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I'm confused about feeding the ducks. I read somewhere that you can give them chicken starter but then another site said never to give them chicken feed because they have different nutritional requirements than chickens. Can someone explain this?

Thanks! Just reading through some of the threads is very informative. I can't wait to roll up my sleeves and dig in.

I'm actually reading up on them now. I've only just started reading and I'm already getting excited about the idea of trying to raise some. We're planning to recycle our gray water using a sand filter and a reed pond so I think that having a few ducks to keep down the resulting mosquitoes and...

Hi, I'm new around here and curious about ducks. What is the benefit to raising ducks? Do they offer something that chickens do not? I've had chickens for meat and eggs but never had ducks so I'm wondering how they contribute to the farm. I think they're beautiful animals but don't know if/how...

Hello, my name is Katie. I had chickens when I was a kid and just started raising them last September. We bought Cornish Cross and Black Australorps. Our experience was that the Australorps were a hardier bird in that we didn't lose a single one as a peep. Unfortunately, we lost about four of...