RAISING DUCKS in WINTER with Kingbird Farm - Ep 016

[@Dixiwonderlandyoutube]

I LOVED this episode! What an amazing woman, wish all animals could live like this.

[@torifgonyer9871]

I loved this episode! We keep ducks on our small property in Northern NH, and I always love seeing how others deal with the constant issue of frozen water and food. We also chose ducks because they're much hardier than chickens. We don't supply ours with any sort of heat source in the winter as our research showed that moving them from a warmer duck house to the cold outdoors can cause respiratory issues and make them less able to handle severe cold. Ours handle temps below zero (windchills sometimes as cold as -27 during the day in January and February) in the winter with no problem. The have access to an insulated duck house all day long, and I change their water and food regularly during the day. Sometimes this can even become an hourly chore depending on the temps. I'm loving all the Flock episodes, please keep them coming!

[@MistressOP]

omg KINGBIRD FARMS!!!!!!v honestly, kingbird really needs a full time camera crew. They have so much knowledge as master farmers.

[@anastasiawak894]

Omg duck lovin music 🤣. Great video and love what you’re doing w the ads. Well done!

[@frankmuehle3490]

What a gem! Ducks in the snow. And giant teddybear-dogs! That lady really seems to have her stuff together. Compliments! Keep it up, this was fun 🤩 and different. MORE please!

[@kimmy6304]

I love to see all your neighbours and their own not so little operations they've got going. Especially the birds, always 💕

[@MishMashTravels]

Oh my goodness, that music with the ducks LOL so funny.

[@janebutz5375]

Watching this episode, I have to tell you about a place near Utica called Spring Farm. You will learn more about animals than anywhere I know. They are incredible, lovely people.

[@luisamedda2273]

Such a nice episode and fantastic woman!!! 😊😊😊 and its soo nice for me to see this reality as I live so far away and its like there is no distance from hearts. Thanks

[@riawhetstone3725]

The first cat to approach Summer: The Greenhouse Cat 😆

[@thenickneagle]

So many animals! Love it! What a fun place! I am sure it is SO MUCH work there though. What an incredible place they have! Exciting to see what y'all do!!!

[@SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden]

This really is an enjoyable tour. I could watch it over and over and over....😊 thanks for sharing.

[@rinnamay9076]

I love watching King Bird Farm episodes with 🦆 and the one with her 🪴 episode. Love animal and plant people 💚

[@SarahPerine]

Good job ducks! And Jimmy and Rosalyn! Hoping to add ducks to my small chicken/goose farm 2024.

[@cathy-enjoylife4351]

Wow! Beautiful place and so many animals I love it thanks for sharing Have great day my friend ♥️😘

[@praague]

Please visit the farm again after winter. Also more time with the horses 👌👌

[@lagiomail]

The sexy music ahaha 😂

[@barbll000]

This is a first-ever for me to be totally gobsmacked! I never thought I'd hear the words "Side Vagina" before.... I can see for the lady ducks it comes in very handy. LOL and OMG at the same time.

[@dakotasonier9921]

I'm vegan and I don't support animal agriculture of any kind, but I can appreciate her thoughts behind this. IF you're going to consume animal product, make sure you know where it's coming from. It's so important!

[@Jacob-ru3ey]

Don’t worry I eat enough meat for the both of us 😊

[@asianangie7209]

Love the orange beaks against the white snow! Love the sexy music with the hip swinging wet duck! I never heard of a side V! I’m always learning useful info on your channel. Lol

[@sandragoerlich7134]

Love all the farm animals, thanks for sharing Summer!!!

[@nicholaspickolas-]

I've always liked the idea of outdoor farm cats, and then I had a professor who explained how domestic cats can seriously impact native bird populations, especially ground-dwelling species, and can be a particular problem if the cats naturalize (?) in the area. Something to consider! So far loving this channel 😊

[@komorebiha1169]

Yes, they're a problem for insects, amphibians and little reptiles as well!

[@terriwhite6273]

There are solar heaters to use for the water. Or run an extension cord with a hot plate underneath

[@robertdruhn4740]

I really enjoyed your review and found it very interesting and educationa. It looks like I could make this work I. Wisconsin. Tha I you so mu h for sharing

[@jasoncarson369]

Awesome. Thanx for the information 👍

[@christophertaylor9826]

I always enjoy your videos.

[@angelschannel-intennesseeu8891]

Can I have a question, what kind the duck you have please

[@seedrootsprouts2290]

Oh my gosh the duck music video....😂.

[@ktbunnimorri8519]

OMG the ducks section!!!!!

[@ktbunnimorri8519]

meant the duck seduction part* ;p

[@802yotaguy5]

The dog laying in the snow in the background who's a good dog

[@jaketheperson8495]

I really want to keep ducks! Soon I will!

[@Erki750]

Loved it❤️

[@PopleBackyardFarm]

Wow that is a lot of snow

[@rickyt3961]

such a great video!... 🦆😉

[@moments955]

Most my ducks, mix between Pekin and swedish bury their eggs. Here and there there'll be days where they just leave them where they drop but most often they bury them.

[@jerrysgarden6579]

Ohh they so cute 😍😍 love this video

[@abelstropicalfruit8647]

You guys should do a video with rob greenfield!

[@lomalinke5042]

I'm vegan myself but if you HAVE to eat meat it should be produced the way that LOVELY lady does. She's so smart and sensible and above all empathetic to the live stock she keeps. That said, the term OUR BUTCHER SHED gave me the chills ... ha ha.

[@peppemiola4576]

Was this filmed recently? Here in the UK spring is in full force :)

[@FlockFingerLakes]

Filmed last month! We had a lot of snow up until a few weeks ago.

[@cefcat5733]

Wow you still have piles of winter! Good if you have had a couple years drought there.

[@josieblanco4587]

Amazing

[@monkey93xf]

Whenever Summer talks to animals I'm like...was one of your parents/grandparents from southafrica/australia/uk?

[@blairtheageese5269]

I have 1 pepkin duck male sure need a female as he after my hens, It was found as a baby walking the streets so some one gave him to me as I was raising chicks at the time and knew how to look after it,

[@karyhartmann2724]

I thought peking ducks don't breed naturally

[@karyhartmann2724]

And ours stops laying when its cold

[@datchaanimalsheltermoldova1980]

Rape culture amounts ducks? I learned a new thing today!

[@Fabdanc]

Did Sanders edit this video?... lol. When you are not pressuring ducks (exploiting) to lay, they can easily live to be 15-20 years depending on diet and predation. I've raised ducks since I was a kid as pure pets. They are great pets and great in the garden for eliminating pests, particular snails and grasshoppers. They can be a highly effective in veganic gardening and are great for lawn maintenance. Ducks also need soft surfaces to walk on, or they will develop sores on their feet - so keep them off of wire, gravel, and concrete for long periods of time. They also always need enough water to dip their heads in to keep themselves clean at all times. They do molt their wing feathers all at once, making them very vulnerable... but all the small finches and song birds would always come and clean up all the down feathers and take them for their nests. If you can get away with it, a swan is your best defense... nothing messes with swans, not even people. Pekins were bred specifically to not be broody as they were traditionally a meat production bird -- it is also why they are entirely white (white feathers suggested lighter, less gamey meat). We had a pekin named Rosie who lived to be 16, she never once laid on a nest... she left all that to the other ducks. Her trick was catching lettuce mid air if you tossed it up to her. It is not uncommon for some ducks to partner nest, so two will nest right next to each other. They will shift eggs back and forth - sometimes with one hen having all the eggs! They will then go on to raise them together as well. unpopular opinion below, reader discretion is advised. I am glad that this woman acknowledges that she wasn't really ever vegan. At best, she is a more conscientious exploiter... but if you kill animals, you still abuse them. It is her choice to do so, and I think she handled it well that her objection was to commercial production not small scale. But again, it doesn't matter how nicely you treat an animal... if you end their life prematurely, it is abuse. I understand that this is fine for some people, but let's not romanticize the process.

[@anita3907]

OMG please make that shirt, or one with a disgruntled male duck saying something like (cork)screw you. Duck reproduction is cray cray lol

[@Alwaysherethere]

I can't watch these types of videos anymore I don't like the fact that they get eaten

[@sheilacasper2030]

I watched a mallard duck gang rape in my backyard last summer. It was really awful.

[@SundownFarms2024]

Crazy idea-put a heater out there so they have thawed water. I’m not impressed with this woman.

[@Jacob-ru3ey]

Lol