8 Things To Know Before Getting Ducks

8 Things To Know Before Getting Ducks. Wanna raise ducks for your farm or homestead? In this episode I go into detail about some things that you should know before you go ahead and start to raise ducks. We raise Khaki Campbell ducks here on our farm and there are some good things and some bad things to know and to help you be prepared for what's to come. I also provide some ideas to help combat the bad things about raising ducks. If you like the video why not check out our channel and consider subscribing. Remember to hit the "LIKE" button too please. #ducks #farmlife #homestead

[tirnwiy]

I give mine a small feeder pan of water overnight. I need it in order to get them in the coop at night. I give them a treat when it gets dark (some canned corn or scraps) dumped in the pan and they go nuts over it. Then I sneak out the door and lock them in. I solved the muck problem by putting the pan on some of those flat patio bricks. This arrangement is at the edge of the pen so I can dump it through the fence to the outside. Really keeps the smell down. Like everything else, where there's a will, there's a way. We humans are supposed to be the smart ones, after all.

[NewJourney]

I raised my ducklings with my chickens. My ducks all lay in the nesting boxes alongside the chickens, but sometimes on or two lay in a corner of the coop. They only lay inside the coop, never outside it. They are let out in the early morning and put themselves to bed with the chickens in the coop. They have only ever laid in the coop :)

[christyraeemfinger]

Thanks I just got my first ducks today

[shea]

I LOVE your Reese’s hat. Also, the feeder link is so helpful. Thank you!!

[maleficent]

So from my experience.

1. Food and water is served together at my duck farm. clean water for drinking is in dripplet system, and outside tub for bathing and keeping clean feathers.
2. they do lay in nests, IF they have private nests, every duck want's private nest, they do not like to share nests, hence they need way more nests than chickens to lay in them. They also need to not be overcrowded, if they hear other ducks nearby or see them, they will try to find place away from other ducks. So giving them peace and space is important for them to always lay in nests.
3.They are feed twice a day, morning and evening, 2parts of owies, 1 part of corn and 1/2 part of chicken layer mix, they do not need a lot of high end feeds to lay nicely.
4. they are hosted in their coop on grid, and hay, so there isn't any wet mud being develop.
5. ventilators, for ventilation system, air draft causes less amonia buildup, and drys out hay.
6. they herd better, you can move them from property to different posture, stick together nice and tight, prevents them from getting lost outside coop and being axed off by predators.
7.Extreme resistance causes them to be salmonella and bird flu resistant, their meat and eggs are safer to eat raw cause of it.

[paulwilson]

This man really loves animals Very entertaining

[kevinmauldin]

This is fantastic!!! Thanks for the great advice, And wow those geese are glued to you hahaha!!

[spiritofsavannah]

Thank you! This was so informative....i have always kept geese Turkeys and chickens but never ducks however i just got my first pair of Khaki Campels 7 days ago, i will keep comjng back here for insights. Lucky i bought an incubator and it just get delivered today

[MichelePTL]

Thank you for your vid … i found black belly whistling duck egg on my patio … incubated and now she is 8 weeks old then found another over two weeks ago and that one is coming along great … ducks are 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🐥🐣🐥🐣

[zedwpd]

"you really dont need a pond." Well true, but it would remove almost every negative if you did. They are water birds and just having baby pools is going to exponentially make things harder.

[endoneswa]

Very entertaining presentation. Especially, the part where you get the panic attack when ducks eat their food in mess.😂

[veaccara]

Defection in your words has never been more AMAZINGLY entertaining

[andreamcgaughey]

Great video !! We've had chikens for over 20 yrs and got ducks last year too. They are so much fun and definitely worth the extra effort to maintain them 😍🦆💚

[thebestsoccerplay]

I loved watching your video! Thank you for the helpful information.

[sunsetwalks]

Rockin Chad...its always lovely to see the ducks, geese. Have a blessed wkend :) cheers

[scotthill]

Fantastic video! We are on our 3rd year. You're bang on with every point! Only thing I'd mention is that you definitely have to have a balance of hens and drakes. We also had 2 breeds Ancona and Pekin and they hate each other. We have introduced Cayuga's with more hens and fingers crossed they will balance everything out with the extra hens.

[Zadatheresa]

Love this video..very informative..I got 5 ducklings..got some useful tips from your video..thanks.

[Dark-StarA]

I'm here purely for the hybrid Brooklyn/Canadian accent....



Love the content bro!

[moonflower]

this was so informative, , thank you for making this 🦆

[mistyellis]

Your adhd was perfect. This video was great.