If you’ve owned chickens for any length of time you are probably well acquainted with their antics. If you haven’t, there’s a lot to learn including what all the different sounds they make mean. If you’ve been paying attention to your birds, you might have heard a high-pitched whistle or “yelping” sound before. Not crowing, […]
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When you stop to think about the things that ducks get in their diet, what do you imagine? Duck feed, sure, but also various plants, slugs, insects, and things like that. Doesn’t sound too good to us, but ducks can also eat a wide variety of other foods. They can even eat fruit! But fruit
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When it comes to chickens, there is no shortage of breeds to choose from. Every chicken fancier has their favorite, but if there is one breed that is genuinely a chicken-lover’s chicken, it has to be the Orpington. And among the various Orps, the Lavender variety is one of the most interesting and attractive yard
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Domestic ducks subsist predominantly on a diet of feed with a few choice bits that they can scavenge from their environment and the occasional treat from their owners. Good owners, and ones that like to spoil their birds, will give ducks a diet that is rich in various whole foods like fruits and veggies. Ducks
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One of the coolest, and sometimes one of the most confusing, things about domestic chickens is that all of the breeds are different. In terms of essential physical characteristics, this is obvious, but also in terms of attitude and social behavior. Some are standoffish, some are mean, and some are super friendly. Let’s look at
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For most of us gardeners, there’s something indescribably pleasurable about watching a plant grow and take shape right out of the very earth. But for just as many of us, the biggest headache concerning our precious plants is getting them the right nutrients in the right ratios. Every species of plant is an individual in
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It’s no secret that ducks are primarily, though not entirely, herbivorous. Most of what they eat consists of plant matter of one kind or another, and some of their favorite foods both in the wild and in captivity are leafy greens. Ducks even eat certain kinds of leafy veggies that you and I might find
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When it comes to the health and wellness of our domestic ducks, their diet usually revolves around duck feed for optimal health and a little bit of forage if they’re allowed to free-range or have a large run. Our ducks can actually eat a surprisingly varied diet, though, including many veggies and fruit. Fruit, particularly,
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Ducks enjoy a surprisingly varied diet, though it is one that is predominantly centered around plant matter. That being said, they can eat many different kinds of plants including some veggies, and get good nutrition from them. What might surprise you is that ducks can eat various common vegetables as supplements or treats. How about
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For many of us who own chickens, the prospect of owning a rooster seems to be nothing but a downer: They’re incredibly noisy, often aggressive, belligerent, standoffish, and have a reputation for roughing up your poor girls. This is all true, to an extent, but roosters can do a lot of good also. If you
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