If you're considering raising ducks in your backyard, here is a very detailed and helpful account of one farmer's experience! Check it out HERE.

If you want an economical and steady supply of homegrown eggs that are nutritious and tasty, you’ll need a flock of backyard chickens, right? Well, not necessarily. You might want to consider raising ducks in your backyard. No doubt about it, chickens have proven their worth as fine producers of savoury eggs and should not be discredited. However, during the last decade, a growing number of us North Americans have been discovering what many Asians and Europeans have known for

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck – do you know how to care for it? The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society recently had about a dozen ducklings from various locations around the GTA come into its care. Many were found wandering in urban areas, some in poor shape due to dehydration and lack of food. Some people may think it’s fun to foster them as an activity for the family, but it’s important to keep in mind the specialized care they require. While ducklings are cut

Ducklings are adorable and don’t get much less so as they age. If you could travel back in time to a typical European farm, you might be surprised by what you’d find there when it came to poultry. Unlike today’s North American small farm that usually includes chickens, or sometimes turkeys, European farms as early as 800 B.C.E. would have had a heavy emphasis on domesticated ducks and geese over chickens. Fast forward to modern-day, and the only type of poultry that seems to