Poultry Articles - Ducks, Geese, Quail, Turkeys & Guinea Fowl

We've a selection of articles on keeping poultry from Katie Thear the noted author on keeping poultry, forum members and yours truly. Some of these are actually extracts from published works, used by permission, and you can buy these books from the poultry bookshop.

Articles about Keeping Chickens are here

Keeping Ducks at Home

We've a series of articles aimed at the beginners keeping ducks in the back garden and a sample chapter from author Katie Thear's work "Starting with Ducks"

There's also a short video we filmed of our favourite ducks, Bumble & Bee, made in the small back garden where they live with a dozen or so chickens.

Back Garden Duck Keeping

Starting With Ducks by Katie Thear

Taken from the book, Starting with Ducks by Katie Thear, this sample chapter is all about feeding ducks.

Anyone who keeps ducks, or fancies keeping ducks in the future, will find this book extremely useful and full of practical advice and tips for those with a desire to keep a few ducks.

Keeping Geese

Taken from the book Starting with Geese by Katie Thear, this extract gives the background to keeping table geese, as against keeping geese for eggs.

Starting with Geese covers housing, pasture and water access, feeding, care and management, breeding, selling and showing geese. Practically all you ever need to know to keep a few geese at home.

Keeping Quail

Taken from the book, Keeping Quail by Katie Thear, this series of articles covers Coturnix Quail in all their variety.

It provides an up-to-date and practical coverage of the selection, housing, feeding, breeding and breed development of Coturnix and aviary breeds of quail and should prove invaluable to breeders of quail, both large and small

Keeping Turkeys

Taken from the book, Starting with Turkeys by Katie Thear, this sample chapter is all about breeding turkeys.

You may be just thinking of keeping a couple of turkeys for Christmas or even supplying turkeys to market. The book will get you off to a good start.

You may wish to check Organic Poultry & Free Range Poultry also by Katie Thear.

Keeping Guinea Fowl

An introduction to keeping guinea fowl . For those who are intrigued by their unusual looks and enticed by their tasty eggs and meat this guide tells you how best to keep Guinea Fowl either on their own or alongside a flock of chickens, ducks, turkeys or geese.

These are the guard dogs of the poultry world. If strangers or strange animals enter the area they will let their owners know about it with loud calls.