"Gold Shaw Farm, located in Peacham, VT, is a 158-acre homestead-in-progress. Started in 2016 by Morgan and Allison Gold, ...
The owner of Crescent Duck Farm is hoping to revive his business after it was severely impacted by the outbreak.
At the beginning of the year, Doug Corwin’s duck farm was thriving. By January 13, one of his barns held 12,000 two-week-old ducklings ... and emptying the hatchery of eggs.
They don't start laying eggs until they're 18 weeks old; if a flock of layers is wiped out, it takes at least six months to recover. Younger chickens raised for meat can still get bird flu ...
Crescent Duck Farm has hatched a small batch of ducklings from the 15,000 eggs saved from their facility after the bird flu ...
Crescent Duck Farm has hatched a small batch of ducklings from the 15,000 eggs saved from their facility after the H5N1 ...
It is just enough to restart, but the females won’t begin laying for another six months. “I would have hoped for a lot more. Normally, 15,000 eggs would be 11-12,000 baby ducks instead of 3,700, but ...
Crescent Duck Farm’s eggs have hatched ... we will have just enough for a first generation.” Newborn females will start laying eggs at six months of age. Corwin said last week he hoped 5,000 eggs ...