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- From: "Nan Johnson" <nan AT olemiss.edu>
- To: "marketfarming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] ducks & eggs
- Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:37:22 -0800
I raised Khaki Campbells and Indian
Runners (all females)- without a pond - for two years. They are amazing
egg layers - they did not miss a SINGLE DAY during our Mississippi winter the
first year (might if they got colder & of course as they got
older).
These ducks actually laid their eggs
by 8 a.m., so if I waited until that time to let them out into pasture, I always
found the eggs. They came home everynight just like the
chickens.
They are both GREAT foragers,
and got along quite well with kiddie pools for bathing (and separate
buckets for drinking and dunking food).
They were so much fun, and I had the
added satisfaction of knowing that I was encouraging genetic diversity as both
are on the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy "watch" list (that's the last
step before getting on the "rare" list)......
I got mine from Murray McMurray and
had 0% mortality in shipping, etc.
nan
dancing goats farm
n. mississippi, zone 7
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- [Market-farming] ducks & eggs, Nan Johnson, 01/28/2003
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