How many eggs your ducks lay, and for how many years, depends on several factors. Most of these factors are easily within your control as the ducks’ keeper. Here are…
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Keeping Ducks Together with Chickens
Ducks have been called the New Chickens, in honor of their increasing popularity. But the first time-duck owner who attempts to manage ducks like chickens can be in for an…
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A duck’s legs and feet are made for flying and swimming, not walking. Ducks have structurally weak legs, and the most common affliction of ducks is lameness. A duck may…
Continue ReadingFurnishing Nests for Laying Ducks
…is tall enough for a duck to enter and sit comfortably. It is wide enough so the duck can turn around (ducks don’t like to back up). It is small…
Continue ReadingKeeping Ducks and Geese Together
…All ducks lay eggs, although some duck breeds lay better than others. Any duck may be raised for meat. Putting your excess ducks into the freezer both keeps delicious meat…
Continue ReadingKhaki Campbell Duck
The Khaki Campbell duck originated in England in 1901 by Adele Campbell. The Khaki Campbell duck breed is one of the most prolific egg layers of the duck breeds and…
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…This duck is popular among Filipinos and other Americans of Asian descent who enjoy the partially incubated duck egg delicacy called balut. Compared to ducks with darker plumage, white ducks…
Continue ReadingWelsh Harlequin Ducks
…offers the Silver Welsh Harlequin variety of duck for sale. We can not ship ducks to Hawaii. For ducks you can order to ship in the Fall check out https://www.cacklehatchery.com/product/welsh-harlequin-ducks/…
Continue ReadingRare Duck Trio
…and one male from any of our rare duck species, including the Cayuga, Welsh Harlequin, Black Swedish, Blue Swedish, Ancona, Black Runner or Fawn & White Runner Ducks. Choose ducks…
Continue ReadingWhite Pekin Duck
The White Pekin breed of duck is the type of duck used in making the AFLAC commercials. The Pekin duck originated in China and was introduced into the Americas in…
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