Keeping ducks and geese on a plot can provide a number of benefits to your property.
- They are hardy birds that can live for up to seven years.
- They lay eggs that you can eat, just like chicken eggs.
- They provide meat.
- They are easy to contain.
- They aren’t as prone to infectious diseases as chickens.
- They eat slugs, worms and any other small creatures that they can catch.
- Their basic requirements are simple. All they need is water, food and a safe place to spend the night.
- And of course it’s nice to have them waddling around making happy quacks.
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How much are you supposed to feed a duck a day? We feed pellets and greens but they always seem to be looking for food. Then we put more out and they don’t eat it.