Duck Refuge at Misty Meadow Farm

06/11/2025

The first round of pumpkin donations are being dropped off and the flock is thoroughly enjoying them! I have to dole them out in moderation, or else the ducks would plough through them in a day!!

03/11/2025

As the seasons change, the supplies are running a bit low. We are hunkering down for the winter with a total of 80 birds. If you are in the mood to donate, the ducks would love it.

01/11/2025

31/10/2025

It’s that time of year again; the pumpkin donation wagon will be out on Freemanville Rd
Please don’t put your pumpkins in the trash, our ducks LOVE them. Drop your unwanted pumpkins /squash in bin. The geese, chickens, ponies and goats will feast on them as well!

30/10/2025

I like think that life on the Refuge is better for our ducks than fighting for survival in the wild. But weeks like this, when it’s cold and rainy, it’s miserable everywhere, even when sheltered.
These poor Muscovy ducklings look like drowned rats. But at least their crops are full. 🥰

30/10/2025

Duck!!

A woman in Florida is suing SeaWorld after she says a duck knocked her unconscious while she was riding a roller coaster at its Orlando park, according to the lawsuit.

29/10/2025

A warm egg on a crisp autumn morning; these are a few of my favorite things!!

22/10/2025

Fake News Alert!

Be wary if you see me or anyone else post “Not bad for the first time”, or other such sentiments. Because that would be a LIE. A bold face untruth.

We make a lot of decisions in the farm, and for some reason, I made the decision to add these adorable Pygora goats to the herd so I could play with their luxurious fleece. Sigh. Why did I think I had the skill set to actually keep their silky mohair clean and unmatted, let alone shear them to collect the fiber?! What a pipe dream.

So here we are after their first ever shearing. The new shearing stand worked like a charm, no problem there. But my shears are too big and too heavy and I chopped the fleeces to look like shredded wheat.

Oh well. Let’s toast to the learning curve and hope I improve before April when I have to shear them again!

20/10/2025

Ducks slurping

20/10/2025

What is the opposite of white noise? Whatever it’s called, this is it. This is the sounds around the watering hole every morning. It’s the gentle sound of lapping water mixed with the high energy of a flock of ducks.