Articles by happy duck

This spring lead to a scary and exciting month of work, dedication, and a lot of love. I found that my Pekin Jeffery had a severe case of bumble foot. I should have checked my ducks’ feet often, but just skipped it because I knew they would not like me picking them up. *ALWAYS check your ducks’...

Ducks will eat most everything, but that doesn’t mean that they need to eat it. Lets say for example you were going to a pond and had some bread with you to give to the ducks. Well, sorry to break the news, but bread is not good for ducks. It will hurt their bellies and they will not want to eat...

So…where do I start. When I was learning about ducks I was so confused about this. I wanted something simple and easy to get in my mind, but what I found was hard and complex. I decided to do this so you guys can get a simple (or what I think is simple) introduction about feed and supplements...

Hi there! In this article I am going to go over the basics of how I built this run/coop. I will start with the coop: We started out with a old chunky house. Then we fixed it up to look like all of the pictures below. We then fixed it up, added venting, covered all holes and opening...

So…as it being spring, ducklings our being ordered, shipped, and received by happy new duck parents(by the way..spring is the best time to get ducklings because the weather is the best)! I, as a new duck mom, researched EVERYTHING! I left no rock un-turned. I hope you guys that are receiving...