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Associations & general information |
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| British Waterfowl Association | ducks and geese: education and conservation, events, books, breeders, shows and information leaflets |
| Domestic Waterfowl Club of Great Britain | information; birds for sale; birds wanted |
| Duck Research Laboratory | website designed to provide answers to commonly asked questions about ducks – especially their ailments |
| FAO Better Farming Series | ebook on how to begin keeping ducks |
| Hobby Farms | super ducks! learn about Keeping ducks |
| Low-cost Living | keeping ducks at home in the garden |
| Metzer Farms | commercial site but with lots of useful information in their ‘care & management’ section |
| Mother Earth News | a quick guide to raising ducks for meat |
| Poultrykeeper.com | over 300 articles on keeping chickens, ducks & geese |
| University of Minnesota: Small Farms | raising ducks |
| US Dept. of Agriculture | duck & goose from farm to table |
Diseases and ailments |
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| Find a Vet | find your local vet |
| Duck Research Laboratory | Duck research laboratory’s page on duck health |
| Call Duck Association | section on waterfowl diseases: coping with duck ailments |
| Metzer Farms | a good section on duck ailments in their ‘care & management’ section |
Hatching and raising |
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| Caroline Crocker | information on hatching and raising ducklings |
| South Yeo Farm | good information on incubation, hatching and raising ducklings |
| Metzer Farms | Information on incubating duck eggs |
| Poultry keeper.com | humidity during incubation of duck eggs; one of many excellent articles on this site |
| Duck eggs.com | a commercial site but has good info on incubating and hatching |
| Fresh eggs daily | a step-by-step, day-by-day account of duck egg incubation and hatching |
| Feathersite | information on raising ducklings |
Breeds of ducks |
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| Ashton Waterfowl | info on different breeds of ducks and geese |
| British Waterfowl Association | list of domestic waterfowl, with pics and information |
| Call Ducks | Call Duck Association |
| Domestic Duck | breeds of domestic duck; plus info on keeping them |
| Domestic Waterfowl | lots of info on different breeds; plus links to specialist websites for each breed |
| Feathersite Ducks | listing of breeds of ducks |
| Indian Runner Ducks | Indian Runner Duck Association |
| Wikipedia | list of domestic duck breeds |
Cooking / recipes |
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| All Recipes | 111 duck recipes |
| BBC Good Food | duck recipes |
| Great British Chefs | duck recipes |
| Great British Chefs | duck egg recipes |
| Gressingham | duck recipe collection |
| the New Agrarian | cooking with duck eggs |
| the Self-sufficient Home Acre | how to use duck eggs |
