Name: Hold a Duckling (Thursday Evening)
Start: 2026-04-02T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-02T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Glade Road Growing

Thursday, April 2, from 5 pm – 7 pm
or
Saturday, April 4, from 10 am -12 pm
This was one of our most popular events last year.
You may think this is just about holding a duckling. But it’s so much more. This is an up close look at the very beginning of a start. You’ll feel the warmth of this new animal in your hand, watch its curiosity as it looks back at you, and feel a sense of wonder yourself at how something begins. You get a front row seat of Blacksburg agriculture. These are young, real animals on our family’s working farm.
This event is for the young and young at heart. We have had participants come with their entire family and couples come with no children at all.
We’ll meet at our new farm pavilion with a small army of baby ducklings . We’ll give a guided tutorial on how to safely hold them and let you.
Long pants recommended if you want to hold the babies. Handwashing area provided and plenty of memorable photo opportunities.
Child and parent ticket required. Free for kids 4 and under. Register here: https://gladeroadgrowing.com/product/poultry-pop-up/
Photo by Silver Pebble Photography
About your workshop leaders
Sally Walker- Sally founded Glade Road Growing in 2010 and is owner and one of the lead managers. She loves playing in the dirt herself and heads up all the livestock operations on the farm. With two elementary school kids of her own, there is always plenty to do, and plenty of fun to be had.
Please read and understand Virginia’s agritourism liability disclaimer:
“Under Virginia law, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of the agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, among others, risks of injury inherent to land, equipment, and animals, as well as the potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity.”