If you think you've found a duck nest in your yard, Ducks Unlimited says please leave it alone. It will probably be about the ...

“On average, a laying hen eats about a quarter pound of feed per day or 1.5 pounds of feed per week," Barnes said. Ducks at this age require twice as much food, about a half pound per ...

For dual purpose production, the Pekin is considered ideal since besides having high growth rate, the birds are able to lay 100 to 180 eggs per year. Ducks can be reared under intensive ...

“Female wood ducks will lay eggs in multiple nests nearby. The nest owner will incubate them with her brood and raise them as if they were her own.” After about a month of incubation, the ...

Crescent Duck Farm president Doug Corwin on Tuesday said the USDA on May 12 lifted the final quarantine of his 140-acre farm ...

The ducks hosted at Miloski’s are about 9 weeks old. The females won’t be able to lay eggs until they are 24 to 26 weeks old. Corwin underwent a government bird flu test of his property Monday ...

The first group of about 900 12-week-old ducks were transported to the duck farm early Monday morning, a week after a USDA avian-flu quarantine was officially lifted.

Most importantly, ducks have officially returned to the Botany Pond ... Coyne expects Esther will build her nest within the next week, then begin laying eggs—only one a day—until she is satisfied with ...

building duck nests for egg-laying ...