Backyard ducks are the perfect animal if you want lots of eggs and great pets. As with any animal, there’s lots to know and lots of responsibility involved when you decide you’re ready to be owned by ducks. Learn everything you need to know to raise happy, healthy backyard ducks here!
How can you tell which of your ducks are laying eggs or are about to lay eggs? Here's a simple DIY test you can use to find out for certain. …
Svetlana the duck was the smartest, sweetest duck we've ever had. On Friday, October 26 she took her last breath. This article is intended as a memorial to honor her life and help others who may be experiencing grief…
Before getting ducks, we had to figure out how to build them a safe, secure, and attractive duck house. The result: The Quacker Box. Read the story of how we built it and learn how to build your own…
A commenter asked some great, detailed questions about our DIY backyard pond we built for our ducks, so we answered them in this article. …
Got ducks? Thinking about getting ducks? Here's helpful information about the nutrition they need and where to find organic duck feed. …
If you got Easter ducklings (or ducklings any other time of the year) then realized they're more than you can handle, here's what to do...…
All about duck health - a collection of helpful tips, resources, and information for your backyard waterfowl. …
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…
Killing and eating a duck we raised ourselves was one of the hardest things we've ever done. What did we learn in the process? The answers may surprise you.…
Our oldest Welsh Harlequin duck, Lady Margaret Thrasher, laid her first duck eggs today! Here are a few egg laying tips to get your ducks to start laying. …
Our Welsh Harlequin ducklings are growing fast! How do you sex ducklings? What do you feed them? Get helpful information about raising and sexing ducklings.…
We finally got four Welsh Harlequin Ducklings to fill the Quacker Box (our Duck House) at Tyrant Farms!…