I've had friends who raise chickens with minimal fuss, but I don't know anyone who has raised ducks. They seem cute as hell.
Any advice for someone doing early homework about how to care for urban ducks?
this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2025
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I'd be extremely careful doing this right now with bird flu, the first h5n1 death was linked to a backyard flock of birds. I've had multiple neighbors with backyard chickens who lost them to bird flu in the last few years. I've moved my small flock of chickens/ducks/guineafowl inside full time, and will not be replacing any birds lost in the future until I have none remaining.
that's a really good point
Gonna concur with that guy. We stopped tractoring the quail through our garden to minimize contact with unknown bird shit. They stay in their enclosure for now.
so are you just calling quits for good or do you see yourself returning at some point in the future?
Calling it quits, I can't in good conscience bring more birds in knowing they'll spend their entire lives inside. I bought a bag of organic flax from a buddy who grows it instead and have been using that in all my baking as an egg replacement
Isn't the technical definition of "backyard flock" any flock of less than 1000 birds?
I dunno but the news reports said it was a non commercial flock so I highly doubt it was that big