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Top 10 Duck Keeping Questions Answered
Here are 10 duck keeping questions that both novices and experts often have.
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A Guide to Duck Shelters for Winter
With their double coat of waterproof feathers over thick, warm fluffy down and a layer of body fat, ducks (regardless of duck breeds) are exceedingly cold-hardy. They love being outdoors year-round in most climates, perfectly happy playing in the rain and even the snow.
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Three Favorite Backyard Duck Breeds
When you picture a flock of backyard ducks, you likely picture the large, white Pekin ducks, or the smaller, active brown-colored Mallards, but there are many more duck breeds that are great fun to raise, and whose numbers are dwindling.
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Duck-Safe Plants and Weeds From the Garden
What weeds can ducks eat out of the garden? Recognizing duck-safe plants helps your birds forage for healthy foods while helping you with garden work!
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A Quick Guide to Buying Ducks
Pick up quick tips for buying ducks and getting your ducklings off to a great start.
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Hatching Duck Eggs: Can Chickens Hatch Ducks?
My experience hatching duck eggs led me to ask: Will chickens foster eggs from another species and raise them? The answer was, absolutely!
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Duck Eggs Vs. Chicken Eggs
Today I want to compare duck eggs vs. chicken eggs. How does a duck egg measure up compared to a chicken egg?
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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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Raising Ducklings Leads To Combining Flocks
If there’s one thing most waterfowl experts agree on when discussing raising ducklings and how to introduce ducklings to older ducks, it might be this: AIEEEEEEEEEEE!
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