Raising Ducks The Bakers Best Kept Secret! Shhh.... 

We will have to try that! We love egg noodles! Thanks

They make good cakes too. Ducks can swallow their feed better if they can wash it down, they like having water close to their feed, but they are messy little guys. Awsome insect control

All those Hans and 🦆 just for 3 eggs 🤣😂

Noodle

But what about taste?

I didn't know

That is awesome! we would love to see the photos!

Thanks! We had a good rhythm going! Yes the counter top is working out great for us.

Lumnah Acres do you plan on making a countertop update video any time soon? I'm leaning heavily towards doing these for the entire kitchen and would love some honest real world opinion from someone who built and uses them. Thanks and great video as always

I can try to. Is there any particular things you would like to know?

Lumnah Acres yes actually i was wondering how the edges are holding up over all and have you had any staining problems? Would you do anything different with your construction of the top?

Well done on that eggpron for Olivia - it was a lovely gift and it quite suits Al as well it seems :)

The eggpron works great! I think the size you made Olivia is perfect even for me! I bet that is a little odd! :) Thank you for watching! If you try one flavor you dont like or one brand dont judge all kombucha that way. Its like hard cider or beer they way you make it effects the taste

:) It sure DOES!

We got a blueberry grape organic grocery store one. Two out of 5 of us liked it(the parents). The 3 kids made faces and comments about fiz and smell. I make kimchi and drink kefer so am used to the fermentation. My husband and I are going to order a scobi and start a batch soon. Btw, following the kombucha with a beer makes for some pretty awesome belches😂

LOL! :) Brewing your own is awesome! Its fun experimenting with different flavors

DO you need to have a pond or a pool for the Muscovys?

Lumnah Acres no duck "needs" a pond as such they just need a bowl or whatever you have water in deep enough for them to be able to dunk there heads in the main reason is so they can keep there nasel passage clean /clear (2 little holes top of there bill) sure in a ideal world we would all have a pond for our ducks but it is not a necessity 👍

Phil Naylor get some muscovys lumnah

Muscovys are tree ducks. I had a pair for years, both of which laid daily. They should have a tub of water they can preen in, or they'll get dirty and disgusting. They don't need a pond, but really appreciate a place to swim. At least a tub in which they can preen is fine. You keep your poultry in a pasture, so I surmise that they'll be able to keep pretty clean in any case - just being exposed to a lot of grass. You can possibly get away without a preening tub. Also, they are "quackless." They do not quack, and they're very quiet. They can be a little aggressive, but not like geese. They should be "gentled" like pets, which can avoid aggressiveness. I wouldn't keep more than one drake, if any. Also, they'll readily cross-mate with the Mallards. Eggs will be fertile, and produce a sterile "mule" duck. They're nearly twice the size (meatwise) of Mallard breeds (like Runner Ducks or Khaki-Campbells). Also, their meat is very lean, and very low in fat. They have a veal-like meat, very un-ducklike. So, they're not a source of duckfat. It's unusual for them to lay daily like mine did. It worried me and I actually called the breeder who supplied the ducklings. The breeder told me it's because I treated them like pets, and it's sign of contentedness. They'll start to lay at about three months. The eggs are larger than chicken eggs, about the size of a grade AAA Jumbo grocery store egg. The shells are a little harder to crack, and it takes a few days to get used to that. After about week they start tasting the same as chicken eggs. Also, these ducks can handle the cold. They'll go out in sub-freezing weather without batting an eyelash. They can fly, so you should clip a few feathers off one wing (in the middle) every moult. They'll still be able to catch as much air as a chicken that way. They like to stay home anyway. Hope this helped, and I hope you get several females to augment your poultry operation. They have a pretty engaging personality, as poultry animals go. If nothing else, they'll provide you with entertainment. B'H.

My parents had muscoys, They were ugly in both appearance and temperament! We had a small stream running in back of the house about 8 foot wide. Those mean, old hens would lay eggs on the opposite bank just so they could hiss at father and I when we wade across to collect. I'll grant they were good foragers, that stream was full of crayfish and minnows before the ducks took it over. So a duck breed that has a good disposition, can be raised in a wash tub, quacks instead of hisses and stays within the poultry fencing and not make every day an Easter egg hunt is alright with me. I'll leave those vulture faced brutes to those who can appreciate their unique character (and flavor).

Thank you! Sounds like you are going to have a lot of eggs soon! We start back on the kitchen Tomorrow!

Linda McClellan I started mine with a bottle of Plain flavored Kombutcha I purchased at our local Fred Meyers. I used the bacteria strains out of it, added a small amount of sweet black tea I prepared and grew a thick healthy scoby

Thanks! Good to know!

Allyandria25 we had 8 runner ducks and didn’t like them so we gave them away, we now have 9 Khaki Campbell ducks

We will have to wait and see if Olivia wants to get involved with any of these groups of if we need to make a Modern Steader group for kids!

Thanks! It will be interesting to see what kind of adult Olivia turns in too!

I know right! Its HUGE! :)

Thanks I didn't know that, the bakers must go to the farm then! That is awesome! Farm to table baking! :)

Thank you! We bought Kingdom Kombucha before we started brewing and saved their bottles and caps

No but she will when she watches the video! :) You can eat duck eggs just like regular eggs but they are really good for baking and cooking with! Great question!

Dan 821.....Duck (and goose) eggs are superior for baking and 'specialty cooking', but you CAN use them just like chicken eggs in the frying pan. That said, it'd be kinda like using your Mercedes to haul animal feed. Remember, MOST ducks and geese don't lay 365 like chickens. Muscovys lay about 20-30 eggs a year max, but geese only lay 12-18 a year in MY experience. They're here for meat after the first laying season. Since they'll eat lot of the 'graze' that chickens won't, the biggest advantage to having water fowl in with your chickens is having the need for only ONE pen/tractor. They all get along just fine if they are raised together from hatching. DON't try to introduce feathered ducks or geese in with a flock of chickens. The 'pecking order stress' will cost you a BUNCH of chicken eggs, and the ducks and geese may never lay. Hope this helps when you try some. Sorry for butting in.

singleman Thanks for the information! It's always interesting to learn something new!

Give me rosters

Thanks! We love breakfast for dinner! But finding a cracked egg is not GOOD!

Thank you. The Icelandics are great layers or meat birds but THEY ARE AWESOME FORAGERS for their feed. It for us they love the snow!

Thanks, you too!

We finished ours with tung oil. As you can see in the videos we use ours and I am not too worried about spilling on it. We dont have any stains! I love it and it cleans so nice!

Thank you!

Lumnah Acres all ducks love water to swim in

Thanks! We drink our Kombucha cold, after we finishing fermenting it we keep it in the fridge.

Thanks!

Yes we kept it at room temp during the first fermentation and still now. The bottles are from store bought kombucha that we saved and the caps are too! We just keep cleaning them all.

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@@LumnahAcres so they wont go bad ? I mean no refrigeration? Or canning process? Im nrlew yo making kombucha

We enjoying baking with the duck eggs!

We will after we are putting in some doors and I want to make sure the rough opening is right! :) Thanks for the concern! This isn't even an outdoor kitchen video!

Yes kombucha helps with digestion! It is a great source of probiotics!

Thanks, Premiere 1 it is the best!

Lumnah Acres ,,,Thank you !

Thank you! We are glad you are enjoying them!

What sell some and give some to friends and family

It is the same with the duck as our chickens

It’s electric

Thanks! class of 2000 cant be wrong!

watching this again a yr later(almost) whats up with the ducks man

They dont last long in our house we drink them right yup! They last a while before they go bad. It takes 7 days ish to brew and then 3-5 when flavoring

Yw, glad you are enjoying them!