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Starting with Ducks - by Katie Thear

Anyone who keeps ducks, or fancies keeping ducks in the future, will find this book extremely useful and full of practical advice and tips.

It covers virtually every aspect the duck owner needs to know - where to keep your ducks, what to feed your ducks, what various ailments and problems are and what you can do about them.

List of Contents for Starting with Ducks

• Preface
• Introduction
• About the duck
• Origin, classification and types
• Access to water
• Housing, fencing and predators
• Breeds – domestic and ornamental
• Illustrated description of breeds
• Buying stock
• Feeding
• Eggs
• Breeding, rearing and sexing
• Table ducks
• Showing
• Health
• Daily and seasonal care
• Ducks miscellany
• References and further information
• Index

Review of Starting With Ducks

I knew nothing about ducks when I received 5 ducklings! This book is an ideal starter book and helps with the basics covering all aspects of care and health. I found it very helpful and now have 5 very health adult ducks.
(Isabella Clarke, Lancs)

Starting With Ducks - Sample Chapter Feeding Ducks

• Keeping Ducks in the Backyard - Video
• Starting With Ducks - Information and Contents
• Feeding Ducks - Compound Feeds
• Feeding Ducks - Grain, Grit, Grazing Greens & Pond Feeding
• Feeding Ducks - Practice & Home Feeds for Ducks
• See Also: Back Garden Duck Keeping
• Duck Breeds, Aylesbury, Campbells, Indian Runner & Call Ducks
• Housing Ducks
• Ducks & Water - Do you need a pond?

© 2004. Katie Thear. From Starting with Ducks , published by Broad Leys Publishing Ltd

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