bye 2009...hello 2010

Here is the link to maya beach on house hunters international...but it is over 188 mg
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here today gone tomorrow

good news....6 baby ducks born on thanksgiving......last night unfortunately 5 disappeared.....so one left.......our latest count....the original 2.....black was injured but recovering.....4 ducks...from the last batch...older ones also gone......

life is tough here.......but allowing nature to take it's course.....

my rabbits are doing fine and behaving by staying in fenced in area.....

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A Couple Want to Escape the Brutal Canadian Winters and Buy a Vacation Cabin on the Placencia Peninsula in Belize
Episode HHINT-3A05H

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TUNE IN
November 13, 2009
10:00 PM e/p
November 13, 2009
1:00 AM e/p

Canadians Antonio and Alison Marquez have been living in Victoria, British Columbia for over 10 years now, traveling to warmer climates during the vicious winters. They decided to buy a vacation home in Belize where they can spend the winter holidays basking in the sun. The biggest challenge is finding the right property for that's within their $150,000 budget and is a short walk to the beach. They're needs are pretty simple - a one room cabin would be fine, as long as it has a view of the water, good-sized kitchen and enough room to have a living area and bedroom space.

duck on eggs

Probably about 3 days ago...so counting to 31 i think....

new rabbit and black are getting along great....tried a pic...but not so good so will try again later.......

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73431332 girl haley
914313292 boy robbie

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white one didn't make it

sorry to report the white one got sick and has passed away monday night....but will be getting another female today.......try again.....

little white chicken laid an egg

The little white chicken has laid it's first egg......yesterday.....

stella and bruce it is for you....come and get it......

well not really....chicken #1 sat on you last

both chickens sat on the 6 eggs.....but chicken #1 was the last one to sit and hatch 6 baby chicks....and neither are the mother...the fertilized eggs were bought!!!

are you my mother

which one has the eggs under them?

jenny bought some fertilized eggs...beats having a rooster!!! so now they both are brooding and hopefully will share the duties of raising the 6 baby chicks.....this week maybe....will keep you posted........

hello white (female) and black(male)

So these are my latest addition.....thought i lost the white one yesterday....up on the observation deck...one smart bunny...coolest place outside......

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older ducks swimming in their new pond

one duck egg .....eaten ofcourse

the are starting to lay again....actually got 3 for a few days...one is white so it is from the newer hens.....and the good old chicken is brooding again......but shove her off for eggs.....

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lastest chicken and duck count

Now have 4 chickens and 7 ducks.....but only get one maybe two eggs a day....can't win this egg thing......all at jenny's......she is building a cool pond for them....guess they don't like the canal.....

all animals are free to roam during the day....ducks even stay out at night.....

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deal....a 3 bedroom/3 bath condo..."The Placencia" hotel and residences normally $695,00 now $475,000..private owner

ducks meet ducks

The ducks were released yesterday....just hung out on the other side and never entered the water....dan and jenny both trying coaxing with food but no luck.... couldn't find them at 6 but didn't worry.....and sure enough this morning they were on the side with the house.....and met the other ducks.....and chickens.....no problems....

some dogs came by and the 5 just took off across the water and safely to the other side....thank you carla......(dan's dog who would chase them once in awhile)

and my stray black cat is now fixed and immunized....thank you pam....and she named him "murphy".....

pics will follow....when i take them...

5 new ducks

dan brought over 5 of the newest batch......put them across the canal in a pen with a concrete house that was there....will leave them there for a few days and then freedom....

as for the ducks with the chickens....they won't leave the chickens.....starting to leave the gate open for them so we will see......

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4 eggs!!

miracles do happen in maya beach......

those 2 chickens who only gave me an egg a day and then would even skip a few day..... decided to reward jenny for her home cooking....with 4 eggs in one day!!

must have been excited about the road being paved........

road now paved past my house to singing sands!!!

No dry heat here......

no dry heat here....come on down to belize

no dry heat here....come on down to belize

unrealistic expectations of what can be accomplished in the time available

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One duck and one chicken gone

I guess freedom does have a price and sometimes it is your life....

we thought it would be a better running free......the fox must be happy with our decision and the ducks have yet to find the canal!!!

The other neck chicken...as we called it and the male duck......bye bye

Duck

From Drop Box

A decision had to be made....from my original ducks.....we now have 6 ducks that were about the right age for eating....except ofcourse mine need another month...no steroids....and 12 babies....so dinner it was.....

jenny did fantastic as always....it really was wonderful.....

And the black graduate is gone....kept in the cage with the others for 2 days and decided to finally let them walk around....so she (the graduate as we called her) took off...and sure enough before jenny could blink an eyelash.....2 dogs got her.....feathers but we never did find the body...maybe she flew away...who knows......

but everyone else is getting along fine and she is getting eggs.....

Just reduced...1.25 acres on the lagoon...surfside placencia belize.....$159,000 usd...

New home

 

 

 

 

second life

 

i am in the boat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcOCnfuaz54

Maya Island Air says it will begin flights between Cancun and Belize International on 8 July 2009.

sitting here at the bullfrog in belmopan...security for us embassy hiring? anyone looking for a job

need 3 neighbors for farmtown....gringainbelize

weekend trip

With maya island's 25% off sale...we flew to punta gorda at 8:50 am and then walked to the boat....$35 usd airfare...$20 usd boat per person and off we go....well as usual it didn't leave on time but we were in no hurry.....

arrived in livingston in about an hour....boat took us to immigration and went to bank and exchanged $50 usd....8.01 to one.....so paid boat guy...125 ($15.61) and ofcourse first beer.....and off we went up the rio dulce.....

fabulous scenery...pics on another computer.....and then we are greeted at the dock by some guys trying to get us to stay at their place...which we did....boat ride to a little hide away off the main river....different for sure....no bathroom in our room...had to walk to it..but we stayed...$7.50 usd a piece for the room...dinner....lasagna and breakfast and the whole thing was....$25 usd each....

they had lots of friends staying there who spoke german......

left in the morning and back to the town...found a great hotel....little marina in front ...restaurant...and internet!!! yeah.....same price ..$15.61 usd for the room....had a 16 oz t-bone for dinner...lottie had a wood baked pizza......and we took the bus and went to some waterfall with hot water.....fun....beer with the locals...my age....and off to bed.

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...$25 usd again.....

Bus in the morning to honduras.($12.50).....left at 10 am...so breakfast at bruno's....nice....and a haircut for $3 usd......and off to omoa.......4 hours.....first bus not air conditioned but we switch in about an hour....crossed border...had spanish version of die hard....

omoa honduras...a great place to stay when taking the boat or flying from san pedro sula.....

http://www.suenosdemar.com karen and mark hislop and roli's is the transportation guy for the airport etc....karen and mark's place has some earthquake damage so roli's it was....but we did get to have a few beers with them.....exchange rate here 18 to 1.....we used the air at roli's but was about the same price as the other places.......dinner at flamingo's....$36 for both.....and bus to port...$1.....ride home $55 usd........longer boat ride....2 hours.....and to enter and leave honduras....$3 usd.....each way......belize to leave....$3.25......all prices usd....

great weekend....any questions?

14 ducks born june 2

they were born june 2nd and there are 14 of them......thisll'do duck farm will be sending movies and pics...later today....stay tuned......

First glimsp of Batch Three.. Not sure yet how many there are.. But there is a bunch.. How many do YOU want? Cheers This'll Do Duck Farm

weekend...boat from belize on friday to livingston guatamala..down the rio dulce..bus to omoa honduras...boat back to belize monday

cavs

finally watched the last half of the game last night....oh well...i love it when the announcer says who ever wins this game will win the series...it ain't over till the fat lady sings....and the indians have blown it so maybe it is our turn...go cavs...

For flights & travel I like Airfare Watchdog & Farecompare....both worth looking at, even for Belize!!

shame on you

the bad guys are on the bottom.........the one white baby is at jenny's........we know what happened to the little black ones.....

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come on down...june 26,27,28
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Had an unbelieveable day....let see.....what lesson did i learn today....

This is for the Matthews Family.....stella and bruce had 7 little chickens...bantam...so she lost 3 of them....so built a better cage...but she had to leave so I thought well my 3 ducks who are about the same age and the older hens won't care....they are around 6 months or older.....WRONG

Came home yesterday and one was missing before i left for work...thought it escaped....so they all slept together for second night in a row...this morning the little ones thought they would go outside with the other ones.....so when i came home from work....all that was left was ONE white one....the others dead...saw one for sure...neck pecked out....crap....scary....ok you win...no more ....so took the remaining one to jenny...put under the house...safe and sound....and gets his food all to myself...figures my guess..that's the rooster!!!!

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just arrested in maya beach.....they had been renting a house right by BAYSHORE LIMITED..the real estate company i work for...http://ping.fm/ebz6S child is fine and the parents were working and taking care of her.....but the law is the law.....and they have been sent back to the usa.....

duck movie with flowers

Kendall Causeway About to Give Way
2009-05-11



Only the weatherman can say if the weekend’s heavy rains signal an early start to the rainy season. In the south though, there’s not much question about it. 7News has confirmed reports that the Sittee River is swollen and about to go over the low lying Kendall Causeway. Heavy rains in the south over the weekend have seen a sharp rise in the river’s level. When the causeway is cut-off, it causes a major disruption to business as usual in a third of the country and oil exports.
Residents and business owners lament that they are about to face a new hurricane season and still have not gotten a replacement for the Kendall Bridge which was destroyed in last year’s historic and tragic floods. The U.S. military bridge that was to have replaced it for the medium term turned out to have been the wrong size.

Dan's baby ducks....

so now let's see who has what......

finally

Thanks for all the encouragement.....the hens are at it again.....what was the secret we will never know......but jen and i went to crooked tree for a few days.....fabulous...great birds.....stayed at "birds eye view" hotel....highly recommend.....visited lamanai....and drove all the way up north and west to the other blue creek......

But came home to 6 eggs.....and they are making their egg laying sounds.....

we bought some more rice for them and a few treats....bran and sorghum....

and danced the night away at yoli's and barefoot beach......welcome home.....and happy mother's day to all.....

yeah....an egg

So was it the cat food? laid in a different nest....a real little one ....from the one that looks like jenny's......

changed their bedding in the nest....and they are making those wonderful egg laying sounds again....maybe the tide has turned.......

Ducks......male....female......

my guess......2 males with the female in the middle

Cat food it is

From Drop Box

From Drop Box

bonefish

Cordy and I actually went fishing off my dock last night.....i caught a bonefish...but he was so smart he jumped off right before we could pull him in....but we did see him or her....what are fish.... generic?

Then cordy got a big one...i use a pole she uses fishing line....so it was tough and ofcourse now it was getting dark....but she played with it till it was almost in and almost in the same spot as mine...and sure enough it got off too.....but it was fun.....too dark to even see what it was...but it was big!!

Breakfast at the winner so far

Things aren't so bad...jen made me breakfast with her eggs!! We are trying to boil the corn and see if they will eat that along with the rice...not ready for dog or cat food yet....came home early today and one is on the nest so maybe i will be lucky today....jen already has one.....

good news.....they aren't swine!!

Now what?

I am definitely losing the egg battle but to add insult to injury dan came by with his family and his ducks are bigger than mine!! He feeds them dogfood....i give mine rice......

so do i switch to cat food...since that's what i have....or who cares rice is better?

vote now.....deb

what a day

One of jen's hen laid an egg in a different place and it was broken...who did that?

I am watching my flock and one of my hen's falls into the duck pond!! the one with the wierd neck like jen's black one...so eldon and i ran out and helped it out with a board....cordy thinks it couldn't have figure it out...but as usual I am always willing to interfere and help...even when not asked.....

but the good news...2 eggs for me.....egg salad for dinner...thank you ladies...

I want a new hen!!

Not fair....i give her one hen and she gets the next one from a different family......the 4 non-layers are sisters.....where did that smart chick come from....i want one.....

jenny got an egg!!!

The smart one did it.......go girl!!! an egg for jenny......

everyone doing great

We are all one big happy family....allowing hens in the ducks pen and they still allow them in their at night to sleep......

here is the pic of their tails....

jen's new "smart chick"

Jen traded her rooster for one smart chick....she even has a cap and gown....

Eggs for me

Well my hens have started laying again.....3 eggs yesterday but ofcourse i had to throw one of the chickens off the nest to get them....looked like she was still on it at night but running around this morning...so we will see....

as for the one at jenny's.....she decided to get a rooster to keep it company...so one was delivered monday....milton apologized on how noisy he was...and yes once he started in the morning he went all day!! No eggs yet for her but maybe today they both settled down...will keep you informed....

as for my ducks....all is well....one is definitely larger than the other and tail up....male my guess.....

sunset at gringainbelize

 

Broody hen went to jenny

I was feeling sorry for the brooding hen so took her to jenny's...ofcourse i finally had gotten 3 eggs again but let's give it a try.....so off she went good friday 10th of april...

came home to NO eggs.....this morning one of them has been in the nest and talking and walking around...maybe they miss her? They always chased her away when she came to eat with them....so we will see what happens....

Chickens have found way into duck pen so now eating their food also!! Guess i will be using alot of rice...they now don't like the corn..only rice...ofcourse jenny is giving her hen vegetables...sorry guys none in the refrig....

Two ducks have dark bills one more pink...she or he as time will tell seems to be the dumbest...the other two get out and she is walking around like how do I get out? It finally figures it out...

They all sleep together in the coop at night..ducks go on their own and sleep on the floor.....

happy passover and happy easter

closer view..how many females?

 
 

more baby pic

baby ducks arrive here

 
 
 
 

The baby ducks arrived yesterday late afternoon....put in their pen and immediately found a way out ...but just to the big pen....so here we go again...fixed it and meanwhile they cruised the yard and met the hens and cats.....when i returned from getting a beer sharyn and cb came back with me...and these are her pics...first time with my camera but we got them.....

They have been raised on dog food so sprinkled some that dan had sent in their pen with some chicken starter and rice.....and came in the house after they were returned to their pen.....thinking as always...and saw black cat hanging around and thought no...better put them in the with the chickens...so caught them one more time and placed them in with the hens...they were so quiet and everyone slept fine...including me....the got the little wooden box on floor.

Let them out this morning but the hens were eating their food so put them back in pen and sprinkled some rice....they ate some and are walking around...have not found way into water yet.....

chickens