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Which Is The Right Duck Breed For You?

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Ducks make excellent additions to small farms, so long as you get the right duck breed for your needs. Here are some common ducks and their best uses.

How To Start Raising Ducks On Your Farm

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Ducks make a valuable addition to homesteads, both with existing chicken flocks and without. Here's what you need to know to get started with ducks.

How to Add Livestock to Your Chicken Farm

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Poultry | Waterfowl |
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Looking to expand beyond chicken keeping? Consider ducks, geese, guinea fowl or rabbits to enhance your farming experience.

Chickens In Tutus: A New Barnyard Fashion Trend

Animals | Large Animals | News | Poultry | Waterfowl |
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People are dressing up their chickens—and other animals—in tutus as part of this recent farm fashion craze. Here's a look at some photos.

How Grass Farming Promotes Your Own Health

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Large Animals | Poultry | Waterfowl |
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Grass is good for our animals Their diet is critically linked to our own in addition to those of our family members.

Turkey Power Fuels Prose and Cons Poultry Farm

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This poultry paradise is becoming a social media hit thanks to a one-eyed turkey named Stew and a flock guardian called RJ. We speak with a farm founder.

Say Cheese! For Recent Reader Livestock Photos

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This round of "Say Cheese" contenders includes a horse nuzzling a cat, marching ducklings, a cow shielding a calf, two goats and a chicken.

Agricultural Education: 3 Ways to Help Local Schools

Animals | Poultry | Urban Farming | Waterfowl |
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Many school district budgets don't cover agricultural education. As a chicken-keeper or farmer, you can give elementary school students a start.

How to Prepare Livestock for a County Fair

Animals | Large Animals | Poultry | Waterfowl |
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If you're considering entering animals at a county fair, here are the health and identification requirements you can expect before they hit the show ring.

Meet Tito, a Duck Who Dresses as Fictional Characters

Animals | News | Waterfowl |
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We talk with Tito's owner, Gustavo Esparza, about his Indian Runner duck who wows crowds at comic conventions with his cosplay.

How to Keep Ducks Cool In Summer

Poultry | Waterfowl |
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Therse Steps are Crucial to Getting Your Geese & Ducks Through Hot Weather

Eggs: What You Need to Know to Raise Ducks & Geese

Animals | Farm Management | Poultry | Urban Farming | Waterfowl |
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Duck and goose eggs are quite different than those of chickens. Here are the basics about the eggs, breeds, yields and laying habits.

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