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Tag: Keeping Ducks

Feeding Ducklings
Incubating, Hatching & Brooding Ducks

Feeding Ducklings: What to Feed Baby Ducks

This guide is about feeding ducklings, hatched at home in an incubator or under a broody hen. If you arrived here looking for information about

Can You Keep Chickens and Ducks Together
Keeping Ducks

Can you Keep Chickens and Ducks Together?

From a purists point of view, we should keep chickens and ducks in separate enclosures, but I have kept my chickens and ducks together for many years with very few problems. Here are a few things for you to consider.

Are Ducks Noisy
Keeping Ducks

Are Ducks Noisy?

Before getting some ducks for the back garden, many people ask the question “are ducks noisy?” Many of us have neighbours to consider, and just like a crowing cockerel can be a problem, some ducks can make quite a bit of noise.

What duck to drake ratio
Keeping Ducks

What Drake To Duck Ratio?

What duck to drake ratio can you have in a flock of ducks so that there aren’t too many squabbles amongst drakes or too much ‘attention’ given to the ducks during the breeding season?