Flock Friday for August 27

Welcome to the last ever Flock Friday on this blog. It’s been quite a run, with the Flock Friday posts every week since June 2019, and chicken-related posts since early 2017. But now that we’ve sold our homestead, and will soon be moving into a motorhome to tour the country, it’s time to start winding down the Yellow Cottage Homestead blog, with this last Flock Friday, and a last Caturday tomorrow. I hope you’ve enjoyed these posts as much as I have.

But don’t worry, the new owner of the homestead is keen to take over looking after the ducks and chickens, plus the cats and bees. So they will be in good hands.

Let’s start with ducks eating in their house:

Ducks eating

Betty on the brick patio next to the duck house:

Duck

Ducks in the pond:

Ducks in the pond

Ducks in the pond

Chickens inside the coop, going after mealworm treats:

Chickens inside the coop

Chickens inside the coop

Chickens inside the coop

A bunch of colorful eggs in a nesting box:

Eggs in a nesting box

Several pictures of the chickens in their run, with tomato treats:

Chickens in their run

Chickens in their run

Chickens in their run

Chickens in their run

Chickens in their run

Chickens in their run

Chickens in their run

Chickens in their run

Chickens in their run

Chickens in their run

Ducks in the pond by the floating island:

Ducks in the pond

Ducks in the pond

Ducks in the pond

Ducks in the pond

Ducks in the pond

Ducks in the pond

Ducks in the pond

Ducks in the pond

Ducks in the pond

Ducks in the pond

One last picture of the ducks, pond, and duck house:

Ducks in the pond

We will miss the pond and ducks. But I’m sure we’ll get to enjoy other ponds and other ducks in the future.

Flock Friday for August 13

This week on Flock Friday, I bet you can’t guess what we have… yes, that’s right, pictures of ducks and chickens! Surprise! Plus a fuzzy picture of a hummingbird, for a bit of variety.

Some ducks on the pond:

Ducks

More ducks:

Ducks

A couple with their heads underwater:

Ducks

Lots of ducks:

Ducks

Ducks

Standing on one leg on an upturned pot island, and the floating island a little flooded:

Ducks

A zoomed picture of a hummingbird resting on a twig:

Hummingbird

On to a bunch of pictures of the chickens:

Chickens

Chickens

Chickens

Chickens

Chickens

Flock Friday for July 30

Since we’ve sold our homestead, how many more Flock Fridays and Caturdays will there be? Probably four after this one; I plan to discontinue this blog at the end of August… assuming I get around to setting up a new one for our new adventures. So enjoy the posts while they last!

Some ducks on the pond:

Ducks

Sonja and her ducklings in the shade near the base of the waterfall:

Sonja and her ducklings

Ducks on islands:

Ducks on islands

Ducks on islands

Chickens:

Chickens

Chickens

Chickens

Flock Friday for July 23

Welcome to Flock Friday.

Last week I found the cupboard doors of the duck house wide open; I suspect a house viewer opened them and didn’t close them properly. I thought you might enjoy seeing inside. The jug holds food that drains into the feeder tube:

Duck house

Ducks on the pond:

Ducks

Ducks

Chickens enjoying rice treats:

Chickens

Chickens

Chickens

Ducks on and near the bank of the pond:

Ducks

Ducks on the lawn:

Ducks

Ducks and Rory:

Ducks and dog

On the lawn again:

Ducks

Flock Friday for July 16

A focus on the chickens for this Flock Friday, including a couple of fun GIFs.

I noticed some chickens grabbing raspberries through the fence:

Chickens grabbing raspberries

Here’s a GIF of one jumping up to grab raspberries from a high branch; see how she turns her head back and forth to judge the distance:

Chickens grabbing raspberries

Another GIF of pulling a branch through the fence:

Chickens grabbing raspberries

That was hard work; nap time:

Chickens roosting in their run

Some photos of chickens with tomato, lettuce, and zucchini treats (the zucchini are starting to take over the garden):

Chickens with tomato, lettuce, zuccini treats

Chickens with tomato, lettuce, zuccini treats

Chickens

Chicken with lettuce treats

Chickens

We can’t have a Flock Friday post without any pictures of the ducks — here’s a token one from the pond deck. Betty’s ducklings are almost full-grown now, and Sonja’s are catching up fast:

Ducks

I haven’t spent much time with the ducks this week, due to our trip to Ashland and my subsequent illness, but I’ll be sure to get more photos of them for next week.

Flock Friday for July 9

Ducklings in the chicken run?!

Ducklings in chicken run

I have no idea how they got in there, but I heard their distressed peeping, and went over to let them out:

Ducklings in chicken run

Reunited:

Ducklings reunited

Betty’s ducklings are getting quite big:

Betty and ducklings

Sonja’s ducklings are still small, but growing fast (here some are snuggling under her):

Sonja and ducklings

More ducks:

Ducks

Two broody chickens in a nesting box:

Two chickens in a nesting box

More chickens:

Chickens

Chickens

Chickens

Chickens

Flock Friday for July 2

A little later than usual for Flock Friday, as we were out all morning while the house was inspected. But I wouldn’t want to miss sharing the fun pictures of our chickens and ducks!

Let’s start with some chickens with a head of lettuce from our veggie garden:

Chickens with a head of lettuce

The pond, with ducks and a bird flying low over the pond, to dip its beak for a drink:

Pond, ducks, bird

Another shot of a bird diving for a drink, plus Sonja on the island sitting on several of her ducklings:

Pond ducks, bird

A couple of ducks enjoying some shade:

Ducks enjoying some shade

I love that shiny green head:

Ducks

Hot chickens; chickens panting on one of the really hot days this week (don’t worry, they have flowing water to cool off):

Hot chickens

Hot chickens

Hot chickens

Sonja and ducklings:

Sonja and ducklings

Ducks on and near the island:

Ducks on and near the island

Betty and her ducklings:

Betty and ducklings

Sonja and ducklings, and more ducks on the island:

Ducks

Sonja and ducklings:

Sonja and ducklings

Ducks on the lawn; Betty and her ducklings on the left, others in the middle, and Sonja’s ducklings on the right:

Ducks on the lawn

Chickens roosting in their run:

Chickens in their run

Flock Friday for June 25

It’s Flock Friday. Did you see the announcement about us selling our homestead? These updates will be continuing for a little while longer, so enjoy them while they last!

An aerial view of the pond:

Aerial view of the pond

Sonja and her ducklings on an upturned pot island:

Sonja and her ducklings

Sonja and her ducklings

Chickens:

Chickens

Chickens

Chickens

Chickens

Chickens

Sonja and her ducklings, with other ducks in the background:

Sonja and her ducklings

Betty and her ducklings wading in the waterfall stream:

Betty and her ducklings

Finally, a GIF of some of Sonja’s ducklings eating from the duckling feeder:

Ducklings