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“SIX-PACK” GROWS UP

by DucksSix-Pack of Ducks

The "baby" ducklings are now 9 weeks old, and all grown up! Nine Weeks Old We just have the six ducks now. We gave away the two remaining Golden Cascades. It just seemed easier to deal with feeding and caring for the six young'uns. When we took the six-pack out to the big pen with the big ducks, we had a partition up the middle of both the house and the pen, to keep them separate. Besides requiring different feed, we weren't sure how the bigger ducks would treat the smaller o ...

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THE NORTH 20 FENCE

by CrittersMountain Gaitway

Finally! After several weeks of really hard work, the north 20 acres are now fenced. We turned the horses out into their new pasture last Thursday and they are loving it. Having this much pasture (about 35 acres for the 3 horses) is going to save us a bunch of money on hay. And, it is such a pleasure to see the horses out in the wide open spaces living more like they were created to live. You can see some fall color in the Aspens.  

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NEW DUCKLINGS COMING

by DucksGolden CascadesSix-Pack of Ducks

It's been a long time since the last duck update. We now have just two of the Golden Cascades, Gertrude and Spot. After dealing with the prolapsed oviduct issues with Bess, then with Gertrude and Ellie May, we decided to remove Wily, our drake, from the flock in April. We weren't sure we wanted to continue this breed, if the problems we'd had may be inherent with the breed. (Although, I wrote to Dave Holderread about these problems with 3 out of 4 of my ducks, and he had not heard of these pr ...

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TWO YEARS LATER

by Mountain Gaitway

This photo, taken this morning, is what the property looks like now, just 2 years after we bought the property. We have really enjoyed our home and property, and are still amazed that we live HERE! It's been nice to "take it easy" a bit, and not feel so pressured to work on the house. We still have a lot of little things to do, but the major part of the work is behind us. We've had some visitors come enjoy the guest house (the RV), and feel like we know more people here in Guffey than we ev ...

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THE RESULTS ARE IN!

by CrittersMountain Gaitway

Goldie's DNA results are in! She is........drumroll............ 50% German Shepherd (to Tim's delight) 25% Boxer 12.5% American Staffordshire Terrier 12.5% American Bulldog (but "iffy" on this one, may be a mix) Now that we know, we can see the German Shepherd  in her, and also the Boxer (her face and ears). Tim is delighted about the GSD, as he has always loved his German Shepherds. She sure is a cutie! She has been a delight to have around. She has very few discipline problems and it ...

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ALL THAT GLITTERS…IS GOLDIE!

by CrittersMountain Gaitway

"Chantilly" at the shelter For a while, we've been wanting to fill out our menagerie with a dog. I (Tim) have always had dogs around, while Laurie's family was a cat family. We've been watching "Craigslist" as well as checking out animal shelters. Laurie spotted a 7-month old puppy at the Humane Society that peaked our interest. We went to see her and it was a perfect match! "Chantilly" had just come into the shelter and they don't let them out until they are spayed. So, we had to go bac ...

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CO’D IN CO!

by Mountain Gaitway

WE DID IT!!!! We got our final inspection and received our CO (Certificate of Occupancy)! There is still lots of inside finish work to do, but we will be sleeping in our new Happy House from now on. Here's a pic with our friendly neighborhood Park County Inspector (Kim Hall) handing us our final inspection approval: We moved the bed in:  and we have a functioning kitchen:  We have a functioning bathroom (with a real shower, as opposed to the dribbler in the RV!) (no photo) ...

GERTRUDE’S PROGRESS

by DucksGolden Cascades

Gertrude's problems with her prolapsed oviduct continue. We had her in "lock-up", the darkened duck house, separated from the other ducks, for three days. She continued looking good, so I let her out to join her friends. After two days, the prolapse re-appeared, but not as bad. I ignored it for a couple of days, then put her back in the duck house, but not in the dark, just to keep her quiet and separate. I hoped that it would heal itself, but she kept laying eggs, and I think this aggravated ...