Duckopolis is a farm that breeds and has quality birds for sale. These are ducks, chickens, geese, peafowl, and guinea fowl. It is located west of Edmonton in Darwell, Alberta. All the breeds shown on this website are raised and the pictures are of our own breeders.
Domesticated ducks are mainly kept for production of meat, eggs, and down. Ducks are also bred for show, pets, or their ornamental value. Except from the Muscovy, all domesticated ducks descended from the Mallard. Ducks often will eat insects and slugs. They can be raised in a garden or backyard however a coop should be provided to protect them from predators like foxes, hawks, coyotes, and racoons. Many domesticated ducks can’t fly due to their large size.
Chickens are one of the most widespread and common domestic animals, so there are more chickens in the world than any other bird. Most chickens are kept to produce meat and eggs. They are omnivores and will scratch at the soil for seeds and insects. Chickens can live for five to eleven years depending on the breed, however a commercially raised meat chicken will only live to about six weeks and a free range or organic meat chicken will live about fourteen weeks. After about a year a hen’s egg laying ability starts to decline. Roosters will have pointed feathers on their necks and back as well as long flowing tails.
Geese have been domesticated for a very long time and archaeological evidence suggests that the Egyptians had domesticated geese more than 4000 years ago. Domesticated geese are larger than wild geese weighing up to 10 kg which affects their body structure. They have large fat deposits toward the tail forcing the bird to a more upright stance which prevents flying. Geese don’t need much for housing just shelter from the wind and bad weather.
Peafowl can live forty to fifty years with proper care, they are very hardy birds, and come in a variety of colours. By two years peafowl will normally reach breeding age. A peacock that is three years old is considered mature. As an extra source of calories to improve body heat shelled corn can be added to their feed in the winter months.
Guinea fowl are native to Africa and is a ground nesting bird that resembles a partridge except they have featherless heads. They can eat chicken food and will also eat lice, worms, ants, spiders, weed seeds, ticks, and bees while out in the field. Guineas are very noisy birds and will often lay their eggs out in the field and raise their young themselves.