Getting Started
A Duck Keeper’s Year: What to Do Each Season
Duck keeping runs on the calendar more than most people expect. The birds lay by daylight, moult after the breeding…
Quackoria Care
Getting Started
Everything for the first year: how many ducks to start with, which breed, what to buy before they arrive, and what the first weeks look like. Every guide here is written from published husbandry sources — university extension, veterinary manuals and welfare codes — and says so when they disagree.
Getting Started
How Many Ducks Should You Keep? Flock Size, Drakes and Introductions
One is lonely, two is fragile, and the drake question has two published answers. Here is what the sources say,…
Breeding & Hatching
Keeping Muscovy Ducks: The Duck That Is Not a Mallard
Almost everything written about ducks is written about Mallard descendants, and the Muscovy is not one. It is a different…
Common Problems
How to Pick Up and Hold a Duck Without Hurting It
A duck's legs are easily dislocated or broken, and the UK welfare codes say never to carry a bird by…
Getting Started
Ducks or Chickens? An Honest Comparison for Backyard Keepers
A duck site's honest comparison. Ducks win on egg size, richness and cold; chickens on mess and feed cost; the…
Ducklings
Buying Your First Ducks: How Many, What Age, and What to Check
Almost everything written about ducks assumes you already have some. This is the article for the week before: how many…