Gail Damerow

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Raising Backyard Ducks

Breeds, Feeding, Housing and Care, Eggs and Meat

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Produktbeschreibung

Move over chickens--ducks are joining the backyard flock! This introductory guide is the provides all the information beginners need to raise ducks successfully in the yard or on a small homestead or farm.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 176mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 356g
• ISBN-13: 9781635865295
• ISBN-10: 1635865298
• Artikelnr.: 63939101

Autorenporträt

Gail Damerow has written extensively on raising chickens and other livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and related rural know-how in more than a dozen books, including What’s Killing My Chickens? and the best-selling Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens, The Chicken Encyclopedia, The Chicken Health Handbook, and Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks. Damerow is a contributor to Chickens and Hobby Farms magazines and a regular blogger for Cackle Hatchery. She lives in Tennessee with her husband, where they operate a family farm with poultry and dairy goats, a sizable garden, and a small orchard. Visit her online at gaildamerow.com.  

Inhaltsangabe

Why Ducks?
1  What Are the Best Duck Breeds?
2  Why Does a Duck Do That?
3  How Do I Acquire Ducks?
4  What Do Ducks Eat?
5  What Facilities Do Ducks Need?
6  How Do I Brood Ducklings?
7  Are Ducks Easy to Care For?
8  How Do I Manage Ducks for Eggs?
9  How Do I Hatch Duck Eggs?
10  How Do I Manage Ducks for Meat?
11  Can I Keep Ducks and Chickens Together?
12  How Do I Get Started Showing Ducks?
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