How natural sunlight affects pet and backyard ducks
Find out how sunlight affects ducks, from health and happiness to better egg shells! Essential info for backyard and pet duck keepers!
SECOND interview with Dr. Scott Echols: Duck nutrition & healthcare
In our second video interview with Dr. M. Scott Echols, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), we ask him YOUR questions about duck healthcare.
Duck nutrition & healthcare: FIRST video interview with Dr. Scott Echols
Part 1: Watch our first video interview with Dr. Scott Echols, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice). In this video you’ll learn tons of helpful information about nutrition and healthcare best practices for backyard and pet ducks!
Are ducks dirty? Top tips for keeping your duck areas clean.
Are ducks dirty? The answer depends on their setup. Here are our top tips for keeping your duckling and duck areas clean!
Backyard duck molting: what, when, and why it happens
Ducks molt (lose their feathers) yearly. If you’re a backyard or pet duck parent, here are some things you should know about your molting ducks to make sure they’re staying healthy.
5 tips: How to go on vacation without your ducks (or other poultry)
Our top 5 tips for people who want to go on vacation without their ducks / poultry. Find out how to keep your ducks safe while you travel!
Can birds change sex? The curious story of Mary/Marty the duck…
Can birds change sex? Find out how and why wild and domesticated birds change sex, including the curious story of Marigold the duck.
Duck winter care tips – from the experts!
Duck winter care: get tips and advice on how to get your backyard or small farm ducks through winter, even in the harshest climates.
10 summer care tips for your backyard ducks
Use these ten duck summer care tips as a checklist to make sure your backyard (or small farm) ducks are well cared for during extreme summer heat.
Raising mixed species poultry together – tips and advice
Get advice from three different, experienced poultry parents who successfully raise different species of poultry in their backyard or small farms. Ducks, chickens, geese, turkeys, and guineas!
How to herd your ducks (aka get your ducks in a row!) – with video
Find out how to easily herd your ducks to get them to go wherever you want, whether that’s putting them up at night or getting them out of a garden bed.
5 tips to keep your ducks from destroying your yard or garden
Think you have to choose between having an attractive garden and edible garden OR having ducks? You can have both! Here are 5 tips we use to maintain an attractive landscape and grow tons of edible plants — all while having ducks.
What’s the best bedding for your duck coop or run?
Are you trying to figure out what type of bedding you should get for your duck coop or duck run? Find out here!
17 tips to keep your ducks and chickens safe from predators
You have a responsibility to protect your backyard poultry. Here are 17 simple tips to keep your ducks and chickens safe from predators, which abound in both urban and rural environments.
Raising Ducks: how to integrate Ducks into your Urban Farm or Backyard
A presentation about raising backyard ducks prepared for the 2015 South Carolina Organization for Organic Living’s (SCOOL) annual conference, CULTIVATE portion of the conference. In March 2015 we gave a presentation on raising ducks for backyard or small farm organic egg production. After the presentation, we promised attendees that we’d send out a copy of…