Let’s celebrate our breed of the week! 🎉🥳 The Pekin Duck! 🤍🦆 Pekin ducks originated in China and are the most common domestic duck. Mature Pekins have pure white feathers, orange legs and bills, and blue eyes; as ducklings, they are fluffy and yellow and very cute. Pekin ducks are in the heavy class, weighing 9-12.25 lbs. They have a calm disposition and the female lays 150-200 extra-large eggs per year. Almost all the eggs will be white, with less than 2% tinted blue-green. Do you have Peki

Have you heard of the Stockbridge Militia? Comprised of Mohican, Wappinger, and Munsee men from western Massachusetts, they were the first Indigenous soldiers to join the fight for American independence, serving in key battles at Ticonderoga, Saratoga, and Monmouth, among others. After independence was won, the contributions of Native Americans, like the community from Stockbridge, would largely be forgotten. Discover their story in The American Revolution, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein an