Farm Fun

Caught on camera.

No filters, no staging — just whatever the birds were doing when someone had their phone out.

A copper-and-black rooster standing tall in the grass, glossy green-black tail feathers curling behind him, surrounded by a crowd of reddish-gold Red Sex Link hens.
The Chickens

Pip holding court, as usual.

Looking straight down at a pile of newly hatched ducklings asleep on pine shavings, a mix of chocolate brown, near-black and pale yellow down, their bills tucked in against one another.
Throwback

Cream, Darkwing, Gizmo, Sonic & Ikea.

Two grey Pilgrim geese with bright orange bills standing in the pasture in low golden evening light, a white duck foraging in the grass beside them, between two black water troughs.
The Geese

Evening rounds, Chocolate included.

Three ducklings — one bright yellow, one dark chocolate brown, one olive-and-tan — standing shoulder to shoulder on pine shavings in the brooder under the warm orange glow of a heat lamp, with the waterer behind them.
Throwback

Sunny, Speckles & Scooter.

A dozen young ducks in white, black-and-white, slate grey and fawn bunched tightly together in the sun beside the fence line, the yellow coop ramp just visible at the edge.
The Ducks

Puddle Huddle.

Four black-and-yellow Ancona ducklings with pink bills settled in the grass and clover inside a blue fabric playpen, sunlight across their backs.
Throwback

Checkers, Spot, Emperor & Bandit.

Five young chicks in the brooder on pine shavings, halfway through feathering out — fuzzy baby down still on their heads, with speckled black, ginger, cream and brown adult feathers coming in on their bodies.
The Chickens

Baby fuzz on top, big-kid feathers below.

A grey Pilgrim goose standing behind the water trough with both wings stretched wide open and neck upright, the willow tree and pasture fence behind her in early morning light.
The Geese

Sprattle's morning stretch by the trough.

Looking down into the brooder at eight ducklings in yellow, olive and black, clustered around the yellow-based waterer and the green feeder tray of crumble on pine shavings.
Throwback

Breakfast rush, brooder edition.

Two grey geese with bright orange bills walking through the pasture on an overcast day, white and black-and-white ducks spread out around them, a dark treeline behind.
The Geese

Always on patrol.

A group of reddish-gold Red Sex Link hens on the grass beside a galvanized feed can, one deep mahogany-red hen with near-black tail feathers standing clear of the rest at the front, the rooster at the right edge of the frame.
The Chickens

Fari. The only hen we can tell apart.

About ten ducklings in yellow, olive and near-black gathered in long grass around a cream plastic waterer, wire fencing running behind them.
Throwback

Out of the brooder, onto the grass.

A three-photo collage of white ducks with mud-stained heads, necks and backs — one standing in the grass, one crossing a bare muddy patch, and two grazing side by side.
The Ducks

Never met a mud puddle they didn't like.

A flock of reddish-gold Red Sex Link hens free ranging across the lawn, one with her head down pecking in the grass, the rooster's dark tail feathers among them and a red barn in the background.
The Chickens

Grass, bugs, repeat.

Close-up of two ducklings dozing on pine shavings under the heat lamp, the one in front with its eyes shut and bill resting on the bedding, the red feeder just visible behind them.
Throwback

Hard day of being tiny. Time for a nap.

Two grey geese leading the way up a long yellow ramp into the pale blue coop at dusk, a line of about a dozen ducks waiting their turn at the bottom under heavy storm clouds.
The Geese

Bedtime — Sprattle leads the way.

Ten half-grown ducks in the patchy, part-feathered stage — cream, grey and near-black — standing shoulder to shoulder on grass in front of a wire fence panel.
Throwback

Everyone has an awkward teenage phase.

Two grey-brown geese and a single white duck standing together in the pasture at sunset, pink and gold clouds above the pines.
The Geese

Patrolling, with Chocolate, of course.

A reddish-gold hen standing squarely on top of a large cut sunflower head lying on the wood-chip mulch, head down and pecking out the seeds.
The Chickens

Homegrown sunflowers, fun & tasty.

Six ducks — two white, one brown and a silvery speckled one among them — crowded shoulder to shoulder with their heads down in a hollowed-out watermelon rind lying in the grass, long shadows in the late afternoon sun.
The Ducks

Summer treat. Gone in four minutes flat.

Two grey Pilgrim geese and about ten ducks in white, brown and black-and-white wandering across grass scattered with fallen brown leaves, one goose flapping its wings, a white netting fence behind them.
The Ducks

Cooler days, crunchier walks.

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