@@JoeyBlogs007maybw time for an experiment. Put on a load of cotton or other absorbent clothing, (no waterproofs) and sit out in the rain for 24-48 hours and watch your body temp plummet. The feather down and heat sapping effects of constant water/damp aren’t friends to a baby duckling.
@@martinsmallridge4025 They were doing fine, were highly mobile and they are water birds. There were no significant floods there. These animals have evolved over millions of years and experienced that sort of thing.
Morgan, don’t beat yourself up. Nature takes over and foils our plans. This is life. You and Allison have proven over and over again how much you care about your animals. You don’t owe us an apology.
I appreciate your honesty with your viewers. It's very disappointing news for all of us, but this really puts much more into scope how devastating these floods are.
I've been watching you since the covid days and it's incredible when I think about how differently you respond and approach things now compared to then. Shows how much you've grown and part of me feels like you're in a better place now than before
Wow that's sad you lost all the baby ducklings due to bad weather. It looked like there was plenty of places that should be Ok, but I guess we learned a hard lesson. Really hope that's the last of any more flooding. Otherwise everything seems Ok, and Gold Shaw Farm will have many more 'Stories on the Farm' to tell. Thanks Morgan, appreciate you taking us along, see you soon!
Bless your heart Morgan! I know it was hard for you to lose those babies but I respect you for letting nature take it’s course. Love to you and Allison and your menagerie.
What a wonderful small world you two have created. It's been a pleasure to watch. It's not all your fault. It's nature. And nature can be brutal. Beautiful little chicks.
Such a bad year for geese, but such a great year for natural duckling! Who can figure? The heroes of the story are your excellent fencing and good dogs! So sorry about the rain. ❤❤❤
I walk my dog past a place we call “the duck ditch.” Wild ducks love it. It has good forage, natural shelter and neighbors with chickens poisoned all the raccoons a few years ago. Every year a momma duck hatches a nest of eggs, sometimes up to a dozen. Survival rate is about one ducking per year, even under these ideal conditions. That’s why they sit a clutch of eggs at once.
So sorry about the little ducklings. When you grabbed those ones for sale, my heart kind of hurt but then in hind sight now, it was a good thing. Mother nature can be a real kill joy sometimes. Those little chicks are adorable and will be happy to watch their progress on the farm. I am happy that your farm was pretty safe from all the flooding.
❤❤❤ it when Allison cameos. Greetings, sweet lady. We cherish your great heart for living things. Not suprising, considering your professional calling. Good luck with your garden this year!
Morgan, all things considered, you are doing well, learning from your mistakes and doing better. That's all anyone can ask. HUGS and the chicks look adorable!
I suggest "shelter boxs" for mamas brooding outsider or your animals that stay outside, having pockets and multiple escape routes out where they like to nest As well as maybe putting out flood protection?
Morgan, keep in mind that species generally evolve to breed enough that 2 will survive to adulthood and breed; species where a lot of them tend to die off young have large broods and ducks definitely fit in the "larger brood" category. 50% survival to teenage stage is probably a higher than in the wild average.
Wunderbar! I see Allison is happy with the new ducklings , too. Thanx for the weird chickens "moment of Zen," Morgan. So sorry that some of the ducklings perished. Love the new addition of the baby chicks. I hope Abby will be alright.
Saw another comment with same thought, heating plate for chicks too low. Bad storms are rough on newborns. Very glad to see your farm doing so well through this flooding event. My prayers go out for those who didn’t fare as well 🙏.
Please don't discount the swales and pond. They may have saved your farm! Your thoughtful use of land made it possible for you to help others! Oh wow, you're the cool kid now!
So sorry about your ducklings. I’m in western central VT and we had considerable flooding near me as well. Farm life is truly wonderful and can be so difficult as well. I really enjoy your videos and your approach towards farming. Keep up the good work.
I am so sorry for your loss of birds, but this can be an experience for the next time. Would you be able to build a mountain or raised area in the pasture for the birds protection.
🐤Those baby ducks are so precious and I was so happy for the mama! I’m surprised that not even one 🤷🏼♀️or two of them survived?? So sad I almost cried, especially because I know how disappointing that was for you. I can’t imagine how you felt when you found the first two. I know it’s a farm and we’re supposed to just take this all in stride but it is very sad to loose the life of any animal. Hopefully next time the weather won’t be severe or you could remove them with the mother into our safe enclosure for a week until the babies get a bit stronger. Then you can put them right back out on the range with everyone else. Some may say that that’s cheating, rather I think it’s a hand up in the preservation of a little flock. I know Abbey is already doing OK from other videos, press on stay strong & know that we love that you share all this with us Morgan, such a beautiful farm. Both you/farm have learned and grown so much over the last couple of years✨ ♥️🇨🇦♥️
Take it as a leason, Morgan. The next time you have a gut feeling that the weather is not going to be good for baby animals, take it as a sign you should prepare shelter for them ASAP. Do not force down that feeling, listen to your gut. : )
Sorry about the ducklings. I had a hen pop out with 7 chicks this spring. By afternoon, she was down to 3. The crows were really active near the garden that day, so I think they got them. Or a rat snake. I had a girl sitting on 16 eggs near the shop. She got to the last week. She had kicked out a couple of bad eggs, but still had 10 left when I checked that evening. The next morning, ALL were gone. I have decided that if anymore hens hatch out chicks, I'm grabbing them and putting them in a brooder area. But, of the 4 chicks that made it through this spring, only one is a hen. I think I'll stick to buying pullets.
@@minnahumble2294unless Lynn doesn’t ever sleep, it may be difficult for her to ensure she is even awake and aware that they’ve hatched and can move them to a safe place in a timely manner. A $10 fake owl will reduce the aerial predator risk massively and buy a lot of time for her to first discover that there are freshly hatched chicks to scoop up and move.
@@ShadowMoon878 My chickens are all free-range. Normally, they all run for cover when any large bird flies overhead. This hen just wasn't very attentive. I was worried when I saw her that morning, and she wasn't keeping up with them all. Was planning on rounding them up that afternoon and putting into a dog crate overnight for safety, but too late.
@@surlycanadian I have more issues with rat snakes than aerial attack. They have even killed full grown hens. Lost 3 young bantams (2 months old) to snake. They were in my 2'x8' grow-out pen, and they couldn't escape.
Yo love all the things you did on the farm and I like how far you went with it and it's just so amazing to see all of these baby ducklings following there mom it's heart warming and adorable.
Now you know for next year to collect the natural hatchlings by the end of the day you find them. No need for the brooder, put them in the bins you kept the gooselings in. That way you can just dump out the bedding when it gets dirty. It was amazing to see them in their natural habitat, maybe allow them out in nice weather and collect them at night. You may well sell a few and only have to raise a few.
I love how much Alison melts at the sight of baby ducklings, like how can you not? Those little peeps....Oh my god I just got why the candies are called peeps!..how did I not get that until now?!
I live in NS> Canada ,we too were hit with the worst flooding in 50 yrs. Millions of dollars worth of damage. The weather is deffinately getting weird. We had a spring drought and wild fires that consumed a lot of forest. Now all under water.
Stoked for the live reading of Toby dog book. Literally can't stop thinking about it. When u told us on the fundraising livestream if we made it to 20k i knew i had to do everything i could to help make that happen. Still going to get the physical copy and the audio version as well. I don't have children and my only nephew is a teenager so im getting it for myself lol. I still have my favorite childrens books 📚
when you rebuild the shade mobile, try to make one side taller than the other- either on the short side or the long side it doesn't matter; but the angled roof would let the rain run off rather than pool.
Gold I'm very Sad with you over the loss of those wonderful clutch of baby ducks. That was impressive the sheer number of new born baby ducks😢. Truly a loss of a blessed miracle. I'm praying to God that somewhere somehow some of those lost babies are found.
I remembered you telling us about this in your live stream and kind of was dreading watching this video. I love mucklings and as much as I hate raising them myself, there is nothing quite like the little water monsters. We generally take in our moms with their babies, unless the mom proves to be a bad mother (had a mother hen this year kill her chicks and then stuff the bodies under her so we took the few remaining eggs.) If the mom is bad we can help the babies and kick her back out or if he is decent after a few days we release them all together or a week or two later, as in the past winter where we had similar storms all season and a few crazy hens who thought it was wise to hatch in that. Don't kick yourself to much, most people don't know how bad an atmospheric river can be when it's dumping on you. Fingers crossed for you out there that it is just the one storm and not a season of them like California. Thank you for the story and thank you even more for the Cochin babies at the end. Gosh I love those babies and birds more than anything. Good luck and best wishes for safety.
I'm sorry about the ducklings. I think a middle ground letting the ducks raise the ducklings but in a more secure area. In one of the mobile coops like you have done before worked pretty well. At least until they are bit bigger. Same with the chickens, I have seen most farmers seperate them out with their mothers, in a separate coop.
Pretty awesome job the ducks did hatching out so many lil ducklings! Though was nervous to watch this video from seeing prior one. I hope Abbylicious has been contained up top and her paw is better. Also, at 12:52 check the amazing Thunderthighs! Looks like a chicken superhero!
tbh I would have thought this would be a learned lesson at this point and have just immediately moved them into that triangular chicken tractor thing that a bunch of baby ducks were successfully raised in with the parents last time
The mothers do a good job at raising their babies. The storm didn't help. I keep my hen and babies in a separate pen for a few weeks so they don't get trampled by the adults. Live and learn. ❤❤
Morgan, anytime you see a mother duck with babies, catch the mom and babies and lock them up!!! Don't talk yourself out of it. Just do it!! It's a no brainer!
OMG I was totally bawling at 9:01 when you were blaming yourself for the Poor Departed Duckies, you turned the camera back to you. And there’s my favorite TH-cam Star Toby Dog clearly thinking he’s hiding behind that .5 to 1 inch wide pole. Stalking you for attention and not wanting you to see or know bcuz clearly he too is thinking the exact same thing you are! AND I SAY NONSENSE! No one is to blame except the ***** who think the climate crisis is fake and the world is obviously not worth a damn to them! Sometimes life is just a big jerk! You and Toby Dog are great in my eyes! Absolutely amazing and your lovely wife too! Such great down to earth people. (And Doggo!) please! Don’t torment and beat yourself up Morgan it’s just not cool! Plus it doesn’t help/change anything. And already there has been too much loss due to this climate crisis facing the World! So many lives lost! All over the world! 💔💔💔 I’m sorry y’all lost your darling little ducks and I am so sorry to anyone else who has lost someone or something that mattered to you! A vital part of your heart and/or life! RIP PUDDLES BABY DUCKIES 💔😘💔 May your tiny sweet souls rest in heaven! Morgan please give Toby a hug from me! I’ve been hooked on your channel since your first video staring Mr. Toby. 🖤💯🖤
One of the things that I think a lot of us who love animals and nature is that in the wild, babies of all species often have a 90% mortality rate in the first year. Working with nature is important for a farmer, but I think we tend to forget that it often isn't kind.
In the past you had put the mother duck and ducklings in mobile shelters for a couple of weeks and I thought that had better results. They may not be able to roam free like how you would want but if it does have better survivability results seems like the best of both worlds.
Sorry about the loss of all those cute ducklings. My cat went absolutely nuts when all those chicks were peeping away, she just couldn't figure out where they were. We have more than double the normal rainfall for this area, also in the N east.
Sad you lost your naturally hatched ducklings to the stormy weather, but your philosophical response was refreshing. The reality of the survival rate caststhe way domestic birds are raised in a kinder light. 😉👍💙🇺🇸🕊
Please remember that the fatality rate for any wild animal young will often be high, probably even more that 50%. It’s just a fact of life. I think you made good decisions considering the circumstances. It sucks there was that much rain. We got it here in Montreal too. It was nuts!
I was correcting my 6 yr old and she looks at me, smiles and says," GOOD MORNING WEIRD CHICKENS!" Do you know hard it is to be sincere while dying laughing???
It seems like every year you try to have ducklings raised on the pasture and every year they die. But last year it seemed like you found a good medium between brooding ducks and letting the mamas raise them; by keeping them in chicken tractors. Is there a reason you’re not doing it this year when it worked out last year?
i think he dislikes that medium, he has an obsession with purely pasture-raised ducks even though it never works out for him. it's his biggest flaw as a farmer imo
In years past, you have put new born ducklings/goslings with their moms inside one of your modified John Suscovich chicken tractors until they got old enough to free range. Those ones are the ones who have great survivability and the others are the ones who usually fail to make it. Leaving literally just hatched little ducklings out to face the worst bad weather Vermont has seen in decades seems a little inhumane and contrary to everything you stand for when you could have at least corralled them into a chicken tractor.
Might wanna consider building some Duck houses to put up there, raised up just enough to keep water out, it will allow momma Ducks to have some shelter with the brood.
As a farmer, nothing is a complete loss if we learn from it. You have learned that next time you will trust your instincts more, and you did have them, to go and grab the ducklings. Experience is what teaches. We all learn by making mistakes. In a good year, your experiment would have gone just fine, but this was not a good year. If you had succeeded this year, or for several years, and then had a year like this, you would have felt just as bad as this, but now you know from the beginning that this can happen and to be prepared for it. Early lessons are better than late lessons, but I'm still sorry you went through it. It feels rotten.
its always a treat seeing Allison in the videos also for the shademobile, you could always have one wheel lower than the other. i cant see it impacting rolling it around, and the water will naturally slide off
@goldshawfarm Morgan, sorry for the ducklings that didn't make it. Your new chicks are adorable. The brooder heat plate is set way to low and close to the floor. It should be high enough to allow the chicks (or ducklings or goslings) to easily get under it and not have direct contact with the hot metal plate. The birds won't know where they can get warmth unless you show them by placing them under the brooder heat plate, like you did with the "sleepy" chick that was actually too cold and would most likely have died if not warmed up.
Hi Morgan GoldShaw! 👋 Hey, 7 Things You Can Do With Your Dog's Fur Knit Clothes. Just like you can spin and knit sheep's wool, you can do the same thing with dog fur. ... Make Felted Crafts. Felting is a traditional way of making material. ... Protect Your Garden. ... Clean Oil Spills. ... Stuff Dog Toys or Pillows. ... Fertilize the Soil.
I feel your pain I had a duck acting weird lastnight I thought nothing of it when I came home today she was in the coop and she had passed. The unfortunate part of farming
Im so sorry about all those ducklings😢, please don't blame yourself to hard. We all learn from out mistakes, we improve, and we change. Next year, if the same situation arises, you know to remove them from the mother duck. Nature can truly be cruel, I doubt many wild ducklings survived that ordeal.
I just got a new group of chicks in (Delawares, Buff Brahmas, Ameraucanas, and Starlight Green Eggers for fun), as well! I've got Am Bresse as well that are a few weeks old. I like raising chicks all year round, with the exception of deep winter. Summer is actually easier for me because I end up not needing to provide as much artificial heat and they can potentially go outside sooner and have a better opportunity to forage for a wider variety of things (different grasses and weeds, different types of bugs, worms and grubs, small lizards and frogs etc.). I farm down in NW Georgia and central Alabama and it gets SUPER hot and humid down here. I like the chicks to experience this weather when they're younger so that their bodies can acclimate a bit better. I find that raising chicks in mid summer creates birds that are a bit more heat tolerant as they get older.
Alison, the duckling whisperer. She picks them up and they calm down immediately.
Some men bring their wofes flowers, Morgan brought his a bunch of baby ducks 😂❤
I think the natural ducklings might have done well if there hadn't been a disastrous level of flooding! Wishing them luck for next year.
I'm guessing it was the cold that killed them?
I think the ducklings got cold.
Cold in summer ??? Ducks are water birds 😂🤣🤪
@@JoeyBlogs007maybw time for an experiment. Put on a load of cotton or other absorbent clothing, (no waterproofs) and sit out in the rain for 24-48 hours and watch your body temp plummet. The feather down and heat sapping effects of constant water/damp aren’t friends to a baby duckling.
@@martinsmallridge4025 They were doing fine, were highly mobile and they are water birds. There were no significant floods there. These animals have evolved over millions of years and experienced that sort of thing.
Morgan, don’t beat yourself up. Nature takes over and foils our plans. This is life. You and Allison have proven over and over again how much you care about your animals. You don’t owe us an apology.
This is my favorite thing my ducks do. Disappear, then reappear more than a month later and magically have 20 ducklings. So sweet ❤️
Watching Abby's nose in the brooding house is hilarious! I remember when you couldn't let her near baby chicks. She's come so far! ❤
How old is Abby?
@@Wellington.Gonzalez like under 2 years, it was a year ago she came to the farm
I appreciate your honesty with your viewers. It's very disappointing news for all of us, but this really puts much more into scope how devastating these floods are.
I've been watching you since the covid days and it's incredible when I think about how differently you respond and approach things now compared to then. Shows how much you've grown and part of me feels like you're in a better place now than before
Wow that's sad you lost all the baby ducklings due to bad weather. It looked like there was plenty of places that should be Ok, but I guess we learned a hard lesson. Really hope that's the last of any more flooding. Otherwise everything seems Ok, and Gold Shaw Farm will have many more 'Stories on the Farm' to tell. Thanks Morgan, appreciate you taking us along, see you soon!
Bless your heart Morgan! I know it was hard for you to lose those babies but I respect you for letting nature take it’s course. Love to you and Allison and your menagerie.
Can't wait to see Lil's reaction to sharing the house with Abby. Those chick's are going to grow into beautiful birds.
Allison with the ducks was so adorable. Sorry for your loss of the others.
What a wonderful small world you two have created. It's been a pleasure to watch. It's not all your fault. It's nature. And nature can be brutal. Beautiful little chicks.
Such a bad year for geese, but such a great year for natural duckling! Who can figure? The heroes of the story are your excellent fencing and good dogs! So sorry about the rain. ❤❤❤
I walk my dog past a place we call “the duck ditch.” Wild ducks love it. It has good forage, natural shelter and neighbors with chickens poisoned all the raccoons a few years ago. Every year a momma duck hatches a nest of eggs, sometimes up to a dozen. Survival rate is about one ducking per year, even under these ideal conditions. That’s why they sit a clutch of eggs at once.
Good point, there's a reason some animals have large broods. Sadly, it's because most won't survive to adulthood.
@@beejls Correct, and that's why farmers don't let nature take its course.
So sorry about the little ducklings. When you grabbed those ones for sale, my heart kind of hurt but then in hind sight now, it was a good thing. Mother nature can be a real kill joy sometimes. Those little chicks are adorable and will be happy to watch their progress on the farm. I am happy that your farm was pretty safe from all the flooding.
Those little chicks are just so fluffy and cute!! 🥰🥰🥰
❤❤❤ it when Allison cameos. Greetings, sweet lady. We cherish your great heart for living things. Not suprising, considering your professional calling. Good luck with your garden this year!
Morgan, all things considered, you are doing well, learning from your mistakes and doing better. That's all anyone can ask. HUGS and the chicks look adorable!
I suggest "shelter boxs" for mamas brooding outsider or your animals that stay outside, having pockets and multiple escape routes out where they like to nest
As well as maybe putting out flood protection?
Morgan, keep in mind that species generally evolve to breed enough that 2 will survive to adulthood and breed; species where a lot of them tend to die off young have large broods and ducks definitely fit in the "larger brood" category. 50% survival to teenage stage is probably a higher than in the wild average.
Wunderbar! I see Allison is happy with the new ducklings , too. Thanx for the weird chickens "moment of Zen," Morgan. So sorry that some of the ducklings perished. Love the new addition of the baby chicks. I hope Abby will be alright.
Saw another comment with same thought, heating plate for chicks too low. Bad storms are rough on newborns. Very glad to see your farm doing so well through this flooding event. My prayers go out for those who didn’t fare as well 🙏.
NEK Vermont Born raised.
Prayers for Vermont ❤
Our beautiful state another flood
When you began, you had intention. You took action on that intention.
That is why your farm has not flooded.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Please don't discount the swales and pond. They may have saved your farm! Your thoughtful use of land made it possible for you to help others! Oh wow, you're the cool kid now!
So sorry about your ducklings. I’m in western central VT and we had considerable flooding near me as well. Farm life is truly wonderful and can be so difficult as well. I really enjoy your videos and your approach towards farming. Keep up the good work.
This video just goes to show how powerful nature is!
I am so sorry for your loss of birds, but this can be an experience for the next time. Would you be able to build a mountain or raised area in the pasture for the birds protection.
🐤Those baby ducks are so precious and I was so happy for the mama! I’m surprised that not even one 🤷🏼♀️or two of them survived?? So sad I almost cried, especially because I know how disappointing that was for you. I can’t imagine how you felt when you found the first two. I know it’s a farm and we’re supposed to just take this all in stride but it is very sad to loose the life of any animal. Hopefully next time the weather won’t be severe or you could remove them with the mother into our safe enclosure for a week until the babies get a bit stronger. Then you can put them right back out on the range with everyone else. Some may say that that’s cheating, rather I think it’s a hand up in the preservation of a little flock. I know Abbey is already doing OK from other videos, press on stay strong & know that we love that you share all this with us Morgan, such a beautiful farm. Both you/farm have learned and grown so much over the last couple of years✨
♥️🇨🇦♥️
Take it as a leason, Morgan. The next time you have a gut feeling that the weather is not going to be good for baby animals, take it as a sign you should prepare shelter for them ASAP. Do not force down that feeling, listen to your gut. : )
I'm sorry to hear about your ducklings. Glad those three got the chance to have a good life.
Audrey has to be my favorite cow on the farm. I love how sleek her coat is and she's got a beautiful build! She strikes a very impressive figure
Sorry about the ducklings. I had a hen pop out with 7 chicks this spring. By afternoon, she was down to 3. The crows were really active near the garden that day, so I think they got them. Or a rat snake. I had a girl sitting on 16 eggs near the shop. She got to the last week. She had kicked out a couple of bad eggs, but still had 10 left when I checked that evening. The next morning, ALL were gone. I have decided that if anymore hens hatch out chicks, I'm grabbing them and putting them in a brooder area. But, of the 4 chicks that made it through this spring, only one is a hen. I think I'll stick to buying pullets.
Get a decoy Owl on your coop. They will scare the crows away
I think Lynn has a better idea, which is to put them in a brooder after they hatch.
@@minnahumble2294unless Lynn doesn’t ever sleep, it may be difficult for her to ensure she is even awake and aware that they’ve hatched and can move them to a safe place in a timely manner. A $10 fake owl will reduce the aerial predator risk massively and buy a lot of time for her to first discover that there are freshly hatched chicks to scoop up and move.
@@ShadowMoon878 My chickens are all free-range. Normally, they all run for cover when any large bird flies overhead. This hen just wasn't very attentive. I was worried when I saw her that morning, and she wasn't keeping up with them all. Was planning on rounding them up that afternoon and putting into a dog crate overnight for safety, but too late.
@@surlycanadian I have more issues with rat snakes than aerial attack. They have even killed full grown hens. Lost 3 young bantams (2 months old) to snake. They were in my 2'x8' grow-out pen, and they couldn't escape.
Yo love all the things you did on the farm and I like how far you went with it and it's just so amazing to see all of these baby ducklings following there mom it's heart warming and adorable.
Now you know for next year to collect the natural hatchlings by the end of the day you find them. No need for the brooder, put them in the bins you kept the gooselings in. That way you can just dump out the bedding when it gets dirty. It was amazing to see them in their natural habitat, maybe allow them out in nice weather and collect them at night. You may well sell a few and only have to raise a few.
I love how much Alison melts at the sight of baby ducklings, like how can you not? Those little peeps....Oh my god I just got why the candies are called peeps!..how did I not get that until now?!
I live in NS> Canada ,we too were hit with the worst flooding in 50 yrs. Millions of dollars worth of damage. The weather is deffinately getting weird. We had a spring drought and wild fires that consumed a lot of forest. Now all under water.
Stoked for the live reading of Toby dog book. Literally can't stop thinking about it. When u told us on the fundraising livestream if we made it to 20k i knew i had to do everything i could to help make that happen. Still going to get the physical copy and the audio version as well. I don't have children and my only nephew is a teenager so im getting it for myself lol. I still have my favorite childrens books 📚
All growth is so fulfilling and beautiful thank you as always for sharing with us, Morgan!
I’m so sorry you lost them Morgan. Your new chics are beautiful.
Always look forward to seeing your videos. The ducklings are adorable, sorry the losses, always sad. You have a lot going on - on the farm!!
Could poke a few drain holes in the shademobile, maybe rivet them with tarp rivets so they're not prone to rip further.
when you rebuild the shade mobile, try to make one side taller than the other- either on the short side or the long side it doesn't matter; but the angled roof would let the rain run off rather than pool.
Everyone take a deep breath and relax Life at the farm goes on ❤from Glasgow Scotland 🏴
Gold I'm very Sad with you over the loss of those wonderful clutch of baby ducks.
That was impressive the sheer number of new born baby ducks😢.
Truly a loss of a blessed miracle. I'm praying to God that somewhere somehow some of those lost babies are found.
Love the detailed chick raising section.
Excellent Video 🎉
I remembered you telling us about this in your live stream and kind of was dreading watching this video. I love mucklings and as much as I hate raising them myself, there is nothing quite like the little water monsters. We generally take in our moms with their babies, unless the mom proves to be a bad mother (had a mother hen this year kill her chicks and then stuff the bodies under her so we took the few remaining eggs.) If the mom is bad we can help the babies and kick her back out or if he is decent after a few days we release them all together or a week or two later, as in the past winter where we had similar storms all season and a few crazy hens who thought it was wise to hatch in that. Don't kick yourself to much, most people don't know how bad an atmospheric river can be when it's dumping on you. Fingers crossed for you out there that it is just the one storm and not a season of them like California. Thank you for the story and thank you even more for the Cochin babies at the end. Gosh I love those babies and birds more than anything. Good luck and best wishes for safety.
Allison, your hubby looks healthy! Good to see you too😍
Those chicks are so beautiful. Will enjoy watching them grow.
I'm sorry about the ducklings. I think a middle ground letting the ducks raise the ducklings but in a more secure area. In one of the mobile coops like you have done before worked pretty well. At least until they are bit bigger. Same with the chickens, I have seen most farmers seperate them out with their mothers, in a separate coop.
This is exactly what I was thinking; collect all the babies and their mother and grow them out in a brooder setup.
Pretty awesome job the ducks did hatching out so many lil ducklings! Though was nervous to watch this video from seeing prior one. I hope Abbylicious has been contained up top and her paw is better. Also, at 12:52 check the amazing Thunderthighs! Looks like a chicken superhero!
tbh I would have thought this would be a learned lesson at this point and have just immediately moved them into that triangular chicken tractor thing that a bunch of baby ducks were successfully raised in with the parents last time
The mothers do a good job at raising their babies. The storm didn't help. I keep my hen and babies in a separate pen for a few weeks so they don't get trampled by the adults. Live and learn. ❤❤
That was a creek! wow, your neighborhood was hit badly. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Morgan, anytime you see a mother duck with babies, catch the mom and babies and lock them up!!! Don't talk yourself out of it. Just do it!! It's a no brainer!
OMG I was totally bawling at 9:01 when you were blaming yourself for the Poor Departed Duckies, you turned the camera back to you. And there’s my favorite TH-cam Star Toby Dog clearly thinking he’s hiding behind that .5 to 1 inch wide pole. Stalking you for attention and not wanting you to see or know bcuz clearly he too is thinking the exact same thing you are! AND I SAY NONSENSE! No one is to blame except the ***** who think the climate crisis is fake and the world is obviously not worth a damn to them! Sometimes life is just a big jerk! You and Toby Dog are great in my eyes! Absolutely amazing and your lovely wife too! Such great down to earth people. (And Doggo!) please! Don’t torment and beat yourself up Morgan it’s just not cool! Plus it doesn’t help/change anything. And already there has been too much loss due to this climate crisis facing the World! So many lives lost! All over the world! 💔💔💔
I’m sorry y’all lost your darling little ducks and I am so sorry to anyone else who has lost someone or something that mattered to you! A vital part of your heart and/or life!
RIP PUDDLES BABY DUCKIES 💔😘💔 May your tiny sweet souls rest in heaven!
Morgan please give Toby a hug from me! I’ve been hooked on your channel since your first video staring Mr. Toby. 🖤💯🖤
These videos have turned in to my favorite videos on TH-cam! :D
Do you follow “Just a Few Acres”? If not, you should.
Ahhhhhh, all that work in hatching them and boom. Gone. I've learned to always take the babes or lock em up during crap weather.
Sorry to hear about the ducklings and I think you are right keeping them in a brooder
Those chicks are friking cute, the cutest so far on your farm
Keep a good job
Greetings from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Well sad that some of the little Ducks did not make it.......Thanks Morgan 👍
Old Shoe🇺🇸
we went camping this wknd, in alberta. i cant believe what BEAUTIFUL 35ºC days were followed by terrential rains in the evening.
I could weirdly watch 30 mins of weird chicken zen. You have trained me well.
Did you really think they would be okay with the amount of rain that was coming?
One of the things that I think a lot of us who love animals and nature is that in the wild, babies of all species often have a 90% mortality rate in the first year. Working with nature is important for a farmer, but I think we tend to forget that it often isn't kind.
Great shirt!
Sorry about the lost ducklings. 😢Love the colors among the new chicks. 😊
In the past you had put the mother duck and ducklings in mobile shelters for a couple of weeks and I thought that had better results. They may not be able to roam free like how you would want but if it does have better survivability results seems like the best of both worlds.
Went into Hobby Lobby the other day and highland cows are the "in" thing. Artwork throughout the store showing these beautiful species. :)
Allison: whispers encouragement to duckling.
Duckling: Warm, but screaming like a smoke alarm...
Sorry about the loss of all those cute ducklings. My cat went absolutely nuts when all those chicks were peeping away, she just couldn't figure out where they were. We have more than double the normal rainfall for this area, also in the N east.
Sad you lost your naturally hatched ducklings to the stormy weather, but your philosophical response was refreshing. The reality of the survival rate caststhe way domestic birds are raised in a kinder light. 😉👍💙🇺🇸🕊
Sad, to lose the ducklings! They were so cute!
Please remember that the fatality rate for any wild animal young will often be high, probably even more that 50%. It’s just a fact of life. I think you made good decisions considering the circumstances. It sucks there was that much rain. We got it here in Montreal too. It was nuts!
The ducklings did well in that mama duck shed set-up that you had. That might just have to be the way, at least for that first critical week.
I was correcting my 6 yr old and she looks at me, smiles and says," GOOD MORNING WEIRD CHICKENS!" Do you know hard it is to be sincere while dying laughing???
now, this was the episode that was all over place. you survived, you lost, you gained. real Shakespeare like
It seems like every year you try to have ducklings raised on the pasture and every year they die. But last year it seemed like you found a good medium between brooding ducks and letting the mamas raise them; by keeping them in chicken tractors. Is there a reason you’re not doing it this year when it worked out last year?
*keeping them with the mamas in the chicken tractors
i think he dislikes that medium, he has an obsession with purely pasture-raised ducks even though it never works out for him. it's his biggest flaw as a farmer imo
In years past, you have put new born ducklings/goslings with their moms inside one of your modified John Suscovich chicken tractors until they got old enough to free range. Those ones are the ones who have great survivability and the others are the ones who usually fail to make it. Leaving literally just hatched little ducklings out to face the worst bad weather Vermont has seen in decades seems a little inhumane and contrary to everything you stand for when you could have at least corralled them into a chicken tractor.
I’m surprised you didn’t use the chicken tractor to house the baby ducklings. It seems to have worked in previous years.
Might wanna consider building some Duck houses to put up there, raised up just enough to keep water out, it will allow momma Ducks to have some shelter with the brood.
As a farmer, nothing is a complete loss if we learn from it. You have learned that next time you will trust your instincts more, and you did have them, to go and grab the ducklings. Experience is what teaches. We all learn by making mistakes. In a good year, your experiment would have gone just fine, but this was not a good year. If you had succeeded this year, or for several years, and then had a year like this, you would have felt just as bad as this, but now you know from the beginning that this can happen and to be prepared for it. Early lessons are better than late lessons, but I'm still sorry you went through it. It feels rotten.
its always a treat seeing Allison in the videos
also for the shademobile, you could always have one wheel lower than the other. i cant see it impacting rolling it around, and the water will naturally slide off
Are these the ducklings that had issues with the storm? Or did these end up hatching after?
so to explain the ducklings from the sounds of it all died. the baby birds you seen at the end of the video are chickens not ducks
All died but the 3 ducklings he sold 😢
I’m Vietnamese, we like eating duck eggs in our dishes called thit kho trung😊 it’s pork and duck eggs simmering in fish sauce
@goldshawfarm Morgan, sorry for the ducklings that didn't make it. Your new chicks are adorable. The brooder heat plate is set way to low and close to the floor. It should be high enough to allow the chicks (or ducklings or goslings) to easily get under it and not have direct contact with the hot metal plate. The birds won't know where they can get warmth unless you show them by placing them under the brooder heat plate, like you did with the "sleepy" chick that was actually too cold and would most likely have died if not warmed up.
Yes it's heart wrenching to watch ducks wash away into the stream and beyond
We try our best
Awe...they are so cute.😊❤❤❤🥰😘 Morgan, I am so sorry about the ducklings.😢
My kitty cat is loving this video! 👍 from her. 😊
Hi Morgan GoldShaw! 👋
Hey, 7 Things You Can Do With Your Dog's Fur
Knit Clothes. Just like you can spin and knit sheep's wool, you can do the same thing with dog fur. ...
Make Felted Crafts. Felting is a traditional way of making material. ...
Protect Your Garden. ...
Clean Oil Spills. ...
Stuff Dog Toys or Pillows. ...
Fertilize the Soil.
Love how the land and the recent rains has made a habitat for the ducks.
The new chicks have very pretty colors.
Alison such a wounderful loving Feathermother
I am sorry you lost those cute ducklings.
Great music accompaniment Morgan.👌
Hindsight says move the mommas and chicks to a little enclosure once they appear.
I can't wait for Toby dog to sire some PUPPIES!
I feel your pain I had a duck acting weird lastnight I thought nothing of it when I came home today she was in the coop and she had passed. The unfortunate part of farming
Allison must have been sad about the ducklings too! The chicks are so cute, it'll be nice to see them grow.
Im so sorry about all those ducklings😢, please don't blame yourself to hard. We all learn from out mistakes, we improve, and we change. Next year, if the same situation arises, you know to remove them from the mother duck. Nature can truly be cruel, I doubt many wild ducklings survived that ordeal.
The loss rate of ducklings in the wild is between 50 and 70%. It's easy to forget how merciless nature can be
@@RoulicisThe we also forget that those percentages used to apply to human babies / children, though more usually at birth
I just got a new group of chicks in (Delawares, Buff Brahmas, Ameraucanas, and Starlight Green Eggers for fun), as well! I've got Am Bresse as well that are a few weeks old. I like raising chicks all year round, with the exception of deep winter. Summer is actually easier for me because I end up not needing to provide as much artificial heat and they can potentially go outside sooner and have a better opportunity to forage for a wider variety of things (different grasses and weeds, different types of bugs, worms and grubs, small lizards and frogs etc.).
I farm down in NW Georgia and central Alabama and it gets SUPER hot and humid down here. I like the chicks to experience this weather when they're younger so that their bodies can acclimate a bit better. I find that raising chicks in mid summer creates birds that are a bit more heat tolerant as they get older.