Food & Nutrition
What to Feed Ducks: A Keeper’s Guide to Feed, Niacin and Treats
You are standing in a farm store looking at bags, and none of them says duck. This is the article…
Quackoria Care
Quackoria Care
Practical, carefully checked guidance for people who keep and raise real ducks.
Housing
How to Build or Buy a Duck House: Space, Bedding and Predator-Proofing
A duck house has one job a chicken coop does not: it has to stay dry underneath a bird that…
Common Problems
Common Duck Health Problems (and When to Call a Vet)
Ducks hide illness until it is serious, so the skill worth learning is noticing early. Here are the problems backyard…
Seasonal Care
Keeping Ducks Through Winter
Ducks handle cold far better than the people who keep them. What they actually need in winter is unfrozen water,…
Egg Laying
When Do Ducks Start Laying Eggs?
Most ducks start laying at around five to seven months old, depending on feed, daylight and hatch season. What to…
Water
Do Ducks Need a Pond?
The short answer is no — but ducks do need water, and more of it than most people expect. Here…
Ducklings
Raising Ducklings Week by Week
What ducklings need at each stage of their first eight weeks — heat, feed, water and swimming — two mistakes…