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Raising Ducks

Everything you need to know about raising ducks, including housing, feeding, eggs, behavior, and living alongside other poultry.

  • A sick baby chicken.
    Homestead Animals

    A Guide to Preparing Homemade Electrolytes for Chickens

  • Feeding ducklings from a white and blue bowl.
    Homestead Animals

    The Perfect Duck Breeds to Add to Your Homestead

  • Backyard ducks hanging out beside a pond.
    Homestead Animals

    5 Reasons You Need Backyard Ducks on Your Homestead

  • A yellow duckling hatching out of an egg.
    Homestead Animals

    How to Achieve High Hatch Rates with Duck Eggs in Your Incubator

  • Ducks actually have a couple of molting phases and each one looks different. The effects are most obvious in drakes. Spring, summer and fall molts.
    Homestead Animals

    Your Seasonal Guide to Duck Molting

  • Mason jar feeders and waterers are great, but they can be hard to hang. Here is an easy crochet holder that will keep your feeder and waterer off the ground.
    Homestead Animals

    DIY Poultry Feed & Water Hanger

  • Why Have My Laying Hens Stopped Laying Eggs? Learn Why It Happens
    Homestead Animals

    Why Have My Laying Hens Stopped Laying Eggs? Learn Why It Happens

  • A carton filled with farm fresh eggs of varying colors, with one cracked open showing a deep orange yolk.
    Homestead Animals

    Everything You Need to Know About Farm Fresh Eggs

  • You might be wondering when is the right time to switch to the next stage of feed. Timelines for those using commercial feed. Plus, feeding roosters, drakes, toms.
    Homestead Animals

    When to Switch Your Poultry’s Feed

  • A wire basket filled with farm fresh eggs of various colors, with a small feather resting on top.
    Homestead Animals

    Essential Egg Handling Tips: Keeping Farm Fresh Eggs Safe

  • Learn what you need to candle, how to candle, when to candle and what you are looking for when you are candling chicken or duck eggs.
    Homestead Animals

    Your Guide to Candling Hatching Eggs

  • Two white ducks and a white chicken in an outdoor run, facing each other near a wire fence.
    Homestead Animals

    Can Chickens and Ducks Live Together? Real-Life Tips That Work

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Become Self-Sufficient

Upcycle Pill Bottles (22 Ideas!)
Upcycle Old Holiday Cards
Goat Milk Shampoo Bar Recipe
DIY Unpaper Towels Guide
Upcycle Those Old Bed Sheets

Get Cooking — Yum!

Cinnamon Sugar Donut Holes
Peel Tomatoes (No Boiling!)
Crispy Homemade Dill Pickles
4 Cheese Baked Mac & Cheese
Freeze Spaghetti Squash

Transform Your Green Thumb

Easy DIY Garden Trellises
Winter Sowing Made Simple
Winter Sowing by Zone
Burn Barrel Basics for Homes
Grow Hyssop in Your Garden

Add Some Animals

Chicken-Safe Plants List
Cheap DIY Nesting Boxes
Fix Spraddle Leg with a Glass
Why Sand is Best for Coops
Weird (But Normal) Quail Behavior

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