When I was a boy, some ducks would make a nest beside the irrigation ditch every year. They keep laying eggs in the nest but only part time sit on the nest. They would do this until they had 23 or 24 eggs in the nest. They would then start to full time sit on the nest. I was told they sat on the nest that way so that all the eggs would hatch at the same time. Ducks do like to nest next to a slow stream or irrigation ditch. Keeping them safe from predators is the real problem.
The Goslings are funny, I love how they run with wings extended and flapping. I have some goslings hatching today.. growing my flock slowly. Great update.
that's what i love about some chicken breeds too, my roommate used a hen (I think a buff orington but i dont remember) to hatch geese and she'd sit on her baby goslings even when the goslings hatched and got so big she could barely fit on 2 of them let alone the whole clutch. She still loved her freakishly huge grass eating chicks though.
"Goslings party of 31. Your table will be ready in a few minutes." LOL Not near as funny as, "All ducks go to bed" but it is still funny. I love your methods of dealing with erring feathered ones. Some of them are exceedingly smart, others aren't quite so intelligent. Kind of like people when you think about it. I know that ducks and geese are not really all that profitable, however, for me, the responses one gets from them is much better than chickens. AND yes I know some folks will disagree with me. You are doing something I wish I had done years ago. I am rooting for you. Keep on keeping on!
I’ve watched these vids for a while and they are full of humour and the bond and how much the birds rely n the husbandry, warms my heart, I have such a stressful job and appreciate the thought and care you guys put into these vids, makes me humble and yearn for a peaceful (which I know really is isn’t 😋) good luck and thanks for the ability to make me feel chilled after a stressful day 🤗
I only just found your channel, but I already absolutely love it. I live in Vermont as well, so it's SO nice to finally find a youtuber who lives here; especially someone with farm animals! ~Rory, a new 14 year old fan
I really enjoy your videos, you just have a very friendly, happy, and easy going demeanor that I find really relaxing. I love the way you treat your animals, always makes me happy and smile 💜💙
The ducks are SO sweet, running around in the grass like that, chatting. I think you should have a farm near a stream where they could swim for real. In old days, a farm without a water source I think was considered worthless. If you find a dowser, maybe he; or she often nowdays, can find water for you so you can at least have a well.
I think it makes a lot of sense to avoid rushing hatching ducklings. I often find people expand a ton each season and then regret it and downsize. We're working a bit on downsizing right now, it just gets to be so overwhelming!
Love your video s trying my best to much the same as u my friend only in Ireland find your videos very helpful and informative thank u for all your content
It’s nice to see what the place looks like when it’s not under several feet of snow. I’m laughing out watching the mob of ducks chase you around. ~Heather
I discovered your fantastic work just few days ago, but already so love it - I watch couple of them every day. Thank you for sharing them. In this one - it brought me memories back when my goslings were same adorable as yours here. That was 5 months ago. And By the way - I got same ducks as yours as well. I started everything in old house&shed with ton of work also. So, lots of similarities here and I love it. To your (and your family) success 👍
Good morning! Incredible how genetics guide animals when you talk about brooding. All I can think of is ticks as you walk through the tall grass. How is the tick population?
I’m in NH and thought the same. Just went to look at a property and checked out an overgrown part of the yard for less than a minute and ended up with my first tick bite. I won’t make that mistake again!
It is nice to see the ducks are trained/habituated to a routine. I hope some of those eggs are viable for hatching. Ever think of Welsh Harlequin ducks?
It's better to let her lay and keep an eye out on her nest, if I'm right she lays one egg a day so within nine/eleven days she'll have a nice nest and start brooding.
I have to ask - how hectic is your daily schedule with the farm? Do you have time to sit down and read, watch the telly, go visit friends and neighbours and the like during your average day? It's one of those questions that have kept me from seriously exploring the possibility of farming.
When you were walking through the grass looking for the eggs I had two words the kept coming to mind, chiggers and crunch lol! Do y'all not have chiggers in the north? If not that may be enough incentive for me to move haha! I love watching ducks walk, it cracks me up. We have two random ducks who are pretty sure they're chickens and my husband keeps asking why I got two ducks with the chickens. I can list all the reasons but honestly it's because they make me laugh especially when they run-waddle! Great video and thanks so much for sharing, loved the gosling road trip! God bless ❤❤❤
I'm going to guess not that bad up there on the chiggers. He'd only make the mistake of walking through grass that tall once here in Louisiana 🤣🤦🏻♀️ he'd have to live in a tub of bleach water for week while he's praying to God to just take him home! 😆🙌 Seriously you could bathe in Deet bug spray and you'll still get them down here..🤦🏻♀️
Art and Bri noticed they do better if two mama's go broody at once, they share broody duty. :) adn I have thought about some pilgrim geese at some point, soI'm seriously watching these babies!
Quack On! Farmer Morgan! Quack On! Only about a month until Harpoon, are we still on? Perhaps make it a meet up for your viewers. We booked a campsite and are supposed to close on property at the same time, hopefully all goes well, we will have a Wwoof'er staying with us and hope to do a bunch of logistical stuff with her before she goes back to Germany. I'm still hopeful that we can meet for a beer! Bill
I had a hen that disappeared for two days and we assumed she got broody, she returned with a little hole in her leg (probably the neighbors chihuahua) she wasnt hurt badly though and i still dont know where she went off to but im sure glad she came back
Roans are good Moms. My 2 girls shared the nesting duties and hatched out 8 ducklings. How do you prevent hawks & eagles from getting your ducks & goslings??
talking about a missing duck. last week, I let my pet chickens out of the coop for the first time, when I got home from work, the hen was missing. I thought it might be laying egg somewhere (it just started laying), and the rooster kept running around, crowing and looking....till night time, no hen coming back.... So, I thought it wasn't used to be outside, it ran away.... But then i wasn't too convinced and still kept looking around, I turned up all the empty boxes....sure enough, she was looking to lay and the box turned over and trapped her inside....with one egg:)
Hi my frien i like your videos, and wondering what you fiding them, looks li corn to me. I have a few ducks. And planing to habe more i live in West Virginia
Hi there! As to the ducks vs geese question, Foie gras is considered a luxury food product made of the liver of a duck or goose. So, it might be the gap of market you’ve been looking for. Duck fat is high in beneficial unsaturated fats, and its chemical composition is closer to olive oil than to butter. They taste very nice too. I used to buy ducks just to get the fat and made burgers/ meet balls of the meat mixed with pork.
Using ducks to make foie gras in California is outlawed thank the Goddess. What a disgusting thing to do to a living thing By the way meet when it's from an animal is spelled MEAT.
First of all, she is just laying. She lays one a day until she has a full clutch 10-12, then she will incubate them. You won’t see anything in them yet because she hasn’t started incubation.
I thought that was the goal of a farmer- to allow animals to just flourish - so every egg that not needed is hatched. One day it's a need of goats, next ducks, next goose etc..like I said before you need a TV series on a major network....
I think when all those geese hit maturity and breeding season happens, you'll rethink your goose farm 🤷🏻♀️🤣 the nicest of goose turns crazy during breeding season and will fight any and everything! Like the broody duck hen in the grass...a goose wiuld not have come off those eggs and long before you ever make it to her nest, you'll probably have a crazy goose flying at your face. And they have suck a strong pack mentality that if one goose comes after you it's very likely several others will join in....and they stay that way until their babies go off on their own or breeding season is over. Then you'll (hopefully) have your nice calm geese back for a little bit but then it starts all over. I'm just being honest with you. I love geese! LOVE THEM! But I can't imagine having 30+ during breeding season 😂 and you think the ducks are loud? You won't be able to hear yourself think when they are grown and start really honking 🙉🙉 Good luck in whatever you decide though! Love the channel!
It is funny that the "baby" geese are still babies even though they are so big! How old are there in this video? It looks like they have their feathers now?
They said it was time for them to take a walk in stead of flying keep your eggs protect from predators when they hatch cause there are 🐍, 🦅 and others animals that will try to catch and eat your birds. God bless you and continue the good work
You make me want to quit my job and raise ducks... awesome video, as always....
Eric Husayn u n me both
Hey I have seen You in South Front Videos lil
Play "stardew valley" :)
Guys, he still has his day job. He does this in addition to that.
Same but I don't want to do it alone ...one day....
I *BLESS THIS FARM* AND *ALLLL INHABITANTS* THEREIN!!!
MANY, *MANY BLESSINGS!!!!!!!!!*
That image of you being chased by a dozen ducks was awesome.
Timestamp?
That wiggly walk they do is so cute
Chico B. Yessir
Yup
That would be called waddling lol
Waddle buts! I love watching their lil fluffy buts waddling!🤣🤣❤
"no! no! don't touch me! why are you taking me away from my family! oh wait there's more right there. Carry on."
XD
"I guess that solves the mystery of the missing duck. She was just over there in the grass..." Man it is NON-STOP on the farm today! Love it!
When I was a boy, some ducks would make a nest beside the irrigation ditch every year. They keep laying eggs in the nest but only part time sit on the nest. They would do this until they had 23 or 24 eggs in the nest. They would then start to full time sit on the nest. I was told they sat on the nest that way so that all the eggs would hatch at the same time. Ducks do like to nest next to a slow stream or irrigation ditch. Keeping them safe from predators is the real problem.
Omg, I love those waddling ducks!!
They have this funny walk behind you was kind of cute😄
That poor duck with the neck problem really breaks my heart : (
Gosling party of 31 😄 had me laughing there
Yes, that was real good moment ♥
oh gosh, I laughed so much. I love them waddles! so precious!
Lol I love how they follow you around . Kinda like a puppy would.
😃
The processions of ducks and geese are utterly adorable!
The Goslings are funny, I love how they run with wings extended and flapping. I have some goslings hatching today.. growing my flock slowly. Great update.
The goslings were like, “Road trip!!” 😂
That's why you need some muscovy's. They'll hatch ANY egg. Good mamas.
that's what i love about some chicken breeds too, my roommate used a hen (I think a buff orington but i dont remember) to hatch geese and she'd sit on her baby goslings even when the goslings hatched and got so big she could barely fit on 2 of them let alone the whole clutch. She still loved her freakishly huge grass eating chicks though.
my muscovies are mint mamas
"Goslings party of 31. Your table will be ready in a few minutes." LOL
Not near as funny as, "All ducks go to bed" but it is still funny. I love your methods of dealing with erring feathered ones. Some of them are exceedingly smart, others aren't quite so intelligent. Kind of like people when you think about it. I know that ducks and geese are not really all that profitable, however, for me, the responses one gets from them is much better than chickens. AND yes I know some folks will disagree with me. You are doing something I wish I had done years ago. I am rooting for you. Keep on keeping on!
I’ve watched these vids for a while and they are full of humour and the bond and how much the birds rely n the husbandry, warms my heart, I have such a stressful job and appreciate the thought and care you guys put into these vids, makes me humble and yearn for a peaceful (which I know really is isn’t 😋) good luck and thanks for the ability to make me feel chilled after a stressful day 🤗
Hi...... Morgan, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐈🌱🎥👍👍👍
I love those big white duck an how they widow around there to cute. Hope you an your wife has a great week God bless
I only just found your channel, but I already absolutely love it. I live in Vermont as well, so it's SO nice to finally find a youtuber who lives here; especially someone with farm animals!
~Rory, a new 14 year old fan
I really enjoy your videos, you just have a very friendly, happy, and easy going demeanor that I find really relaxing. I love the way you treat your animals, always makes me happy and smile 💜💙
Thank you!
The ducks are SO sweet, running around in the grass like that, chatting. I think you should have a farm near a stream where they could swim for real. In old days, a farm without a water source I think was considered worthless. If you find a dowser, maybe he; or she often nowdays, can find water for you so you can at least have a well.
I think it makes a lot of sense to avoid rushing hatching ducklings. I often find people expand a ton each season and then regret it and downsize. We're working a bit on downsizing right now, it just gets to be so overwhelming!
Candling eggs! I definitely have to try this at some point. I was hoping you had a fertilized one.
"Well there it is...Life, uh, finds a way."
Love your video s trying my best to much the same as u my friend only in Ireland find your videos very helpful and informative thank u for all your content
Your ducks and goslings are just too cute ohmygosh
I just started watching your channel. Very interesting and funny. Good luck in your farming adventures.
I love watching your geese and goslings and ducks. ❤️😘
It’s nice to see what the place looks like when it’s not under several feet of snow. I’m laughing out watching the mob of ducks chase you around. ~Heather
Your doing a great job, especially by yourself. Looking forward to the next video
ALL DUCKS GO TO BED! I tried that with my kids.. it didn’t work 😅
Elisa A dress them up like ducks and then do that it might work if they are 4-6
Happy Thanksgiving to Gold Shaw Farm and bless those geese that are currently gracing a table out there somewhere...
We love your videos! We have blue, black, and silver swedish ducks they are great mother's!
Zip hope you do the mornin thing every day! Ya gotta wait ,ya need ducks!! I love watching em,
The geeslings are SO adorable!
1:17 how cute is that, with them following you!
Awesome video! Really enjoy watching, can't wait for the next one
I discovered your fantastic work just few days ago, but already so love it - I watch couple of them every day. Thank you for sharing them.
In this one - it brought me memories back when my goslings were same adorable as yours here. That was 5 months ago. And By the way - I got same ducks as yours as well. I started everything in old house&shed with ton of work also. So, lots of similarities here and I love it.
To your (and your family) success 👍
Thank you!
these ducks are so funny. following you around
That one duck lagging in the back I love him
new friend here! thanks for sharing this video
Good morning! Incredible how genetics guide animals when you talk about brooding. All I can think of is ticks as you walk through the tall grass. How is the tick population?
I thought the same. Here in Aus you just don't walk through long grass, not just because of ticks..... but really bad snakes.
I’m in NH and thought the same. Just went to look at a property and checked out an overgrown part of the yard for less than a minute and ended up with my first tick bite. I won’t make that mistake again!
I aint goin to tick world yall
I love the quacking!
It is nice to see the ducks are trained/habituated to a routine. I hope some of those eggs are viable for hatching. Ever think of Welsh Harlequin ducks?
this is when you need a drone. fly over and find eggs or ducks. I like the way the white ducks walk if so funny
Its So cute with the ducks following you, do you like
daddy duck, lol
Linda from Ct
if you want your ducks to go broody you can put a cage over them for a day or so. Then the duck will get into deep broodiness
It's better to let her lay and keep an eye out on her nest, if I'm right she lays one egg a day so within nine/eleven days she'll have a nice nest and start brooding.
The ducks 🦆 like spending the day with you.
I love your ducks and geese. We just got chickens, and I think a few ducks and guard goose may be in our future. Thanks for all the great videos!
shes a broody duck, she was hoping to make babies. I had a female go missing for a month then come home with babies. I love it!
Certainly the most happy ducks in the world
I love how they waddle.
I can't get over how much ducks rock around when they walk 😂💕
I want to see those eggs hatch! Thanks!
I like that flashlight lighting style. Should do it regularly. ;)
Just watched this again, bittersweet to see Samson.
Great video!
I have to ask - how hectic is your daily schedule with the farm? Do you have time to sit down and read, watch the telly, go visit friends and neighbours and the like during your average day? It's one of those questions that have kept me from seriously exploring the possibility of farming.
So cute.
When you were walking through the grass looking for the eggs I had two words the kept coming to mind, chiggers and crunch lol! Do y'all not have chiggers in the north? If not that may be enough incentive for me to move haha! I love watching ducks walk, it cracks me up. We have two random ducks who are pretty sure they're chickens and my husband keeps asking why I got two ducks with the chickens. I can list all the reasons but honestly it's because they make me laugh especially when they run-waddle! Great video and thanks so much for sharing, loved the gosling road trip! God bless ❤❤❤
I'm going to guess not that bad up there on the chiggers. He'd only make the mistake of walking through grass that tall once here in Louisiana 🤣🤦🏻♀️ he'd have to live in a tub of bleach water for week while he's praying to God to just take him home! 😆🙌
Seriously you could bathe in Deet bug spray and you'll still get them down here..🤦🏻♀️
We have ticks in our tall grass here in Vermont. Long pants tucked into tall boots are your best defense. Don't wanna get Lyme.
I saw a video of some fellow who was making a nice side income selling fertile duck eggs. Keep up the good work!
Found a baby duck few days ago while I was fishin mama still ain’t around I’m raising it now :)
That male pekin’s voice thow 😍
liking the duck/gosling videos and keep up the great work
Thanks!
This episode title gives me life!!!
Love your videos!
Beautiful farm
Art and Bri noticed they do better if two mama's go broody at once, they share broody duty. :) adn I have thought about some pilgrim geese at some point, soI'm seriously watching these babies!
Love watching all the animals thanks 😁
Quack On! Farmer Morgan! Quack On! Only about a month until Harpoon, are we still on? Perhaps make it a meet up for your viewers. We booked a campsite and are supposed to close on property at the same time, hopefully all goes well, we will have a Wwoof'er staying with us and hope to do a bunch of logistical stuff with her before she goes back to Germany. I'm still hopeful that we can meet for a beer! Bill
I had a hen that disappeared for two days and we assumed she got broody, she returned with a little hole in her leg (probably the neighbors chihuahua) she wasnt hurt badly though and i still dont know where she went off to but im sure glad she came back
Put a tiny ramp on the front of the duck tractors so that they don't have such a terribly hard time getting in and out thumbs up
I don't invite ducks to my parties anymore because they are such an embarrassment when they eat ;)
Just feed the Qwackers!!
Get Anconas. They are excellent mothers and as ducks go they are very QUIET. They lay at least as many eggs as your Campbels and they are beautiful.
Roans are good Moms. My 2 girls shared the nesting duties and hatched out 8 ducklings. How do you prevent hawks & eagles from getting your ducks & goslings??
Wow you got alot of geese!
sooo very interested in goose updates...wtf is up with that? haha. they are growing into geeseling monsters!
I kept waiting for the crunch as you stepped on some eggs...😬
I really liked your farm-named tee shirt. Would you consider selling these again?
Passing down stories..man what a melody....wow....and it starts with a classical theme I guess? do you know what classical is the theme?
talking about a missing duck. last week, I let my pet chickens out of the coop for the first time, when I got home from work, the hen was missing. I thought it might be laying egg somewhere (it just started laying), and the rooster kept running around, crowing and looking....till night time, no hen coming back.... So, I thought it wasn't used to be outside, it ran away.... But then i wasn't too convinced and still kept looking around, I turned up all the empty boxes....sure enough, she was looking to lay and the box turned over and trapped her inside....with one egg:)
Jajajajaja!!
I thought I was the only one talking to my animals!!
🤣🇲🇽 Saludos amigo!!
I think the baby duckling is the cute animal in the world :) .
I cannot disagree with that statement.
My buffaloes love those rough long grasses.
What climate are you raising your buffalo in?
That’s a cool picture of you in the end . You should put that on a shirt.
Morgan...those little waddlers still tickle me.
Hi my frien i like your videos, and wondering what you fiding them, looks li corn to me. I have a few ducks. And planing to habe more i live in West Virginia
You should get a sythe for the grass they are really good
Good Morning!
Hi there! As to the ducks vs geese question, Foie gras is considered a luxury food product made of the liver of a duck or goose. So, it might be the gap of market you’ve been looking for. Duck fat is high in beneficial unsaturated fats, and its chemical composition is closer to olive oil than to butter. They taste very nice too. I used to buy ducks just to get the fat and made burgers/ meet balls of the meat mixed with pork.
Using ducks to make foie gras in California is outlawed thank the Goddess. What a disgusting thing to do to a living thing
By the way meet when it's from an animal is spelled MEAT.
@@jad5945 It's just a typo. It's spelled right later in the same sentence. Give a person a break.
First of all, she is just laying. She lays one a day until she has a full clutch 10-12, then she will incubate them. You won’t see anything in them yet because she hasn’t started incubation.
I thought that was the goal of a farmer- to allow animals to just flourish - so every egg that not needed is hatched. One day it's a need of goats, next ducks, next goose etc..like I said before you need a TV series on a major network....
You're a champion. Keep it up.
Have a wonderful rest of the
Summer! בס״ד
i advise moscovys but hens I have on and she's so tame
I think when all those geese hit maturity and breeding season happens, you'll rethink your goose farm 🤷🏻♀️🤣 the nicest of goose turns crazy during breeding season and will fight any and everything! Like the broody duck hen in the grass...a goose wiuld not have come off those eggs and long before you ever make it to her nest, you'll probably have a crazy goose flying at your face. And they have suck a strong pack mentality that if one goose comes after you it's very likely several others will join in....and they stay that way until their babies go off on their own or breeding season is over. Then you'll (hopefully) have your nice calm geese back for a little bit but then it starts all over.
I'm just being honest with you. I love geese! LOVE THEM! But I can't imagine having 30+ during breeding season 😂 and you think the ducks are loud? You won't be able to hear yourself think when they are grown and start really honking 🙉🙉
Good luck in whatever you decide though! Love the channel!
It is funny that the "baby" geese are still babies even though they are so big! How old are there in this video? It looks like they have their feathers now?
They said it was time for them to take a walk in stead of flying keep your eggs protect from predators when they hatch cause there are 🐍, 🦅 and others animals that will try to catch and eat your birds. God bless you and continue the good work