Muscovy No More

Just a few short weeks ago, Summer had us in her hands...
leading us across the dance floor in a sultry tango.
Not one for coming in on cue, Autumn took his time,
eventually tapping us on the shoulder, requesting a turn around the floor.
Now, before Autumn's fox trot has finished,
Winter is demanding his turn as well - 
sending Autumn to the chairs on the outside of the room.
Winter's dance is a long and complicated waltz,
resembling a dance marathon.


That's the way with seasons in this part of the world.


The ones you wish would grant you a second dance never do.
The others keep you dancing until you drop!


In order to happily survive the year,
it's important to be versatile... and dance like there's no tomorrow!


The winter's first snowstorm is predicted for today...
and it's not even December!
Everyone has heated water buckets, plenty of hay, and warm and dry accommodations.
Hubbs and I will be spending much of the day in front of a roaring fire.


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Thank you for all of the comments regarding our Muscovy dilemma.
After giving our situation some careful consideration,
we decided to re-home the Muscovy Ducks.
I placed an ad on our local FaceBook livestock page.

Within minutes, I had several interested people...
one of whom was a young couple not far from our farm.
They already had a couple of Muscovy Ducks on their pond and stream
and they were hoping to add to their tiny flock.

By the end of the morning, I had all seven ducks loaded in cages and in the back
of the truck on their way to their new home.
Thanks to Kathy, my neighbor, for helping me with the "ducking" round-up!
(Hubbs was getting our car inspected and missed all of the fun.)


Catching them wasn't easy.
Those ducks are strong.
I was pretty sure at one point that one had broken my nose with his wing.


In the end, his wing was fine...
and so was my nose.

Good bye, dear Muscovy Ducks,
(and, I hate to say, good riddance, too)
May you have long and happy lives in your new home!


Comments

Unknown said…
....to a farm not far from yours, wondering if those darn ducks don't find their way back. Your place is a nice place to live and I think they know it. Lisa G in TN
littlemancat said…
That thought occurred to me too - returning to the farm.
Love how you describe the dancing with the seasons - Winter's dance, far too soon and too long.
Enjoy the fireplace!
Mary
This N That said…
Lots of post card worthy pictures there.... till you got to the ducks.....Beautiful. I hope they are happy in their new home And don’t find their way back home. Happy snow! 😘
daisy g said…
I'll bet the runners had a party last night!

I think this was the shortest autumn on record! You turned around and it was gone!

Enjoy the warm fire today. We have ours on as well. It's miserable out there, but sunny days are coming back soon.
jaz@octoberfarm said…
what autumn? i think we had it for like 2 days. we went from 90 degrees to 65 to 30. it's good to know when to rehome. the ducks might like having new friends. we have freezing rain here right now with maybe a bit of snow later. i think the bulk of it is heading to you. i'll be right there!
diane in northern wis said…
Oh Bev, so glad to hear you've found a new home for those mischievous muscovys! Hope they don't come roaring back to your place! Your runners will be much happier now and I'm guessing so will you. Enjoy your snowfall...we have actual snowbanks here already! You are waxing quite eloquently poetic today. I love it. Thanks for a great blog always.
Tee said…
I thought of you and your ducks when reading this - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/geese-terrorize-australia-farm_us_5bf4cbabe4b0eb6d93098245