THE FARM JOURNAL
Milestones, mishaps, and everything in between — updates from the ground at The Dank Duckery.
Sensors in the coop, one API, and a plan to learn how air quality affects our eggs and our flock.
Read the post → September 29, 2026A new industry report on data and AI in egg production reads like validation for something we're already building: a sensor-connected farm, starting with an ESP32, a camera, and a few key sensors.
Read the post → September 28, 2026Hemp shavings, straw, and a little pine go into our coops. Every three days, it all comes out and goes onto the compost pile. Here's how it works.
Read the post → September 26, 2026Some mornings on the farm are all paperwork and testing kits. This one was just compost, Crocs, and watching the sky for a nor'easter.
Read the post → September 25, 2026We officially have our FSA Farm Number — plus a new farm bank account to go with it — a big step toward treating this operation like the real business it's becoming.
Read the post → September 24, 2026From sex-separated coops to electric perimeter fencing and 275-gallon water totes — a practical look at how we've built out housing for a growing flock.
Read the post → September 18, 2026From glossy black Cayugas to upright, marching Runners — a breed-by-breed look at the heritage ducks that make up our flock, and why each one matters for conservation.
Read the post → September 18, 2026All nineteen ducks tested negative for Avian Influenza and Pullorum-Typhoid — and the flock celebrated with five eggs this morning.
Read the post → September 15, 2026It's not the fun part of running a duck farm, but biosecurity and NPIP certification are what separate a hobby flock from an operation you can trust.
Read the post → September 14, 2026Testing day for NPIP certification meant cloacal swabs and blood draws for all nineteen birds — and a whole lot of opinions from the flock about the process.
Read the post → September 5, 2026Puddles, Firequacker, and Sprout are officially Dank Duckery ducks — fresh off a drive up to Ossipee to bring them home.
Read the post → August 31, 2026The software we built to run our own farm is now something any heritage duck farm can use. Meet DuckeryOS.
Read the post → August 15, 2026Brooke and Lily have joined the flock, and yes, we already know their personalities better than some of our human friends.
Read the post → August 10, 2026A week away from the farm, a huge thank-you to the people who kept things running, our first real egg sales, and a stack of new merch on the Sticker Mule store.
Read the post → July 21, 2026Before we worried about eggs or breeding pairs, we worried about one thing above everything else: keeping the flock safe. Here's how we built Fort Duckery.
Read the post → July 20, 2026It started the way a lot of good bad ideas start: driving past Agway. Three ducks became fourteen, and somewhere in there we got very serious about heritage breeds.
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