Izuriel
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The title pretty much says it all!
I live in Denver and my partner and I are planning on raising ducks starting this coming spring. We're starting our preps early and plan to have everything from a duck house and a protected run to emergency situations in case the snow gets bad.
He's been spearheading the movement, honestly, but we decided that input from those who already own ducks or other fowl in their backyard are likely our best resource since just googling most of our inquiries leads either of us to this website anyway.
We live in Denver with a large enough back yard (from what we've read) to raise 3-4 ducklings comfortably and still having room ourselves when we're back there. I'm quite the perfectionist when it comes to raising animals and very cautious about adopting/rescuing any animal before I'm ready. In short, if I can't properly raise the animal, I will love it enough to let it go.
Sappy stuff done with...
That being said, what are a few major tips you could give someone who is entirely new and very much a novice in duck-knowledge? I will likely be leaning on this forum a lot so... yeah!
I'm mostly comfortable with any construction we have to do, what really worries me is the stuff I haven't thought of yet. e,g, I only thought of today if different breeds can be raised with each other. In short, I found they can, but still, we were hinged on cayuga ducks and magpies that we didn't even know if they had some blood feud!
I digress,
Nice to meet you! I can't wait to read your responses to my insanity!
- Izu
I live in Denver and my partner and I are planning on raising ducks starting this coming spring. We're starting our preps early and plan to have everything from a duck house and a protected run to emergency situations in case the snow gets bad.
He's been spearheading the movement, honestly, but we decided that input from those who already own ducks or other fowl in their backyard are likely our best resource since just googling most of our inquiries leads either of us to this website anyway.
We live in Denver with a large enough back yard (from what we've read) to raise 3-4 ducklings comfortably and still having room ourselves when we're back there. I'm quite the perfectionist when it comes to raising animals and very cautious about adopting/rescuing any animal before I'm ready. In short, if I can't properly raise the animal, I will love it enough to let it go.
Sappy stuff done with...
That being said, what are a few major tips you could give someone who is entirely new and very much a novice in duck-knowledge? I will likely be leaning on this forum a lot so... yeah!
I'm mostly comfortable with any construction we have to do, what really worries me is the stuff I haven't thought of yet. e,g, I only thought of today if different breeds can be raised with each other. In short, I found they can, but still, we were hinged on cayuga ducks and magpies that we didn't even know if they had some blood feud!
I digress,
Nice to meet you! I can't wait to read your responses to my insanity!
- Izu
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