Most animals on earth are capable of feeling complex emotions. More than you might think! Our livestock are no different. Every single one of them can feel contentment, anxiety, fear, eagerness and even affection. It’s true: even seemingly inscrutable birds are amazingly emotional animals, and that is certainly true for our ducks. Of course, there’s […]
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Ducks have some of the most interesting mating rituals in the animal kingdom. Their process for finding a partner (they don’t mate for life, FYI), courting, and mating is truly unique, and it’s essential to understanding how ducks live and flourish. And this isn’t just interesting trivia; if you own ducks, you’ll need to know
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One thing I’ve always enjoyed learning about is all the different names we’ve come up with for all the creatures in the animal kingdom. Males and females get different names, of course, as do the babies most of the time. And, my favorite, so much of the time we also come up with a typically
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A lot of the time it’s easy to tell when food has gone bad. There will be characteristic discoloration, a change in texture and of course some foul odor. But this won’t always work with eggs, and duck eggs in particular. If you don’t crack open the egg, it will look pretty much as it
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Ducks are one of the most common birds in the world, and also one of the most common species of domesticated poultry. And beyond commercial purposes, many people just enjoy keeping them as pets. Plus, like all birds, ducks lay eggs to reproduce. This might be your whole reason for keeping them, or it might
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There’s one thing you can say for sure about keeping livestock, it is that you have to learn the lingo if you’re going to communicate easily and fluently with others on the same topic. I guess you can say that about any profession or vocation, but it seems quite pronounced concerning our animals. Listening to
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If you’ve ever had even a single mouse loose in your home, you know what kind of damage they can do. Chewing holes in things, breaking into food, leaving their nasty droppings everywhere. And then of course all the scratching and squeaking in the walls at night! They are just as big a problem out
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You probably already know that most pigs tend not to live too long. That’s because pigs are raised pretty much just for meat, and as soon as they have reached the ideal size and wait for slaughter, their lives are cut short. But have you ever wondered how long a pig could actually live if
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The very best thing about living in our era is that the sum total of the world’s knowledge is at our fingertips, very literally! With an internet connection, you can soon have all the info you need to take a real master class on any subject. And while it is true that nothing beats actual
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If you’re just starting out with rearing pigs, it’s easy to think that one pig is as good as any other. But that isn’t really the case… Like most animals, even domestic pigs show all sorts of different qualities and characteristics across different breeds. These sometimes subtle but important differences can actually play a major
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