Raising Ducks The Bakers Best Kept Secret! Shhh....
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- We have been getting asked a lot why we raise ducks and what do you use them for. We answer why we have ducks. It is time to bottle our kombucha flavor it and do the second fermentation process all at the same time tonight!
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The french use duck eggs in their dessert because they are creamier and fluffier then chicken eggs! I can't wait to start raising some too! Thank you for sharing the information!
Out of all the eggs from fowls, duck eggs are the most nutritious, followed by geese.
But what about taste?
I didn't know
In my experience, when rendered, lamb fat burns cleaner. It's better than many other animal fats for torches or lanterns. Beef, pork, and even chicken fat put off a lot of soot when burning, but lamb fat puts of very little soot.
It's 3 yrs later, what a difference 3 yrs make. Olivia now looks like a young lady not a child and Gina has come into her own.
I'm going to have to find out how to start my kombucha. They sell it at Whole Foods and I tried it and liked it. Also you can make any flavor you want, just experiment! Thanks for reminding me about it, I totally forgot about it.
Linda McClellan I started mine with a bottle of Plain flavored Kombutcha I purchased at our local Fred Meyers. I used the bacteria strains out of it, added a small amount of sweet black tea I prepared and grew a thick healthy scoby
One happy farmer😊😊
Good Evening Al i raise Khaki campbels here in the uk. Yes they are good for eggs But im not too sure about as a meat bird they are only skinny lol I think as a very good all round meat/egg breed Duck the best bet is Muscovys in my opinion The males get real big plenty of meat and the eggs are of a good size !!
DO you need to have a pond or a pool for the Muscovys?
Lumnah Acres no duck "needs" a pond as such they just need a bowl or whatever you have water in deep enough for them to be able to dunk there heads in the main reason is so they can keep there nasel passage clean /clear (2 little holes top of there bill) sure in a ideal world we would all have a pond for our ducks but it is not a necessity 👍
Phil Naylor get some muscovys lumnah
Muscovys are tree ducks. I had a pair for years, both of which laid daily. They should have a tub of water they can preen in, or they'll get dirty and disgusting. They don't need a pond, but really appreciate a place to swim. At least a tub in which they can preen is fine. You keep your poultry in a pasture, so I surmise that they'll be able to keep pretty clean in any case - just being exposed to a lot of grass. You can possibly get away without a preening tub.
Also, they are "quackless." They do not quack, and they're very quiet. They can be a little aggressive, but not like geese. They should be "gentled" like pets, which can avoid aggressiveness. I wouldn't keep more than one drake, if any. Also, they'll readily cross-mate with the Mallards. Eggs will be fertile, and produce a sterile "mule" duck.
They're nearly twice the size (meatwise) of Mallard breeds (like Runner Ducks or Khaki-Campbells). Also, their meat is very lean, and very low in fat. They have a veal-like meat, very un-ducklike. So, they're not a source of duckfat.
It's unusual for them to lay daily like mine did. It worried me and I actually called the breeder who supplied the ducklings. The breeder told me it's because I treated them like pets, and it's sign of contentedness. They'll start to lay at about three months. The eggs are larger than chicken eggs, about the size of a grade AAA Jumbo grocery store egg. The shells are a little harder to crack, and it takes a few days to get used to that. After about week they start tasting the same as chicken eggs.
Also, these ducks can handle the cold. They'll go out in sub-freezing weather without batting an eyelash. They can fly, so you should clip a few feathers off one wing (in the middle) every moult. They'll still be able to catch as much air as a chicken that way. They like to stay home anyway.
Hope this helped, and I hope you get several females to augment your poultry operation. They have a pretty engaging personality, as poultry animals go. If nothing else, they'll provide you with entertainment. B'H.
My parents had muscoys, They were ugly in both appearance and temperament! We had a small stream running in back of the house about 8 foot wide. Those mean, old hens would lay eggs on the opposite bank just so they could hiss at father and I when we wade across to collect. I'll grant they were good foragers, that stream was full of crayfish and minnows before the ducks took it over.
So a duck breed that has a good disposition, can be raised in a wash tub, quacks instead of hisses and stays within the poultry fencing and not make every day an Easter egg hunt is alright with me. I'll leave those vulture faced brutes to those who can appreciate their unique character (and flavor).
Next year try some Indian Runners .. there a dual duck breed as well and they don't fly ... very easy to raise as well ***we used a kiddy pool and changed the water once a week we had a Well. so we could not change the water anymore than that ..
Thanks! Good to know!
Allyandria25 we had 8 runner ducks and didn’t like them so we gave them away, we now have 9 Khaki Campbell ducks
Nice share with the ladies...enjoy your Saturday!
Thanks, you too!
It was nice to see this video. I first subscribed to your channel when you were making that rock wall, so I've only known your Homestead in winter. It was so cool to see the beautiful green grass and happy pasture chickens...lol. And that was the first time I've seen you not have to bundle up to go outside. That "eggpron" was super cute too. Thank you for the awesome videos! I will continue, and look forward to, watching y'all every day!
What brand/ size bottles are you guys using to bottle your kombucha. I currently use kombucha bottles from before I started making my own but love the glass bottles that you guys have. It allows others to see the beautiful colors of the kombucha once it is inoculated with your choice of beverage or fruit. Awesome vids by the way! Keep them coming.
Thank you! We bought Kingdom Kombucha before we started brewing and saved their bottles and caps
Where did you get those jars from that you were putting the kombucha in too
This is way random but I love your " log cabin " style house and are the Icelandic chickens good layers and or meat birds
Thank you. The Icelandics are great layers or meat birds but THEY ARE AWESOME FORAGERS for their feed. It for us they love the snow!
Have you tried a high protein pellets for your chickens? 17%+ may increase your egg production
Dude your puns are my JAM
That is very nice tea drink. Thank you.
Man, Olivia is RIGHT in there with the process. Proof positive of good parenting. Well done. Oh, and don't worry dude, Kimberly's apron didn't make any of us want to pat you on the butt....LOL. I'm as 'hetero' as they come, and I'D wear that 'tool'! In fact, I'm gonna figure out how to get one made for me. Having breakfast for dinner due to a cracked duck or goose egg is annoying.
Thanks! We love breakfast for dinner! But finding a cracked egg is not GOOD!
You have a metal spigot on th kombucha crock. I have always been told touching the Scobi with metal will kill it.
It appears the chickens in New Yolk City took the night off from laying eggs. :)
Does the kombucha help with digestion?
Yes kombucha helps with digestion! It is a great source of probiotics!
You daughter is adorable! I am also raising khaki campbells! Cheers!
What’s the eggpron you have on ??
Oohhh I'm telling Olivia!!!! The kombucha looks great I've only tried it once. Do you guys refrigerate it or just leave it in the pantry?
Thanks! NO...... After it is fermented we refrigerated it
What does the grazing look like over time with ducks??
do you keep chickens and rooster together?
i wanted too get some bottling for my secrete beverage.Where can i get those at.I call a brand company and they said 10k for a prototype.
What happen to Tanner?
What is the chicken/duck coop? Did you build that?
we did we call it new yolk city th-cam.com/video/W_ueBwxiyzA/w-d-xo.html
It is very compact compartmental coup. I love it.
No recorded health benifits from kombucha
one of your chickens has a huge sore on her back.
Hey Al what are those shoes?? I need a pair of those!
My rubber shoes?
Lumnah Acres yes sir! We are thinking about increasing our ducks at our farm to sell the eggs as well as got ourselves great video to go back to thanks bud. And yes the short rubber ones you on Put on in the beginning
Wait those aren’t ducks they are chickens
title is misleading -- there's not much about raising ducks here
Duck eggs make fantastic noodles. The color is so rich and the noodles are almost silky smooth after they are rolled very thin.
We will have to try that! We love egg noodles! Thanks
They make good cakes too. Ducks can swallow their feed better if they can wash it down, they like having water close to their feed, but they are messy little guys. Awsome insect control
All those Hans and 🦆 just for 3 eggs 🤣😂
Noodle
poor hens with bare backs,, that's the sign of too many roosters,,,,
Haha! You used Olivia's eggpron. Should I make a man sized one? It's weird to be sitting on my couch and see something that I made on a video. We love your channel so much. It is one of our daily habits that makes us feel good about what we can achieve soon. We are headed out now to try kombucha. Keep inspiring everyone!
Well done on that eggpron for Olivia - it was a lovely gift and it quite suits Al as well it seems :)
The eggpron works great! I think the size you made Olivia is perfect even for me! I bet that is a little odd! :) Thank you for watching! If you try one flavor you dont like or one brand dont judge all kombucha that way. Its like hard cider or beer they way you make it effects the taste
:) It sure DOES!
We got a blueberry grape organic grocery store one. Two out of 5 of us liked it(the parents). The 3 kids made faces and comments about fiz and smell. I make kimchi and drink kefer so am used to the fermentation. My husband and I are going to order a scobi and start a batch soon. Btw, following the kombucha with a beer makes for some pretty awesome belches😂
LOL! :) Brewing your own is awesome! Its fun experimenting with different flavors
wat do these guys do for a living? homesteading seems to be a full time job...wheres the cash come from? it damn sure isn his 100k subs
He made $400 on this 10 minute video. What are you talking about?
Quite the kombucha assembly line you have there, great teamwork once again. Your concrete counter top seems to be holding up very well.
It always brings a smile when Miss Livvie does the outro, she's quite the young lady.
Thanks! We had a good rhythm going! Yes the counter top is working out great for us.
Lumnah Acres do you plan on making a countertop update video any time soon? I'm leaning heavily towards doing these for the entire kitchen and would love some honest real world opinion from someone who built and uses them. Thanks and great video as always
I can try to. Is there any particular things you would like to know?
Lumnah Acres yes actually i was wondering how the edges are holding up over all and have you had any staining problems? Would you do anything different with your construction of the top?
Loved this video. Can you direct me to a video explaining how you start making kombucha? Thank you.
When the duck asked how much the price of the massage was, he said to put it in his "bill" LOL
i took the lip off the front of my nesting box and havent had to clean them at all
was your kombucha kept room temp during the first fermentation? i love the ginger and lemon flavor and cranberry and orange would be good. i have very limited space to work with thats why i am asking, trying to mull things over. so those bottles are reusable right what about the caps?
Yes we kept it at room temp during the first fermentation and still now. The bottles are from store bought kombucha that we saved and the caps are too! We just keep cleaning them all.
Sugar booze
@@LumnahAcres so they wont go bad ? I mean no refrigeration? Or canning process? Im nrlew yo making kombucha
OMG! TOO Funny! You crack me up Al. I just LOVE watching your videos and your enthusiasm. Miss Olivia is not going to like sharing her eggprin with Dad, is she? All "fresh eggs" are good for baking, especially when you walk out the back door for that "fresh". What a great hands on education Miss Olivia is getting helping out with all the farm happenings both inside and out.
Thanks! It will be interesting to see what kind of adult Olivia turns in too!
the ducks need water for keeping there nasal passages clear, not just for drinking
All this mention of duck eggs, meat and fat has made me hungry for French food! Perhaps a nice duck cassoulet once those beans of yours are grown! Seeing Olivia help on the homestead so often has me wondering about the FFA and 4-H and whether they cater to homesteading or if there's a modern homesteading equivalent for young homesteaders?
We will have to wait and see if Olivia wants to get involved with any of these groups of if we need to make a Modern Steader group for kids!
very cool channel, you are doing/living the right thing. my very best regards from Germany.
OMG, I told you you were encouraging me to get out and revive my land. I started today and without even asking, my husband got the chain saw, son got the weed whacker, and the other son is planning to take down a couple of trees. I remembered to take "before" photos.😀
That is awesome! we would love to see the photos!
hi always appreciated the video is on point good afternoon Gina and Olivia love the sound of the ducks, keep up the good work, enjoyed the video till tomorrow same time same place, hi where are Mr. Biggs? ha ha. do you guys enjoy eating ducks eggs more than the 🐔 chicken eggs? God bless you all 👋 bye.. 🐓🐔🐖🐷🐣🏡👍👍👍👍
We enjoying baking with the duck eggs!
I look forward to your videos everyday. I am a new homesteader and appreciate all i learn from you guys. Question what are you mixing with the cranberry juice? Is it water?
This is my favorite channel. :)
Thank you!
Lumnah Acres all ducks love water to swim in
Got to love those Khaki Campbell's!!! I have 4 females, 2 drakes and have 8 female Golden 300's that are soon to be laying. Great video's keep them coming. I can't wait to see the outdoor kitchen build and see the finished product.
Thank you! Sounds like you are going to have a lot of eggs soon! We start back on the kitchen Tomorrow!
Foolish to throw the most nutrients on the ground and waste most of it and kelp in a feeder.
Trendy fool.
doug m... what are you talking about? I think you haven’t been listening. Watch and listen.
Does Olivia know that you were wearing her eggpron?? I still don't think that it is your color! Lol!
Actually a great idea! :)
I have some bib overalls that serve a similiar purpose. Lots of pockets for eggs and tools.
Olivia is so helpful in the kitchen with all that you guys are doing. She is learning soooo much!!
So, on the duck eggs, you have to use them in baking and cooking items and not like regular chicken eggs? Sorry for the question. We have never had egg laying ducks to experiment with.
Thanks for sharing!
No but she will when she watches the video! :) You can eat duck eggs just like regular eggs but they are really good for baking and cooking with! Great question!
Dan 821.....Duck (and goose) eggs are superior for baking and 'specialty cooking', but you CAN use them just like chicken eggs in the frying pan. That said, it'd be kinda like using your Mercedes to haul animal feed. Remember, MOST ducks and geese don't lay 365 like chickens. Muscovys lay about 20-30 eggs a year max, but geese only lay 12-18 a year in MY experience. They're here for meat after the first laying season. Since they'll eat lot of the 'graze' that chickens won't, the biggest advantage to having water fowl in with your chickens is having the need for only ONE pen/tractor. They all get along just fine if they are raised together from hatching. DON't try to introduce feathered ducks or geese in with a flock of chickens. The 'pecking order stress' will cost you a BUNCH of chicken eggs, and the ducks and geese may never lay. Hope this helps when you try some. Sorry for butting in.
singleman Thanks for the information! It's always interesting to learn something new!
You use duck schmaltz?
That's so Jewish of you.
I render chicken fat, but goose fat, and then duck, makes the best schmaltz. Chicken comes in third.
Delicious.
Thank you AL for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden bye 👋 bye 👋 👨👩👧👸👕👓🐩🐓🐥🐈🌱🏡🎥👍👍👍
What is the kelp for?
That is some scoby, man!! I know it expands to the size of the surface, but look at it 🤗
I know right! Its HUGE! :)
Was searching for info on ducks, and found a Kombucha make. was mildly disappointed, as time wasted on youtube falls into this wayward stuff. Lable differently? But thanks
Good day you guys at Lumnah Acres !! Great advice and information on why you keep and raise ducks and what breed of duck is best for you !! Cool drink, do you drink it at room temperature or do you chill it down before !! Thanks for sharing
Thanks! We drink our Kombucha cold, after we finishing fermenting it we keep it in the fridge.
That was a nice video.
I subscribed, hope to learn more stuff of self sufficiency.
Hi! I love your coop and your style. It was fun to watch and I look forward to more of your videos. I think your borrowed apron looks great on you!
Try doing hibiscus and pineapple mixed. It goes this lurid purple color you do not expect to see in nature. lol
Give me rosters
Those ducks don't require a pond, but they are very desirable to them and it will improve your egg count with very happy ducks.
I thought this video was going to be about raising ducks...
Wonder where I could've got that idea from?
Ducks are water birds, designed to be on and in water. Water keeps their eyes healthy. .splashing around and preening keeps their plumage clean and healthily waterproof. A duck splashing around in water is a happy sight.
Hi I’m Noah and I love your vids and I have chickens and ducks too but my white duck(not being racist )but he likes to bite my girls on the heads so I’m trying to find a cage for her oh and she is now coming after I pick up a chicken so can u tell me how to find one and why she is biting me
Duck, Chicken, Parrot, and Pigeon are my Best Favourite Pet,s Bird,s. 👌👌👍👍
OMG where did you find the glass bottles? They are super cute and if a nice size. Do you have a link for us to purchase? Thanks
Hi I have a really important question for khaki Campbell duck eggs do you have to cool them down from an incubator
I JUST LQVE HOW YOU ALL WORK TOGETHER IN THE KITCHEN. I AM LOOKING TO BUY MEAT FROM YOUR LIST OF THINGS DOWN BELOW. PLUS LOOKING AT A INSTANT POT FOR ME. I AM SCARED BECAUSE I AM USE TO STIRRING. SORRY FOR CAPS MY EYES HURT STOPPED WEARING MY GLASSES.. CAN SEE THIS BETTER..
Hi. Your video is really interesting. Nevertheless, duck eggs aren't sold in French stores anymore (except in some Chinese stores). You can find these eggs on small farms or homestead.
Thanks I didn't know that, the bakers must go to the farm then! That is awesome! Farm to table baking! :)
Where do you prefer to buy chickens and ducks I'm trying to start a chicken and duck FARM😀
i have heard giving duck a hot peppers will speed up their laying just saying
Oh my goodness ! at 10:08 i got the biggest shock but it only lasted 1.5 seconds , it would be amazing if we could get a much longer appearance ! please try and show more in the next post. love you're work ethics and the barn is coming along just great, by you teaching your daughter farming and building skills it will make her a true, greater and more successful woman than any of todays "TEC" cultured girls .
What’s that switch you turned on and said “let’s turn the fence back in” is that an electric fence for predators or something?
Every time you video in your kitchen I've been meaning to ask. How does the concrete counter hold up to stains? My kids can be slobs lol but I love the look of the concrete (had hubby watch your vids when you were making it). Just worried after all the work it'd get ruined.
We finished ours with tung oil. As you can see in the videos we use ours and I am not too worried about spilling on it. We dont have any stains! I love it and it cleans so nice!
Anything with over 0mg of cholesterol is considered unhealthy. Eggs have soo much
Those duck boxes are horrible. Why does he have those duck closed in those boxes like that with all that acreage?
Sorry to say that i've never had a duck egg or kombucha
I guess you need too! :)
Don't know why but my body just doesn't like fermented food or drinks.... everytime I try them I start vomiting. Which is depressing as it's supposed to be so good for you.
I like your tractor set up. Where did you get your electric fence and charger ?
Thanks !
Thanks, Premiere 1 it is the best!
Lumnah Acres ,,,Thank you !
How many eggs are you averaging compared to the number of chickens?
It is the same with the duck as our chickens
Kombucha and not Kvass?
Be careful with a second ferment in a bottle. You're might be OK with a screw-on plastic lid, but you never know. I made 2 batches last year and added raspberry and blueberry juice from our garden when I bottled (in beer bottles, tightly capped) and lost ALL of them. It sounded like a gang shoot-out in the basement as each one exploded and triggered it's neighbor to pop in the process. And the pantry was sticky... floor to ceiling.
🇬🇧 Love duck eggs and the rendered fat makes gorgeous roasted potatoes and vegetables.
I plan on living a cottage core life with a bunch of ducks so this was awesome haha
So Kambucha is just juice and tea? What makes it ferment? Honey?
Hi Lumnah Acres, Just came across your channel "AWESOME" Thanks
Can I ask, do your ducks return to their coup at night?
We only have chickens and they free range around our 10 acres, and go home to bed every night, we simply lock the door and all is good. I just wondered if your duck go home by themselves, if they do we will look into getting some as well.
thanks again
The ducks do go in at night but not as easy as the chickens. Some nights they go in sometimes the ducks sleep outside.
where to get that Kambucha jar for the fermenting, and the bottles please?
your chickens are nice and healthy. I'm interested in having it. Vis
Not much about ducks...... !! That's what I wanted to learn about.
What is the duck breed you have? I couldn’t catch it in the video
I have a khaki campbell and a black road runner along with chickens .
Build one, ducks enjoy water plus they take baths.
What do you do with the extra eggs your family doens't use?
What sell some and give some to friends and family
Do you kill and eat the chicken you raise? Just curious
You made a video about ducks, without showing ducks. nice.
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Wow, what a little helper you have. I hope mine turns out that way too!
dude. your video would be so much better without weird 1st person view
What juice is that? You didno mention regarding that juice in the jar.