How to raise and care for ducks in your backyard or on your urban farm.

1. Presented by: Jackson von Duck
Serving at the pleasure of Ms. von Duck:
Aaron & Susan von Frank

3. ducks

7. (don’t even bother trying to resist)

11. large, organic
chicken egg.
organic Tyrant Farms
duck egg.

12. People who cannot eat
chicken eggs, due to allergies,
homemade pumpkin, cardamom, duck egg pasta.

17. nares

18. specs
• 1100 gallons
• skippy bio-filter ($100)
• solid-handling pump ($300)
• firestone rubber liner ($300)
• 2-4,000 lbs rock
• 1/2 scoop gravel
• 1/2 scoop sand
total project cost: $1300-ish

21. Iceberg, dead
ahead!

22. credit: Ask A Naturalist
http://askanaturalist.com/why-don't-ducks'-feet-freeze/

25. McGeary Organics

26. A duck's bill is specialized to help it forage in mud and
to strain food from the water. A hard nail at the tip of
the bill helps with foraging, and a comb-like structure
on the sides of the bill strains small insects and
crustaceans from water.
image credit: wikipedia.org

27. up to 25% of their diet can be obtained from
foraging (vs. chickens, who aren’t as good at
finding food on their own).

34. duck breed comparison chart
http://www.metzerfarms.com/DuckBreedComparison.cfm

37. izzie's pond
duck dance
farms
Holderread Waterfowl
Farm & Preservation Center

39. 3 drakes : 1 hen

40. 1 drake : 3-4 hens

41. other duck FAQs

42. vets, health issues

43. favorite movie?

44. how do they get along
with other pets?

48. no. no.
and no.
bad parents wild release feed bread

49. yes. yes.
and yes.
ducks heritage
breeds
learn as
you go

50. high five!
now you’re ready to be
part of a flock.