Ducks

It’s fun to think of our animals forming long-lasting relationships like we do. The idea that males and females will pair up and live out their days raising babies is certainly heartwarming. And as happy as it sounds, nature furnishes us many examples of exactly that happening, particularly among waterfowl species. Many mate for life,

Ducks lately have been gaining popularity over chickens as the preferred poultry for homesteaders. Compared to their cousins, ducks tend to live longer, stay healthier, and are just as versatile as chickens are, capable of cranking out hundreds of rich, indulgent eggs every year and also supplying you with succulent and truly delicious meat. And

Chickens rule the roost when it comes to domestic poultry, especially for backyard keepers and homesteaders like us. But lately, ducks have been making a major comeback. Lots of homesteaders are becoming enamored with the overall good health, self-sufficiency and hardiness of ducks compared to chickens, and more and more are getting turned on to

Owning ducks presents several unique challenges compared to owning chickens. Probably the single biggest challenge is that more domestic duck breeds can fly, and fly pretty well. Although they rarely keep up with their wild cousins, backyard ducks may be able to take flight for more than a mile at a time, and some of

If there is one “sting” that I think every animal lover is familiar with, it has to be the one associated with sticker shock. That’s because the animals that we love might be affordable, themselves, or even free, but the cost of raising them and keeping them healthy can drive you out of your house

Backyard chickens are all the rage these days, but ducks are quickly increasing in popularity alongside them. Compared to chickens, ducks are even healthier, and they still crank out more than enough delicious eggs to keep a family fridge full. But ducks, like chickens, have their own social requirements and if you’re thinking about making

Domestic ducks usually live on a steady diet of nutritionally optimized duck or waterfowl feed. Yes, it might be boring, but there’s a good reason for this: Ducks need a correctly calibrated diet of macro- and micronutrients in order to thrive and live their best life. And while duck feed can handle almost every requirement

Ducks enjoy a pretty varied diet whether they are in the wild or a domestic setting, but like so many animals, they tend to fall into a pattern of eating mostly mainstay items with a few other foods as supplements. This is certainly true for domestic ducks, particularly, which often live on a diet of

Ducks can eat a huge variety of plant matter, and some of their favorite foods happen to be the choice bits of leafy greenery along with a few roots, stalks, and other things. But when it comes to vegetables, some are totally edible! Celery is just such a vegetable, with a spray of frond-like, tender

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