Egg count is rising

Today we hit a new egg record -- eight Muscovy/Pekin/Runner eggs!

But we have a ways to go yet before reaching peak production -- we have around 19 female ducks, and so the off-season average should be around 15 per day.

In-season we will get more. There are 2 female geese and somewhere around 6 female Guineas. So, what's that, about 2 dozen per day? Yikes! I hope you all will visit often and take away some of the harvest!

Goodbye Lefty

Lefty is one of the six Muscovies Kerrie and I collected early this year from a guy named Hans in Redwood City. He was the biggest, baddest of them all, to be used as breeding stock for the Muscovy/Pekin crosses.

Here he is having a playful bath:



Today he became coyote food.

!@#$

ALC Boot Camp

We at Alpine Learning Center are eager to share our newly found knowledge and experience by sponsoring an Alpine Learning Center Boot Camp! You'll learn all sorts of interesting things, such as:

• What do they eat?
  
• How often are they fed?
  
• Do they lay eggs?
  
• How do the eggs taste?
  
• Why are Foie and Gras beating up on the Pekins?
  
• What is Pate doing to that poor Runner Duck?
  
• Why are the Guineas screaming at me?
  
• Why are the birds so fascinated with airplanes?
  
• Do ducks need a pond to swim in?
  
• Do the geese bite? Hard?
  

These questions, and many more will be answered if you attend! We will provide snacks and beverages while you listen and learn. Door prizes include a dozen eggs, while supplies last!

There's also a Grand Prize Drawing! You get: a 9-day stay at the Alpine Learning Center, from February 11th through 19th, all expenses paid! Live the life of a rural farmer; care for and feed the ALC flock. Be the guest blogger! Tell all, first hand, what it's like to have 50+ birds to care for. It'll be an experience you'll never forget!

Boot Camp Dates: January 14, 21, and 28; time TBD. Alternate dates available upon request.

Sign up now!

Pate, I want to have your baby!

As promised, here's an example of the Pate love-fest the Pekins put on.

Directly behind Pate is the "I'm so cute, how can you resist?" head-bob/pose. The next two have outstretched necks, another classic pose. The keen eye will next pick out the Blue Runner, also one of Pate's favorites. Continuing counter-clockwise is a Pekin in the tail-up position, then others in awe of his greatness.

Just another typical day at the Alpine Learning Center. Come visit some time.