BlackHillsOutdoors

just hatched duckling runs when phone rings

a quick look at the newly hatched ducklings

2 ducklings just out of shell about to be joined by a third

ducklings break through shells on day 28

Duck eggs start to hatch, day 28

11 day old chicks play and explore the yard. The cornish cross chickens are growing faster than the turkeys. They run, flap their wings, chase bugs and peck at stuff.

Day 10 of incubating duck eggs, if you watch the second egg you can see the developing duck move in the shell. This is the first time I have incubated duck eggs.

It was a nice warm day so I put chicks outside for a few minutes while I cleaned the brooder box

quick video of 2 day old chicks

A quick tour of the greenhouse I built last fall. I am in the Black Hills of South Dakota zone 5. It collects heat, but I need to improve the insulation so it holds on to the heat better. The seedlings growing were all direct seeded to the greenhouse the end of Feb. I hope to be able to grow greens all winter. I did not get it finished until this last Nov so I was not able to get anything growing for the this last year.

Talking duck with my Pekin Duck - Kwackers

After giving them some instructions, I get all my ducks in a row

A couple of fawns playing in yard. They are about a week old.

This structure is on US Forest Service land in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Anyone have any idea what it is for? There are no roads or paths close to it. I found it a long time a go, nothing has ever been changed around it.

my garden after hail storm

Buffalo stampede after one was hit by a car in Custer State Park

I found a skunk in the garbage can and when I tipped the can to let it out it sprayed me and it took a bag of garbage with it

unsuccessful fishing trip to Horse Thief Lake in the Black Hills of South Dakota

spring sunrise at Lake Lakota with birds singing

week old ducklings play in water dish for the first time