Backyard Duck Coop
Backyard Duck Coop Best Practices A backyard duck coop needs to have a minimum of 4 square feet of space per duck. The duck coop should have a roof and secure door that closes shut at night. A duck house should have adequate ventilation due to the heavy moisture...
Ducks Eating Slug in Slow Motion Video
Ducks Eating Slugs for a Snack The rain has been incredibly persistent this year in the pacific northwest. Therefore, our duck's favorite bug to eat for a snack, the slug is prevalent in our gardens and flower beds. Our ducks eat slugs for snacks whenever they can...
5 Ways to Use Wood Chips in a Garden
Top 5 Reasons to Use Wood Chips in a Garden These are the top 5 reasons we use wood chips in a garden. There are many more wonderful ways to use a load of wood chips. While you can buy wood chips, free wood chips are available from arborists if you can find one in...
How to Raise Ducks
How to Raise Ducks The basics you need to know to raise ducklings into happy egg-laying adult ducks Life Stages of a Duck Water for Ducks Shelter for Ducks Food for Ducks Duck Basics Ducks are an excellent addition to any homestead. Raising ducklings to mature adults...
Wood Chips for Chicken Run Ground Cover
Is it a good idea or a bad idea to use wood chips for chicken run ground cover when raising backyard chickens? Overall, wood chips can be a good material to use for an outdoor chicken run, but there are some caveats. We will break down our approach to using...
Nighttime Routine for the Welsh Harlequin Ducks
We have a standard nighttime routine for our backyard poultry flock. Ducks are easy to train with a nighttime routine. Our toddler is able to herd them into their duck run each night with ease. This is one of the really nice benefits of ducks they are able to learn...
Will Ducks and Chickens Snack on Cantaloupe?
Duck snacks and chickens snack time with fresh cantaloupe from the garden. We are growing several cantaloupes in the garden this year as an experiment. They turned out to be kind of bland and not our favorite so we decided to feed half to the ducks and the chickens...
Ducks Eating Cucumber Snack
Our backyard ducks get a cucumber snack this morning. We have a ton of cucumbers growing in our gardens today and while everyone knows ducks love peas for snacktime they will eat lots of other delicious garden treats. This cucumber was sliced up into spears and then...
Ducks Eat Every Watermelon Good or Bad
Sometimes those personal watermelons just aren't very good. This one was not ripe at all even though it looked good, it was very light pink and kind of hard in the middle. While the duck girls didn't annihilate it as fast as a very ripe melon they still enjoyed their...
Chicken Run: The First Adventure
Chicken run adventure time for the chickens The chickens have finally been moved out to their coop and today they are getting to spend some time running around the chicken run for a first adventure. They have been contained to their brooder or chicken coop until...
Chickens or Ducks: The Egg Difference
Chickens or Ducks what is the difference in the eggs. The duck egg is much larger and richer in taste while coming in at around 130 calories. The classic chicken egg is about 70 calories so much smaller in comparison to the duck egg. We love to use our duck eggs for...
Duckling Leg Problems: Possible Niacin Deficiency
Does your ducklings have leg problems? It could be a lack of niacin in their diet. A niacin deficiency is a common problem with ducklings and individuals learning how to raise ducks. This unfortunately can leave ducklings with lifelong problems and even early death...
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Duck Duck Pool Party 2019
Ducks are always down for a pool party.