My uncle was a farmer and made the "mistake" of being there when some ducklings hatched. They all bonded with him. They waited outside the door each morning for him to leave the house. They followed him around the farm all day. If he rested, they gathered around him while softly chattering. They all had long, happy lives together.
@@3lic3s That's about it. My aunt wasn't happy about the flock's gathering outside the back door on the walk each morning waiting for their human friend. She washed the area every day.
When i was at the feed store and they had chicks and ducklings i was told ducks are more like dogs and chickens are more like cats. I'm a dog person so i went with ducks. Mine come to "hey ladies"
I'm a city guy who has made his living his whole life by talking. Well, using my brain and talking. So I am terrifically admiring of guys who use their brains to actually make things happen and have to deal with elements and animals and physical forces and objects, etc. and utilize strength and body effort and endurance to create food. Respect, sir, and kudos.
At .30 remember to place eggs pointy side down in the carton. Air inside the egg rises completely, stays away from yolk & keeps eggs fresher longer. I love hearing the drakes little quibble compared to the loud, actual quack of the ducks! 🦆💚
For the coup, recommend layering straw or woodchips into the bedding. When soiled, and before adding more layers, turn the bedding to aerate. Makes a good compostable mulch for the following spring.
Haha! That's too funny! I have Chinese geese and when it's time for bed I just say "in" and in their shed they go and for morning, I say "out" and out they go for the day! Now I'm working on "NO" when they try to bite me. I'm getting there haha! Gotta love farming!
It's definitely not as easy as "in" and "out" but it seams to be working. I've had them since they were 4 months old and they only started nipping when breeding season started. They were quite gentle before that. I guess I'll know in the fall haha!
I just opened the gate every morning and got out of the way. Every night after they went in just before dark I closed and locked their door. They probably thought I was a mute!
well then use the sales from the duck eggs to get some fertile quail eggs, and raise those for eggs, if you cant eat dinosaur egg meat then use their waste to feed plants to feed yourself, and the ducks a drainage system above a garden, with a delta system to break down wastes and filter water to a garden or flowerbed, or cultivate an ecosystem to enjoy and listen to your ducks
Khaki Campbell and Welsh Harlequin are the ones I want. This made me so excited to get started and confident I made the right choice picking ducks over chickens.
A lot of people really like duck. I don't! But watching you deal with them has been interesting. Saying this I love chickens! They are easier to deal with and I enjoy watching them. My chickens have been easy to keep clean. But I admire your efforts. I truly appreciate your videos. Have a great week!
My brother owns chickens, and I don't know how, but he trained them... He can yell "come on chickens" and they will all run to the base of his porch, and wait there for another order... It's pretty cool!
I picked and ate my first duck eggs during the winter months when my ducks were contained and eating only the food I provided them, I had a slight reaction to them making me believe I was allergic to duck eggs as well... however during the summer months when they were free ranging I tried them again and found I had no reaction to them when their diet was more diverse. The eggs had better flavor as well!
Ducks are hands down my favorite poultry to raise. Such a gentle guy; the world would be a better place if all meat/egg production animals were raised with same humane level of dignity as this man does with his birds.
Actually I don't have to put my chickens in at night... I go out to the coop about 15 mins before sundown and they're already on roost ready for me to lock them in... They've been that way since I let them start free ranging at 6 months old...
Mine started out doing that and then a few months later they wouldn't go in inless i walked towards them,they would walk around the house once and then go in smh. Then a few weeks after that,they decided they didnt want to go back in at all. I have no clue why.
Snarky Dink Farm I’ve heard this from my uncle too. He lets the chickens free range on the farm and at sun down they’re all cooped up inside ready to roost.
I was keeping two dogs and I had them trained to come outside to eat on the command," all dogs that want to be fed must come outside". Worked like a charm!
Since you seem to be the only channel talking about ducks that comes up on my feed, and I enjoy your videos, I would be happy to purchase my ducks or eggs from you when I'm ready. Probably pretty close to a year from now.
Great video! I absolutely Love my ducks and too went through the ups and downs of learning how to deal with them. I started with pekins and all 5 were taken out by a fox. :( Now we have Welsh Harlequins (which derived from the Khacki Campbell) I love their durability. I found sand in the coop around their waterer has helped out with the mess! We have 6 females per 1 drake. I have the incubator full at the moment. :D. My husband is allergic to duck eggs....it was really bad finding that out. I peep at my ducks when it is feeding time. So when I want to round them up I start peeping and they come right away. ;) I agree with you Ducks are awesome! Happy Homesteading!! ~Shaina~
As the owner of a duck flock who is also duck egg “intolerant”, I totally feel your husband’s pain. It took me several tries to decide that yes it really was the duck eggs I was allergic to and not some other factor (ate greasy food with them, too much hot sauce/salsa, etc). It is very disappointing to have access to such an abundance of big gorgeous eggs and not be able to eat them.
Years ago I had ducks, they were my absolute babies, I had them from day olds, id walk around the house and call them by saying (in a slightly high pitched voice) "Come on come on come on"...One summer afternoon ducks were out in the garden and I was in the living room, my baby took her first steps and so, I stood her back up and said come on come on come on, you can do it... before I knew it I had 6 ducks thrashing up the back door step and into the hall calling me. It's a story we've told for years and now it's on the internet lol. Im soon to be getting ducks again, love all your videos, ive watched so many, ducks really are fab!
RUclips Recommended videos is strange. I'm living in a big town and it recommends me how to start a duck farm. But i absolutely loved the video, really well made and watched it till the end. Now want to start a farm ! Keep on the farm vids dude !
Crazy good production quality in your videos. I have not gone through all your vids yet, but you could def do a video on your production techniques and equipment. Thanks for sharing.
I have 5 ducks all different species and yes they are so easy to command and they respond to familiar noises and sounds, i also herd them as you do by opening my arms and telling them where to go
OMG! Finding this in 2023, after watching hours and hours of your progress while building your dream, this is adorable. I just want to tell you how "future you" has really taught me stuff. ❤ ?You don't even have TOBY?😢
I love ducks. There were these two Mallards that would greet me at the train station every morning in exchange for a couple slices of bread. Very sweet animals.
Invest with water hose,thats what we do right now that the pond is dry up at the moment until there will be rain coming again.I know its not easy to change the water everyday as we have almost 90 ducklings now tiring but it was fun seeing them growing big.
Love your editing. Such great humor! I watched your video as I prepare to get ducks of my own, and it just made me more confident that getting ducks is the right choice for me!
We raise Rhode Island Reds for egg production, meat turkeys, broilers, and this year, Pekin ducks for meat. All our birds have been trained to respond to clapping when it is time to move them in or out of a building. This is our first year with ducks and I was very surprised at their hardiness and how fast they grow. At four weeks old, they are much larger than I would have expected with their slaughter age at only 7-8 weeks.
Old tires make good winter waterers for waterfowl. They can dip their heads and drink but not swim in it,so no poopy water. Tires make great year round feeders for all fowl for the same reason.
I do not believe that I could ever thank you enough for creating this Awesome, Informative, video about owning ducks. No only did you clearly and effectively describe and explain the challenges and responsibilities of maintenance, care, and sustainable development of duck farming, you did so in a manner which easily crosses over into many areas of responsibility in other farming and sustaining successfully as well too relating to areas of personal responsibility of humanity. Thank you sir for sharing this nugget of LIFE WISDOM with the public.
You are my kindred spirit. We live in California and have muscovy ducks. They are so interesting and funny. They are constantly broody and raise ducklings year round. We don’t collect the eggs very often. We usually let them hatch their babies and then sell them. They are serious about egg laying, and always build a nest and use it. We have a full on farm with cattle, goats, horses and chickens. The ducks are by far the messiest animal we have ever raised... we even had pigs for a time. They basically shoot poop everywhere. Nothing is sacred. Great job on your channel. I really enjoyed watching ducks in the snow.
I have a duck too .. i live in trinidad my duck leaves me everynight but in the morning . He is there . But in trinidad its warm .. by you its soo cold
This was so informative & fun! I have a ‘flock’ on our MT 3 acres consists of 3 chickens, 3 ducks, & 2 huge grey geese. They all wander together & coop together at night & we enjoy our little ‘mixed family’ immensely. They are ‘pets’ & I appreciate the cold climate info. We are heading into our first winter w them. The chickens stay in the coop during the cold snaps but I fret about the cold affecting the waterfowls feet, should they have swimming water in winter etc. This vid really helped ease my mind about all that. Thanks & good luck w your farming venture! ☺️
I've got silver appleyard and Saxony ducks; I also have 4 alarm geese. I love them! We are across the country from you - in Western Washington, on the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula. Thanks for the video!
I plan to get some Khaki Campbells this year although my husband has been reticent. I think when he sees you shouting "Release the quackin'!" and "All ducks, go to bed!" he will change his mind. Great video. It inspired me to subscribe!
Dig a small pond of 20-gallons in your shed, barn, run, or duck house & line it in & around with Quickcrete portland cement. When it gets below freezing keep you a water pump of 3 to five GPM of flow with the end hose up in the air as a little fountain which will keep the water from freezing and also entertain the ducks. Use a masonry bit to drill out holes in the side and bottom for a place to mount your hose pointed up with your pump fastened down from duck feet. Then you won't be consumed by hauling water as often. My pawpaw did this in his barn which worked really well.
So, a quick point on duckling brooders and water: I've found that wood PELLETS, not chips, work wonderfully. When they get wet, the expand like sponges and, once they fill with enough water, the pellets pop. What's left behind is almost like dirt or sand. Once burst, they still had a good amount of absorption to do before it was time to change it. Since using pellets, we didn't have to change out the brooder bedding nearly as much and the ducklings loved it. Highly recommend.
Chickens listen to you when trained with a food call. You can move them anywhere with food , they are always on a hunt for food 24/7 so that’s why they tend to wander. Also chickens put themselves to bed as long as you have a coop for them , they like to be protected. I’m sure ducks are similar in these aspects. It’s very fun raising either or I’ve done both but chickens are easier just because they don’t have to swim and mine are also cold tolerant here in jersey.
Subscribed because of the nice simple intro and you got straight to the point. Stayed because much respect for the environment you are in. Here in Texas the coldest it gets is 28, and I would not want to deal with anything colder than that!
The long fiberglass sticks that people use to attach orange flags to their bicycles and electric carts/scooters are really convenient for herding sticks; they are lightweight, long, and they make an impressive whooshing noise that will get the birds attention.
Loved this vlog. I will have a pond builted on my property. Just easier than supplying water everyday. Both ducks n geese will be there. For their eggs and meat anytime I want fowl for dinner. Good luck on your farm. Can't wait to see how the orchard turns out. Started mine from seeds as well. There is like 40 large canisters growing peach, pear, apricot and apple trees in the garage converted into my growing house.
Super cute story and informative!! Love your ducks. I have 4 babies with 6 more on the way. I'm sure I'll be adding more. Ducks just make you smile. So glad I have mine no matter how much work they are!!
This video was incredible! Taken in hand with Self Sufficient Me's video about why NOT to have ducks, the two videos compliment each other so well. Two very different climates and techniques produced very different duck experiences.
I thought that looked like Vermont... and I was right! Lived there for a little over five years. Wonderful place to farm and homestead! Salutations from Wisconsin. 👋🏻
thanks for the insight into a world i know absolutely nothing about. especially the part where you mentioned you can order ducks through the post. i have a feeling that will come in handy one day.
We have been raising Ancona ducks for 4 years now. They love all the snow we get. We have 20+ eggs in incubation right now. They are the dalmatians of the duck world. They are an egg/meat bird. Fully dressed out they are about 2.5 lbs.
We added ducks this past summer to our Little Farm and I totally agree about the water. It was one of the reasons I watched the video, looking for solutions. No solution but a lot of entertainment, naturally since ...well, ducks.
You are right about all the watering you have to do with ducks. I live in the city. I raise and sell duck eggs. This is how I solved my duck enclosure cleaning and water problem. I made a small hill and created a small 6 feet by 12 foot bathtub pond for my ducks. The pond is only 12 inches deep and it starts off at 4 inches deep. I have a large bathtub drain with a push plug in a 10 inch wide pit trench area. I have a large cheap pool pump connected to a homemade doubled 5 gallon water filter system that uses pillow stuffing. I recycle the pond water for about a week or more and then start fresh after the pond filter can not be washed and recycled again. My brother created the pond in less then 20 minutes. He piled the dirt up and then dug a trench for the drain plumbing and water pipes and electrical. He set it up so I could drain the pond and flush it like a toilet. We concreted it and then painted it with pool paint. Nearly all of the poop is rinsed down to the drain when I pull the plug and rinse it. He ran a length of pvc pipe with holes in it the full length of the shallow end of the pond. This is where the water comes into my pond from the filter and faucet and acts like jets. When the water jets are on it flushes the poop in the pond to the deep end where it settles in the drain pit. When the ducks splash and play in the water gravity drags the mud and poop to the deep end as well. The lip of the pond is flat and flush with the ground and he placed a slurry of concrete and river pebbles flat on the ground around the pond 2 feet wide so the ducks can splash but no muddy pits for me to walk in. This summer I had to place two; 10 x 10 portable canopies over it to slow down the water evaporation. It was the duck's hang out just about all summer.
Some unsolicited advice from our experience. Hatch your own. They are so much healthier and productive when they get food and water right away after hatching. Let us know when you get more, we build an egg washer that scrubs duck eggs beautifully. Best wishes guys! Peace! Spoke too soon on the hatching.. Sounds great!
Ohmygoodness! Me, too!! Bought six ducklings last year, got super excited when they started laying, and vomited every time I are them!!!! 🙄 I can actually handle them baked, though! Just not fried, scrambled, or boiled. And yes to the mess!! Whew! But I also appreciate their resilience since we live in Alaska! This Summer we will have six ducks and six chickens. I added two chickens early this year and am shocked by how much easier they are. They aren't as prolific, though. The great thing about a mixed flock is that the chickens scratch and turn over the bedding, which keeps things drier!
I lived in the Virgin Islands years ago and owned 2 parrots, a Macaw and an Amazon. If you have the space they are wonderful,loving and funny pets. I'm sure if you lived in the country having a flock of ducks would be a blast. Congratulations
We had a small farm in CO and had about 60 egg laying hens and a few roosters when we got a three month old, half Australian Shepard female. There was no "teaching" needed, the chickens had a 20X20 pen attached to the chicken coop with a small opening in the pen into five acre field of fenced alfalfa. At 3 mo old that Aussie would herd all the chickens out of the pen into the alfalfa field. Then awhile later she would decide they needed to be back in the pen and round them all up out of the field and back into the pen. She did this all day long on her own initiative, we never "trained" her and she was only half Australian Shepard (the other half was Chow, NOT a farm breed, but the Aussie genes won out).
Make sure the ducks can get out of the pool or tub you put them in. I put a duck in a tub once and thought he loved it because he was in it all day. I finally realized he couldn't get out. I had to wrap him in a towel and bring him in the house and hold him on my lap to save him from dying from hypothermia.
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My uncle was a farmer and made the "mistake" of being there when some ducklings hatched. They all bonded with him. They waited outside the door each morning for him to leave the house. They followed him around the farm all day. If he rested, they gathered around him while softly chattering. They all had long, happy lives together.
aw thats not a mistake
love it !
Great story!
Nice story, please add more !
@@3lic3s That's about it. My aunt wasn't happy about the flock's gathering outside the back door on the walk each morning waiting for their human friend. She washed the area every day.
When i was at the feed store and they had chicks and ducklings i was told ducks are more like dogs and chickens are more like cats. I'm a dog person so i went with ducks. Mine come to "hey ladies"
I'm a city guy who has made his living his whole life by talking. Well, using my brain and talking. So I am terrifically admiring of guys who use their brains to actually make things happen and have to deal with elements and animals and physical forces and objects, etc. and utilize strength and body effort and endurance to create food. Respect, sir, and kudos.
Thank you! It wasn't that long ago that I was a city guy who just did talking, too.
I didn't think this video was going to be this entertaining, but now i wanna start a duck farm!
Awesome!
At .30 remember to place eggs pointy side down in the carton. Air inside the egg rises completely, stays away from yolk & keeps eggs fresher longer. I love hearing the drakes little quibble compared to the loud, actual quack of the ducks! 🦆💚
MusCovy ducks are quiet. They don't quack. Lay good eggs and they are good size ducks.
For the coup, recommend layering straw or woodchips into the bedding. When soiled, and before adding more layers, turn the bedding to aerate. Makes a good compostable mulch for the following spring.
Once we have power, we can build a coop for our birds too.
This is the cutest video about raising ducks.
Haha! That's too funny! I have Chinese geese and when it's time for bed I just say "in" and in their shed they go and for morning, I say "out" and out they go for the day! Now I'm working on "NO" when they try to bite me. I'm getting there haha! Gotta love farming!
lol Good luck with "no" mitigating their nipping! hahaha
You’re probably right about that one.
It's definitely not as easy as "in" and "out" but it seams to be working. I've had them since they were 4 months old and they only started nipping when breeding season started. They were quite gentle before that. I guess I'll know in the fall haha!
I just opened the gate every morning and got out of the way. Every night after they went in just before dark I closed and locked their door. They probably thought I was a mute!
I thought yours was a serious comment until the NO training and I lost my POISE!
I love that this was randomly recommended to me. Good luck farming!
I think you mean good duck...
The ducks listen better then my kids when it’s time for bed
Lolz 😁👍
>Be a duck farmer
>Find out you're allergic to duck eggs.
Зато на мясо нет.
well then use the sales from the duck eggs to get some fertile quail eggs, and raise those for eggs, if you cant eat dinosaur egg meat then use their waste to feed plants to feed yourself, and the ducks
a drainage system above a garden, with a delta system to break down wastes and filter water
to a garden or flowerbed, or cultivate an ecosystem to enjoy and listen to your ducks
@@VincentGonzalezVeg Great knowledge, when I am ready for my faim, I'll contact you
Don’t consume your own supply. That’s just good business.
@Justin Y. the rare justin y found in many videos comments sections hidden
Khaki Campbell and Welsh Harlequin are the ones I want. This made me so excited to get started and confident I made the right choice picking ducks over chickens.
I always liked the large chocolate Muscoves.
A lot of people really like duck. I don't! But watching you deal with them has been interesting. Saying this I love chickens! They are easier to deal with and I enjoy watching them. My chickens have been easy to keep clean. But I admire your efforts. I truly appreciate your videos. Have a great week!
I agree.
My brother owns chickens, and I don't know how, but he trained them... He can yell "come on chickens" and they will all run to the base of his porch, and wait there for another order... It's pretty cool!
I picked and ate my first duck eggs during the winter months when my ducks were contained and eating only the food I provided them, I had a slight reaction to them making me believe I was allergic to duck eggs as well... however during the summer months when they were free ranging I tried them again and found I had no reaction to them when their diet was more diverse. The eggs had better flavor as well!
Ducks are hands down my favorite poultry to raise. Such a gentle guy; the world would be a better place if all meat/egg production animals were raised with same humane level of dignity as this man does with his birds.
Our ducks get mad if we don't put them to bed on time.
Actually I don't have to put my chickens in at night... I go out to the coop about 15 mins before sundown and they're already on roost ready for me to lock them in... They've been that way since I let them start free ranging at 6 months old...
That sounds like a great situation. My mother is constantly trying to round up her birds. It's quite the chore!
you are lucky then.
@@nicelydone9776 ... I just bought 15 more chicks, we'll see this fall if my luck holds out...
Mine started out doing that and then a few months later they wouldn't go in inless i walked towards them,they would walk around the house once and then go in smh. Then a few weeks after that,they decided they didnt want to go back in at all. I have no clue why.
Snarky Dink Farm I’ve heard this from my uncle too. He lets the chickens free range on the farm and at sun down they’re all cooped up inside ready to roost.
I was keeping two dogs and I had them trained to come outside to eat on the command," all dogs that want to be fed must come outside". Worked like a charm!
Brilliant!
Since you seem to be the only channel talking about ducks that comes up on my feed, and I enjoy your videos, I would be happy to purchase my ducks or eggs from you when I'm ready. Probably pretty close to a year from now.
Great video! I absolutely Love my ducks and too went through the ups and downs of learning how to deal with them. I started with pekins and all 5 were taken out by a fox. :( Now we have Welsh Harlequins (which derived from the Khacki Campbell) I love their durability. I found sand in the coop around their waterer has helped out with the mess! We have 6 females per 1 drake. I have the incubator full at the moment. :D. My husband is allergic to duck eggs....it was really bad finding that out. I peep at my ducks when it is feeding time. So when I want to round them up I start peeping and they come right away. ;) I agree with you Ducks are awesome! Happy Homesteading!! ~Shaina~
Welsh Harlequins are the best! Some lay year round and are more calm than khaki Cambells.
As the owner of a duck flock who is also duck egg “intolerant”, I totally feel your husband’s pain. It took me several tries to decide that yes it really was the duck eggs I was allergic to and not some other factor (ate greasy food with them, too much hot sauce/salsa, etc). It is very disappointing to have access to such an abundance of big gorgeous eggs and not be able to eat them.
Grace Homestead Farm you should get Japanese ducks or geese to protect your flock
Kate Harris I cant eat chicken eggs I always puke it out I usually eat quail eggs or duck eggs
Jovan Alavanja I’ve wanted to try quail eggs for a while, they just look so cute.
Amazing video Morgan!!!! I learned so much! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Thanks for these videos they make our days valuable.
Oh my goodness. You had me at "Release the quackens!" Wonderful video. Loved every second.
Yeah get a loooong hose or I highly recommend building a pond. Paddles to keep water moving for freezing? Maybe
Years ago I had ducks, they were my absolute babies, I had them from day olds, id walk around the house and call them by saying (in a slightly high pitched voice) "Come on come on come on"...One summer afternoon ducks were out in the garden and I was in the living room, my baby took her first steps and so, I stood her back up and said come on come on come on, you can do it... before I knew it I had 6 ducks thrashing up the back door step and into the hall calling me. It's a story we've told for years and now it's on the internet lol. Im soon to be getting ducks again, love all your videos, ive watched so many, ducks really are fab!
RUclips Recommended videos is strange. I'm living in a big town and it recommends me how to start a duck farm. But i absolutely loved the video, really well made and watched it till the end. Now want to start a farm ! Keep on the farm vids dude !
Thanks and I'm glad you enjoyed our videos!
It's actually pretty amazing to see them in the snow. They do not seem bothered at all....
Crazy good production quality in your videos. I have not gone through all your vids yet, but you could def do a video on your production techniques and equipment. Thanks for sharing.
I have 5 ducks all different species and yes they are so easy to command and they respond to familiar noises and sounds, i also herd them as you do by opening my arms and telling them where to go
I like the slow mo duck walk....awesome business! Good job! Lol!
Hi..... Morgan, thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍
Thanks. This is really interesting for us humans that aren’t duck owners.
Is that you Mark Zuckerberg?
I live in one of the best places for ducks in my opinion. Never gets colder than 20 Fahrenheit and we get lots of rain
No one:
RUclips: hey. Let's start a duck farm
No regrets tho...
I bought dozen of duck eggs for the first time and was looking for recipes on RUclips and here I am in middle of the night looking at duck farming lol
I subbed to your channel because you really care about the happiness of ducks :)
This is an amazing and entertaining video. One of the best ‘farm, info videos’ I have ever seen.
"I can herd them" one duck just sits down the the grass as he chases he others.... 10:30 . I don't know why but it made me laugh.
OMG! Finding this in 2023, after watching hours and hours of your progress while building your dream, this is adorable. I just want to tell you how "future you" has really taught me stuff. ❤
?You don't even have TOBY?😢
Always up at the Quack of dawn.
the amount of racket these birds must be making in the morning will surely make it hard for anyone to get proper bed rest.
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that's a tshirt.
Brett Roberts omg. You’re so ducking funny!😂😂😂😜
I love ducks. There were these two Mallards that would greet me at the train station every morning in exchange for a couple slices of bread. Very sweet animals.
First time watching. Loved it! What a fun, light-hearted, and informative vid! And love the bison hat! Cheers from CO!
Me and my wife are adding ducks to our little homestead this summer. We're pretty excited.
Best of luck!
"Release the quack heads!"
That's what I'd say to make my ducks go outside 😂
Invest with water hose,thats what we do right now that the pond is dry up at the moment until there will be rain coming again.I know its not easy to change the water everyday as we have almost 90 ducklings now tiring but it was fun seeing them growing big.
Love your editing. Such great humor! I watched your video as I prepare to get ducks of my own, and it just made me more confident that getting ducks is the right choice for me!
Thanks for the video
We raise Rhode Island Reds for egg production, meat turkeys, broilers, and this year, Pekin ducks for meat. All our birds have been trained to respond to clapping when it is time to move them in or out of a building. This is our first year with ducks and I was very surprised at their hardiness and how fast they grow. At four weeks old, they are much larger than I would have expected with their slaughter age at only 7-8 weeks.
Old tires make good winter waterers for waterfowl. They can dip their heads and drink but not swim in it,so no poopy water. Tires make great year round feeders for all fowl for the same reason.
How do you orient the tire? Horizontally, or vertically (like on a car)?
Turn that poop into compost.. he’ll throw it in the lawn and let it breakdown for a healthy grass feed for them
I do not believe that I could ever thank you enough for creating this Awesome, Informative, video about owning ducks. No only did you clearly and effectively describe and explain the challenges and responsibilities of maintenance, care, and sustainable development of duck farming, you did so in a manner which easily crosses over into many areas of responsibility in other farming and sustaining successfully as well too relating to areas of personal responsibility of humanity. Thank you sir for sharing this nugget of LIFE WISDOM with the public.
I started a duck farm, I turned around and they all flew away.
Anconas, they don't fly
@@ElizabethMBoyd It's okay, I was joking.
You are my kindred spirit. We live in California and have muscovy ducks. They are so interesting and funny. They are constantly broody and raise ducklings year round. We don’t collect the eggs very often. We usually let them hatch their babies and then sell them. They are serious about egg laying, and always build a nest and use it. We have a full on farm with cattle, goats, horses and chickens. The ducks are by far the messiest animal we have ever raised... we even had pigs for a time. They basically shoot poop everywhere. Nothing is sacred.
Great job on your channel. I really enjoyed watching ducks in the snow.
I have a duck too .. i live in trinidad my duck leaves me everynight but in the morning . He is there . But in trinidad its warm .. by you its soo cold
This was so informative & fun! I have a ‘flock’ on our MT 3 acres consists of 3 chickens, 3 ducks, & 2 huge grey geese. They all wander together & coop together at night & we enjoy our little ‘mixed family’ immensely. They are ‘pets’ & I appreciate the cold climate info. We are heading into our first winter w them. The chickens stay in the coop during the cold snaps but I fret about the cold affecting the waterfowls feet, should they have swimming water in winter etc. This vid really helped ease my mind about all that. Thanks & good luck w your farming venture! ☺️
I've got silver appleyard and Saxony ducks; I also have 4 alarm geese. I love them! We are across the country from you - in Western Washington, on the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula.
Thanks for the video!
You forgot the one important fact about ducks, THEY ARE CUTE! Subscribed.
Ha! You are right. They are pretty gosh darn adorable. Thanks for subscribing!
I plan to get some Khaki Campbells this year although my husband has been reticent. I think when he sees you shouting "Release the quackin'!" and "All ducks, go to bed!" he will change his mind. Great video. It inspired me to subscribe!
I love my Black Cayuga ducks 🦆 🦆
Dig a small pond of 20-gallons in your shed, barn, run, or duck house & line it in & around with Quickcrete portland cement. When it gets below freezing keep you a water pump of 3 to five GPM of flow with the end hose up in the air as a little fountain which will keep the water from freezing and also entertain the ducks. Use a masonry bit to drill out holes in the side and bottom for a place to mount your hose pointed up with your pump fastened down from duck feet. Then you won't be consumed by hauling water as often. My pawpaw did this in his barn which worked really well.
So, a quick point on duckling brooders and water: I've found that wood PELLETS, not chips, work wonderfully. When they get wet, the expand like sponges and, once they fill with enough water, the pellets pop. What's left behind is almost like dirt or sand. Once burst, they still had a good amount of absorption to do before it was time to change it.
Since using pellets, we didn't have to change out the brooder bedding nearly as much and the ducklings loved it. Highly recommend.
That’s a great tip!
Poop glacier? I came to this vid for a break on political stuff.
Great vid!
Chickens listen to you when trained with a food call. You can move them anywhere with food , they are always on a hunt for food 24/7 so that’s why they tend to wander. Also chickens put themselves to bed as long as you have a coop for them , they like to be protected. I’m sure ducks are similar in these aspects. It’s very fun raising either or I’ve done both but chickens are easier just because they don’t have to swim and mine are also cold tolerant here in jersey.
Thank you for the video! Authentic experience and not a drawn out explanation 🦆
I grew up on Long Island near a duck farm, when the wind blew the wrong way in the summer it was hard to breathe.
Subscribed because of the nice simple intro and you got straight to the point.
Stayed because much respect for the environment you are in. Here in Texas the coldest it gets is 28, and I would not want to deal with anything colder than that!
The long fiberglass sticks that people use to attach orange flags to their bicycles and electric carts/scooters are really convenient for herding sticks; they are lightweight, long, and they make an impressive whooshing noise that will get the birds attention.
Good suggestion!
I found with my birds that the chickens will follow the ducks, seems strange but I have one big flock of 6 ducks and 20 chickens
Omg thats funny I my ducks We're raised which chicks and round up whith the chickens at night cause they follow their chicken step siblings lol 😂
Loved this vlog. I will have a pond builted on my property. Just easier than supplying water everyday. Both ducks n geese will be there. For their eggs and meat anytime I want fowl for dinner. Good luck on your farm. Can't wait to see how the orchard turns out. Started mine from seeds as well. There is like 40 large canisters growing peach, pear, apricot and apple trees in the garage converted into my growing house.
Super cute story and informative!! Love your ducks. I have 4 babies with 6 more on the way. I'm sure I'll be adding more. Ducks just make you smile. So glad I have mine no matter how much work they are!!
They're funny, especially when you're high.
This video was incredible! Taken in hand with Self Sufficient Me's video about why NOT to have ducks, the two videos compliment each other so well. Two very different climates and techniques produced very different duck experiences.
Wish I had known about the quacking!🦆
Great well produced story of starting a duck farm,Thanks
I thought that looked like Vermont... and I was right! Lived there for a little over five years. Wonderful place to farm and homestead! Salutations from Wisconsin. 👋🏻
"Literal sitting ducks" lol
I sure am glad you made this video. It helped me to get a better understanding of what to expect when I decide to buy some ducklings
thanks for the insight into a world i know absolutely nothing about. especially the part where you mentioned you can order ducks through the post. i have a feeling that will come in handy one day.
why not just build them a pond?
"Just"! Ha! You've never dug a pond have you?
I love your last statement. DUCKS ARE AWESOME! Yes, they are. When they are happy little quarkers they are definitely awesome!
Living the dream what else is so precious than creating food you guys are literally gods
We have been raising Ancona ducks for 4 years now. They love all the snow we get. We have 20+ eggs in incubation right now. They are the dalmatians of the duck world. They are an egg/meat bird. Fully dressed out they are about 2.5 lbs.
They are a great breed. I seriously considered getting them over the campbells. I still might at some point.
More slow motion ducks and geese please? It’s so calming to watch. 😀🦆
We added ducks this past summer to our Little Farm and I totally agree about the water. It was one of the reasons I watched the video, looking for solutions. No solution but a lot of entertainment, naturally since ...well, ducks.
You are right about all the watering you have to do with ducks. I live in the city. I raise and sell duck eggs. This is how I solved my duck enclosure cleaning and water problem. I made a small hill and created a small 6 feet by 12 foot bathtub pond for my ducks. The pond is only 12 inches deep and it starts off at 4 inches deep. I have a large bathtub drain with a push plug in a 10 inch wide pit trench area. I have a large cheap pool pump connected to a homemade doubled 5 gallon water filter system that uses pillow stuffing. I recycle the pond water for about a week or more and then start fresh after the pond filter can not be washed and recycled again. My brother created the pond in less then 20 minutes. He piled the dirt up and then dug a trench for the drain plumbing and water pipes and electrical. He set it up so I could drain the pond and flush it like a toilet. We concreted it and then painted it with pool paint. Nearly all of the poop is rinsed down to the drain when I pull the plug and rinse it. He ran a length of pvc pipe with holes in it the full length of the shallow end of the pond. This is where the water comes into my pond from the filter and faucet and acts like jets. When the water jets are on it flushes the poop in the pond to the deep end where it settles in the drain pit. When the ducks splash and play in the water gravity drags the mud and poop to the deep end as well. The lip of the pond is flat and flush with the ground and he placed a slurry of concrete and river pebbles flat on the ground around the pond 2 feet wide so the ducks can splash but no muddy pits for me to walk in. This summer I had to place two; 10 x 10 portable canopies over it to slow down the water evaporation. It was the duck's hang out just about all summer.
Quack quack quack 🦆
Some unsolicited advice from our experience. Hatch your own. They are so much healthier and productive when they get food and water right away after hatching. Let us know when you get more, we build an egg washer that scrubs duck eggs beautifully. Best wishes guys! Peace! Spoke too soon on the hatching.. Sounds great!
I think that is some great advice. I plan to hatch a bunch this year.
Allergic to duck eggs after all that work; that REALLY sucks :( Great video though!
When i was a child, i lived on a big farm , we had ducks there , their adorable as babies, i had one for a friend , he was sweet , 🦆🦆🦆💖
Ohmygoodness! Me, too!! Bought six ducklings last year, got super excited when they started laying, and vomited every time I are them!!!! 🙄 I can actually handle them baked, though! Just not fried, scrambled, or boiled. And yes to the mess!! Whew! But I also appreciate their resilience since we live in Alaska! This Summer we will have six ducks and six chickens. I added two chickens early this year and am shocked by how much easier they are. They aren't as prolific, though. The great thing about a mixed flock is that the chickens scratch and turn over the bedding, which keeps things drier!
I have never started a duck farm, but now I know all this stuff. Winning!
I lived in the Virgin Islands years ago and owned 2 parrots, a Macaw and an Amazon. If you have the space they are wonderful,loving and funny pets.
I'm sure if you lived in the country having a flock of ducks would be a blast. Congratulations
We had a small farm in CO and had about 60 egg laying hens and a few roosters when we got a three month old, half Australian Shepard female. There was no "teaching" needed, the chickens had a 20X20 pen attached to the chicken coop with a small opening in the pen into five acre field of fenced alfalfa. At 3 mo old that Aussie would herd all the chickens out of the pen into the alfalfa field. Then awhile later she would decide they needed to be back in the pen and round them all up out of the field and back into the pen. She did this all day long on her own initiative, we never "trained" her and she was only half Australian Shepard (the other half was Chow, NOT a farm breed, but the Aussie genes won out).
3:40 Mystery of the missing duck solved?
SaulBadd it couldn't duck it's fate.
Thank you for your enthusiasm e effort to make this video. Apreciated. Cheers!
I love their bluish gray beaks but I've always been a sucker for the white duck LOL great video thanks for sharing
Had 25 Khaki Cambells last year and they were phenomenal. Picking up another 25 this year.
Awesome. I'm hoping to add several more to my flock, too. What do you do with all the eggs? I'm trying to learn how to get better at selling mine.
@@GoldShawFarm Great question. We market directly to the customer w free delivery w in 60 mile radius
This is both hilarious and helpful. Thank you so much!
Make sure the ducks can get out of the pool or tub you put them in. I put a duck in a tub once and thought he loved it because he was in it all day. I finally realized he couldn't get out. I had to wrap him in a towel and bring him in the house and hold him on my lap to save him from dying from hypothermia.