Four Corners Farm is a great place!
Almost every day, I’m up at 6:55 am to go feed my ducks. The pond is located a little ways from the house, so I get a little fresh air going down there. I have 16 Khaki Cambells, the Drakes look like Mallards, and the hens are brown dashed with black. These are for layers, not meat. They remind me of a little poem that I read, you will read it later. I will be selling eggs for $5 in the farm store. These ducks can not fly that well (a male’s best record is 5 ft. high, and 45 ft. long.) Also, they are good in cold weather.
I truly think My Ducks are amazing. Jonas Reilly, age 11, oldest of the Reilly children.
Ducks Ditty, by Kenneth Grahame
All along the backwater,
Through the rushes tall,
Ducks are a-dabbling,
Up tails all!
Ducks’ tails, Drakes’ tails’,
Yellow feet a-quiver,
Yellow bills all out of sight
Busy in the river!
Slushy green undergrowth
where the roaches swim,
here we keep our larder,
cool and full and dim.
Everyone for what he likes!
WE like to be
Heads down, tails up,
Dabbling free.
High in the blue above,
swifts whirl and call-
WE are down a-dabbling,
Up tails all!
Photos:
Ducks parading around the pond
This piece of grass taste good!
Great work, Jonas! The duck eggs are sure beautiful!
I think that your ducks are pretty amazing too …. have you been able to try any of your duck eggs yet?? I bet they are yummy … love you to the moon and back
I enjoyed reading your post and poem, Jonas! It sounds like your ducks are very well taken care of! Someone told me that duck eggs make great noodles, but I’ve never tried them. Thanks for writing!
Jonas, I didn’t realize you had ducks! I am curious to know if you chose to get them yourself, or if they were added and then you found that you really enjoyed them.
Either way, I love the information on how high they can go, and the pictures are great!
The poem is a nice touch to the post, I enjoyed that very much. Isn’t he the author of The Wind in the Willows? Words — good stuff.
I will have Mary Grace read this post, she will like it!
Great Job Jonas! What an adventure you have each day with the ducks…. they are VERY lucky to have you. Thanks for sharing!
I enjoyed reading your post today Jonas. You are a good steward of the ducks and I would think they enjoy you too! Keep up the great writing and we love and miss you all bunches!