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--- duck:ducks [2025/12/05 10:08] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ![mallard](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/mallard.jpg "Domestic ducks are usually the descendants of wild mallards pictured here")
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- Domestic duck breeds (apart from Muscovies) are all descended from wild mallards.
+ _Domestic duck breeds (apart from Muscovies) are all descended from wild mallards._
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 ![](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/Ducks-30.5.14-6-Y.jpg)
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-Call ducks can be a good choice for a small garden and won't mess up the pond too much (pic Graham Bell, [Garden Cottage](http://grahambell.org/))
+_Call ducks can be a good choice for a small garden and won't mess up the pond too much (pic Graham Bell, [Garden Cottage](http://grahambell.org/))_
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- An Indian runner duck with a pile of snails (pic: Lesley Anderson)
+ _An Indian runner duck with a pile of snails (pic: Lesley Anderson)_
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 ![aylesburys](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/aylesburys.png "Aylesbury is a popular breed for duck keeping, pictured here taking a dip")
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- Aylesbury ducks take a bath.
+ _Aylesbury ducks take a bath._
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- Raising ducklings is not hard to do with a bit of research - and they are cute! (Pic: Lesley Anderson)
+ _Raising ducklings is not hard to do with a bit of research - and they are cute! (Pic: Lesley Anderson)_
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 ![duck-house](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/duck-house.jpg "A floating duck house helps protect ducks, although foxes may still swim for food")
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- A floating duck house - still not completely fox-proof as a fox will swim if there's food involved.
+ _A floating duck house - still not completely fox-proof as a fox will swim if there's food involved._
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 ![duck-pond](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/duck-pond.jpg "A pond isn't a necessity when keeping ducks - but they will love it if there is one!")
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- It's not essential for ducks to have a pond, but they'll love it if you do; they'll turn the banks into a mudbath and decimate wildlife though.
+ _It's not essential for ducks to have a pond, but they'll love it if you do; they'll turn the banks into a mudbath and decimate wildlife though._
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 ![indian-runner-ducks](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/indian-runner-ducks.png "Indian runners are a popular choice when keeping ducks")
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- Indian runner ducks
+ _Indian runner ducks_
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-_Indian runner ducks play with a ball in their paddling pool._
+__Indian runner ducks_ play with a ball in their paddling pool._
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 ![khaki-campbells](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/khaki-campbells.png "Campbells remain the most popular breed for keeping ducks")
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- Khaki Campbells - two drakes and a duck.
+ _Khaki Campbells - two drakes and a duck._
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 ![ducks-chickens](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/ducks-chickens.png "Keeping ducks and hens can go hand in hand as the two birds get on well")
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- Ducks and chickens get on well.
+ _Ducks and chickens get on well._
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 ![duck-chicken-quail-egg](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/duck-chicken-quail-egg.jpg "Keeping ducks has its reward in eggs, shown here alongside a quail egg and a chicken egg")
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- A duck egg compared to a chicken and a quail egg.
+ _A duck egg compared to a chicken and a quail egg._
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 ## Further resources
+- [British Waterfowl Association](https://www.waterfowl.org.uk/)
+- [Domestic Waterfowl UK](http://www.domestic-waterfowl.co.uk/) - info for breeders and keepers
+- [Hobby Farms](https://www.hobbyfarms.com/how-to-start-raising-ducks/) - how to start keeping ducks
+- [Mother Earth News](https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/raising-ducks-zmaz70mazglo/) - guide to keeping ducks
+- [Raising young ducks](https://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKRaisingDucklings.html)
+## Specialist curators of this topic
-## Specialist(s)