how-to-raise-ducks
A Guide to Duck Shelters for Winter
Favorite 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 …
Read More
How to Raise Ducks in Your Backyard
Favorite By Dave Holderread – If you want an economical and steady supply of homegrown eggs that are nutritious and tasty, you’ll need a flock of backyard chickens, right? Well, …
Read More
A Quick Guide to Buying Ducks
Favorite Whether you are expanding your duck flock, adding to your chicken flock or are brand new to backyard duck keeping, buying ducks is fairly straightforward, but there are a few things …
Read More
Can Chickens and Ducks Live Together?
Favorite “Can chickens and ducks live together?” is one of the most common questions I get from readers. Since I’ve been raising my chickens and ducks in the same coop …
Read More
Duck Eggs Vs. Chicken Eggs
Favorite Today I want to compare duck eggs vs. chicken eggs. How does a duck egg measure up compared to a chicken egg? How do duck eggs taste? Are duck …
Read More
Top 10 Duck Raising Questions Answered
Favorite By Alina Jumabhoy from New Life on a Homestead – While ducks are relatively easy poultry to raise and care for, they do still have specific requirements that need to be met. …
Read More
Three Favorite Backyard Duck Breeds
Favorite 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 …
Read More
Raising Ducklings Eventually Leads To Combining Flocks
Favorite By Lori Fontanes – 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! …
Read More
Hatching Duck Eggs: Can Chickens Hatch Ducks?
Favorite All of my experience hatching duck eggs led me to ask the question: Will chickens foster eggs from another species and raise them? The answer was, absolutely! I have …
Read More