Duck Liver and Heart Pate

Duck Liver and Heart Pate

I reserved the heart and liver of the two muscovy ducks that we processed, because I am a fiend of offal and really wanted to make a pate. Due to the muscovy’s large size, foie gras de canard (duck fatty liver) is usually made from 

Duck Blood Cake From Scratch

Duck Blood Cake From Scratch

This might be a bit beyond some modern western palettes (so if you’re squeamish, I suggest you stop reading now. You have been warned!) but duck blood and pig’s blood is a part of traditional Chinese and Taiwanese cuisine. Blood cake is a mixture of 

Dry Incubation and Dry Hatch (2017 Hatch-A-Long #2)

Dry Incubation and Dry Hatch (2017 Hatch-A-Long #2)

After the abysmal hatch rate last time, I decided to do dry incubating and dry hatching this time around. It will likely be my last hatch of the season as I had sold my white male, and my blue juvenile male is not of age 

The Life and Times of Chippy The Duck (2017 Grow-A-Long)

The Life and Times of Chippy The Duck (2017 Grow-A-Long)

Week 1 (7/7/2017 – 7/13/2017) Chippy officially hatched on Friday, the 7th of July. She was given water supplemented with electrolytes and niacin, and provided unmedicated organic (no special reason, was the only feed the store had) chick starter/grower. On day 3, I let Chippy 

Oh Baby! (2017 Muscovy Duck Hatch-a-long)

Oh Baby! (2017 Muscovy Duck Hatch-a-long)

Muscovies have a reputation for being difficult to incubate and hatch, but because the eggs I have are fertile (thanks to my very enthusiastic male), I decided to try my hand at them. It takes on average 35-37 days for them to hatch. A few