1. 1990-01-01 Because chickens and ducks can utilize surplus grain, table scraps, garden trimmings, and by-products, they can provide a valuable food reserve. Some farming communities produce more grain than their people need. Of course the excess could be sold, but if not, it can be fed to poultry. Then, if...
  2. 1978-01-01 Ducks are the easiest domestic birds to raise. They'll forage for much of their food, and they don;t need to be parpered with expensive housing. You don't need a pond for them either, although these friendly birds certainly look beautiful swimming on a pond. Ducks will eat Japanese beetles,...
  3. Better Farming Series booklets are designed as handbooks for intermediate-level agricultural education and training courses. This book discusses how to begin, breeds of ducks, growing your own baby ducks and taking care of your ducks.
  4. What follows is an attempt to provide a practical handbook for both the commercial and the exhibition breeder of every signifcant breed and variety of waterfowl.
  5. Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country...
  6. Agromisa and CTA have produced this Agrodok in order to support people in improving their daily livelihood. This can be done either through income generation from a small-scale duck keeping enterprise or through improving the daily diet with duck eggs and meat.
  7. 1976-01-09 Information from the US Dept of Agriculuture on different duck: breeds, incubation, brooding & rearing, nutritrition, marketing, and diseases.
  8. 12 pages
  9. Fundamentals of raising and caring for domestic waterfowl as pets and for meat including starting the whole process with explanations of breeds, temperament, diseases, feeding practices, incubation and pond construction
  10. Oklahoma State University Department of Animal Science Poultry Chicken Ducks Geese Turkeys Other