Tough birds

You can rear ducks for eggs and meat, use their manure as fertiliser, and sell their down and feathers. Ducks are hardier than chickens and are easier and cheaper to keep though, unlike chickens, they need access to bathing water to be able to breed...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1999
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46581
Description
Summary:You can rear ducks for eggs and meat, use their manure as fertiliser, and sell their down and feathers. Ducks are hardier than chickens and are easier and cheaper to keep though, unlike chickens, they need access to bathing water to be able to breed...