Chocobo Grove

03/30/2026

It’s not playtime unless I’m muddy!

03/03/2026

If you were a duckling, seeing this would bring the same joy as an 80’s kid seeing the AV cart wheeling in to the classroom on pizza day.

02/28/2026

The menaces got a house upgrade!

02/28/2026

The Mischievous Duckling Dream-team Club! Who knows what kind of trouble they will get in! (disclaimer: theme song was written by AI, and if the ducks were AI there’d be a lot less p**p!!)

02/12/2026

One of the questions we are often asked is how the birds handle the snow, and if there's anyways this much snow.

The answer is no.. There's only this much snow in the winter. There's a lot less in the summer.

02/10/2026

Gave the babies artificial grass and sprinkled shredded romaine lettuce over it for a foraging adventure!

02/08/2026

How dark do you like your toast?

02/06/2026

Exciting times in the Grove with call ducklings on their way!!

Mama has some friends coming for me! It’s going to be an exciting weekend!

01/17/2026

Our 8 call duck eggs are down to 6. Sadly this can happen with shipped eggs.

One had a detached air sac that never attached again. One started to develop and got what’s called blood ring, also likely due to shipping.

These are noticeable usually between day 3-6 and we are on day 6. The GOOD news is that there are 6 happy little call duck embryos forming!

Very excited to meet our new additions, but it’s still a rough few weeks ahead. Fingers crossed!!!

01/08/2026

Today we said goodnight to another one of our precious angels. Squidward on Monday, and Captain Quack Sparrow today. They were sisters and both suffered the same crippling arthritis.

We babied them and tried to make life as easy and comfortable as possible, but this winter took its toll on both of them.

Both were favorites of Mr Honking. He loved his white ducks and is very lost at the moment. He was by their side when each passed quietly and gently with the aid of our vet.

Captain Quack and Squidward were buried together tonight and travel across the rainbow bridge, where they will frolic in green pastures of romaine lettuce, with endless ponds filled with peas.

Rest in peace our beautiful girls.

01/05/2026

There’s so much joy in what we do, watching babies develop, working on our breeding programs, watching their antics, learning their personalities, and helping others learn about their own flocks. We pour our lives into our feather babies, so when the inevitable happens, it’s unbearable.

Today we say goodbye to ‘Squidward’, one of our very first ducks. She had issues with her legs since birth, but has endured and lived a happy life full of treats, baths, and love (Mr Honking loves his ducks).

This weekend we noticed that she was being severely bullied, and on further inspection found that she can’t even stand anymore. We’ve given her pain medication but the pain is to too much for her.

Today the vet will come and ease her suffering. The thing about ducks is that they always look happy, even when they are not. They will hide their suffering to protect themselves and their flock.

Knowing it’s the right thing for them never makes it easier.

Rest in peace my little white angel. Go enjoy endless rain and peas with Twitchy, Bella, and Duck Duck.

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