Better Farming Series 39 - Raising Ducks 1: How to Begin (FAO, 1990, 73 p.): Introduction: (introduction...)

Better Farming Series 39 - Raising Ducks 1: How to Begin (FAO, 1990, 73 p.)

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Preface

Introduction

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What do you need to raise ducks?

Learning about ducks

Where can you raise ducks?

What kind of ducks can you raise?

What can ducks eat?

How many ducks should you raise?

How to keep ducks safe and well

Now you must decide

How to begin

Choosing a place to raise ducks

Building a shelter for your ducks

The floor of a duck shelter

Building nests

The ducks

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Choosing ducks for your flock

How to choose good ducks

How to tell the difference between female and male ducks

How to handle your ducks

After you get your ducks

Growing your own baby ducks

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Hatching your own eggs

Setting the female duck

The baby ducks

Putting your new baby ducks with the flock

When to use or sell the meat

Taking care of your ducks

Further improvement

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1. Ducks lay eggs and give meat. They are good to eat and very good for you.

2. By raising ducks you will have mom food. This will help to feed your family and keep it strong and healthy.

Family

3. Ducks are easy to raise. They need less care than chickens. Ducks are strong and hardy. They do not get sick easily.

4. With very little time and work you can raise a small flock of ducks.

Small flock of ducks

5. If your family is not too big you may not need all of the eggs and all of the meat for food. Then, you can sell what you do not use to your neighbours or at the market.

At the market

6. With more food and with the money you get by selling eggs and meat you and your family can live better.

7. However, if your family is too big you will need to raise many more ducks if you are to have enough eggs and meat to eat and to sell at the market.

Too big family