We are happily back up to five Muscovy ducks! Someone here in Thorbrun, just a 7 minute walk away, had some Muscovy ducks for sale, so of course I bought two!
Now I have Rocky and Skittles (the two we got early this summer that don't know how to swim and hate the pond. Rocky is my drake), Nibs (the remaining pond Muscovy) and the two new ladies, Snicker Doodles (the brown one) and her mom (no name yet). Snicker Doodles is three weeks older than Nibs and her mom is two years old.
Skittles is a little pissy about the new Muscovys, but she'll be fine by the end of the day. Rocky of course is very happy! He now has four ladies.
Being able to get an experienced mom is a huge score! Muscovys are great moms, but an experienced mom is worth her weight in gold! Now I have someone to hatch Saxony eggs next summer!
If we had to pick just one type of ducks, we would without a doubt pick Muscovys. They are smarter, calmer and have more personality than the other ducks.
I was gifted a bag of scallops earlier in the week. I've actually never had scallops before. Obviously, I've never cooked them before either.. I asked on Facebook and got a crap load of advice on how to cook them. Yesterday, we tried cooking two scallops (as a practice run for supper). We did as directed on Facebook. We used a cast iron frying pan, put in some butter, let it get super hot, put in the scallops, counted off two minutes, flipped them ... and our spatula melted!
I'm told by an executive chief that you should use two forks to flip them. Just don't pierce them! Ooops!
Lesson Learned!
The house filled with toxic smoke. We had to evacuate everyone. Had to carry out the guinea pig cage cause we were worried the smoke would hurt them. Put the guinea pig cage on the driveway, went back inside to get Skully out, came out to see Taco hoisting his leg on the cage! What an asshat1 At least the piggies were in their house and didn't get a golden shower!
Wishing you all a great day! Hugs and love!
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