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Ducks Week 7: Duck Digestion

June 24, 2015by gtow Leave a comment

Warning: This post mentions duck poop – if you are offended by such references, just skip to the next post 🙂 Ducklings eat like monsters, and no wonder, because they […]

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Ducks Week 7: Special Commander Quakie

June 24, 2015by gtow Leave a comment

The ducks have been very adventurous of late; they go on excursions several times a day, sneaking under the chain link fence to go explore the wheat field, or our […]

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