Ducks

For anyone who keeps poultry, a fact of life that you have to accept going forward is the fact that all kinds of birds, including ducks, have lots and lots of predators. Predators can strike from ground level or from the air and, because ducks are aquatic, also from beneath the surface of the water. […]

There is hardly any image cuter and more innocent than a fluffy, fuzzy and perfectly yellow duckling. Whether it’s sitting serenely in the palm of your hand or a troop of them is diligently following their mother to water, they are so adorable it’s hard to stand it. What you might not know is that

One of the biggest limiting factors when it comes to keeping livestock of any kind is space, and for some homesteaders, even when you look to a truly small species like ducks you still might not have the room they require in order to thrive and stay healthy. It can be frustrating, even heartbreaking! But

Ducks are like most other animals out here, in that the many different breeds and species have wildly different physical characteristics: color, build, weight, and of course, height. But just looking at different species of birds and narrowing it down further to poultry like chickens and geese, ducks are surprisingly variable in their overall size

One of the greatest joys about owning poultry and bird watching is spotting all the different kinds and colors of birds that are out there. Truly, they come in every color of the rainbow, but if there’s one color that gets overlooked more often than not, I would say it has to be brown. I

When it comes to keeping poultry, ducks have advantages all their own. And although you won’t see as many domestic breeds as you will with chickens, there’s still a huge variety out there to consider. Some of the coolest ducks around are those with long necks. These long-necked birds have a graceful, swan-like appearance, but

If you’ve been doing any research on ducks lately with the hopes of getting your own flock, you might feel a little left out if you’re anything like me. That’s because most of the info out there concerning them is oriented towards production: meat and eggs! But for me and probably also for you, the

Ducks have been kept as poultry for ages, and that’s a practice that continues today. In fact, many homesteaders are coming around on the advantages of ducks compared to chickens. Ducks are a little bigger, yes, but they also tend to be far healthier, more self-sufficient, and easier to care for overall, while still providing

If you’re going to care for animals of your own, especially livestock in any capacity, it pays to learn about their physiology, and part of that is learning the lingo. For instance, looking at ducks, they don’t have jaws or beaks, they have bills. They don’t have arms, of course, they have wings. And moving

If you didn’t know any better and only spent time around ducks hanging out by the lake, you might think they live entirely on bread and crackers. After all, that’s what people throw at them all the time! Kidding aside, ducks actually have a highly varied, omnivorous diet, and that diet includes animal protein. But