've made 3 jars of salsa, 3 jars of tomato sauce, 9 jars of blackberry jelly, 6 jars of blackberry syrup, about a half dozen green peppers, a jar of pickles, and about 2 dozen ears of corn! I'm chopping down the corn stalks and going to try for more green beans-the only veggie that didn't thrive. I think I will still have time to get a batch in before winter, but we shall see.
Our chickens continue to grow and fill out, and we are awaiting our first egg.
Until next time...
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