by John Johnson | Nov 22, 2022 | Backyard Poultry, Ducks
Strategies for How to Protect Ducks from Predators How to protect ducks from predators. Well that is easy. Secure the coop and build it from solid materials. Develop a fully hardened enclosure. Remove food and water during the day. Create a fence around the...
by John Johnson | Oct 12, 2022 | Backyard Poultry, Ducks
Can Ducks and Chickens Share a Coop and Run? Yes! Chickens and ducks can live together peacefully and share a coop. It does require a little planning so that the chicken roost is not located above the sleeping location for the ducks. However, these two backyard...
by John Johnson | May 15, 2022 | Backyard Poultry, Ducks
Is it a good idea or a bad idea to use wood chips for chicken run ground cover when raising backyard chickens? Overall, wood chips can be a good material to use for an outdoor chicken run, but there are some caveats. We will break down our approach to using...
by John Johnson | Aug 9, 2021 | chickens, Ducks, Videos
Duck snacks and chickens snack time with fresh cantaloupe from the garden. We are growing several cantaloupes in the garden this year as an experiment. They turned out to be kind of bland and not our favorite so we decided to feed half to the ducks and the chickens...
by John Johnson | Jul 15, 2021 | Backyard Poultry, chickens, Videos
It’s snack time for the chickens. We are processing a flat of hood strawberries that we picked up from a local farm. The strawberries will be eaten fresh, turned into home-baked strawberry danish’s, and the rest frozen for use later, but the tops go to the...
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