duckling
Hatching Duck Eggs
Hatching duck eggs is an awe-inspiring experience. Since domestic duck breeds rarely go broody (i.e. sit on fertile eggs until they hatch), using an incubator is generally your best bet.
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Four Threatened and Rare Duck Breeds
Consider adding rare duck breeds, including Magpie, Saxony, Silver Appleyard, and Buff or Orpington Ducks, to your flock or devoting your farm to help increase biodiversity.
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Poultry Farming Terminology – What’s in a Name?
Whether you are new to poultry farming or you already have years of experience under your belt, you have probably at some point come across a poultry farming term that’s unfamiliar.
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Raising Critical Breeds: Dutch Hookbill and Aylesbury Ducks
The Dutch Hookbill and Aylesbury ducks are both currently listed as critical by The Livestock Conservancy. Consider adding these unique birds to your homestead to help save a heritage breed.
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Pastured Poultry: Geese and Ducks on Pasture
Raising ducks and geese on pasture can save money on feed and avoid the mess of a pen. Learn more about free-ranging your ducks and geese.
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Selecting the Right Chicken Breeds
Whether you’re starting a new flock or expanding one you already have, spring is the time when many people start to have baby chicks on the mind. It’s good to do some planning and figure out just what you need ahead of time.
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How to Keep Ducks and Chickens in the Same Coop
You may be wondering how well keeping ducks and chickens in the same coop works. What needs do they have that are similar and different? Can chickens and ducks live together? Yes, with a few considerations.
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Ask the Expert — December 2016/January 2017
Add to Favorites Is My Langshan Rooster Losing Leg Scales? First, let me thank you for the magazine and the Poultry Talk column. I have only had chickens for three …
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