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Category: Birds

How to feed wild ducks properly

Wild ducks are the most common birds that massively settle on the shores of urban and natural reservoirs. Enterprising poultry farmers have managed to domesticate some species. These birds are unpretentious and picky about food, but for a normal...

Breeding Peking ducks at home

The Peking duck is one of the most common breeds in the world. The meat breed was bred by selection in the 18th century in Beijing. It quickly spread throughout China and took a dominant position. After a while, the bird was delivered...

Growing cobb 500 broilers at home

Chicken meat is always popular, therefore, with a rational approach to choosing a meat breed of chickens, breeding broilers can be quite a profitable occupation. Cobb 500 broilers are an excellent option. Thanks to their fast growth rates...

Chicken manure as fertilizer

To grow a good harvest of agricultural crops, it is necessary to constantly replenish the soil with reserves of nutrients, which it gives along with the harvest. Otherwise, the top fertile layer will be depleted. To take something, you need...

13 best egg and meat breeds of chickens

Currently, there are many different breeds of chickens of the same or combined direction of productivity. Selective selection of successful breeds was carried out in ancient Egypt. And since then, the process of genetic modification has been actively developing. Today...

8 types of do-it-yourself chicken feeders

Feeding poultry in terms of labor and monetary costs comes first in the breeding process. In this regard, the selection of ready-made feeders must be approached competently. You can save on money if you do it yourself....

Jersey giant chickens - description and characteristics

One of the most amazing breeds of chickens, the coveted dream of many breeders, and rare in Eastern Europe so far, is the Jersey giant. These outstanding birds received official recognition only in the second half of the 20th century, but breeding work began...