{"id":6117,"date":"2021-03-08T12:37:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T17:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=6117"},"modified":"2023-10-10T07:27:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:27:48","slug":"pekin-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=6117","title":{"rendered":"Pekin Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Bent Pine Farm the ducks have their own personal pool right under the Little Girl Fountain . The boys have curly tails.&nbsp; The gals will be your pals.&nbsp; The boys are taller, (the gals are smaller).&nbsp; &nbsp;Ducks love to free range and look for bugs and water.&nbsp; And remember \u2026ducks don&#8217;t climb stairs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zgecGqj0RLE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LESSONS LEARNED<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ducks eat a lot!  Because of their large bone structure, they need high protein feed (18-21%).  They like lots of water with their meals.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are happiest free ranging.  They stick together in groups and are very social.    They will stay under bushes or in the middle of a pond at night to avoid predators.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy Homesteading,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/featherPen-1.jpeg\" alt=\"blog post\" class=\"wp-image-1147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/featherPen-1.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/featherPen-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/featherPen-1-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Bent Pine Farm the ducks have their own personal pool right under the Little Girl Fountain . The boys have curly tails.&nbsp; The gals will be your pals.&nbsp; The boys are taller, (the gals are smaller).&nbsp; &nbsp;Ducks love to free range and look for bugs and water.&nbsp; And remember \u2026ducks don&#8217;t climb stairs: LESSONS &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=6117\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pekin Ducks<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[48,15,51],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-6117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barnyard","category-ducks","category-livestock","tag-ducks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7igqH-1AF","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/LE2zUEoeQHqCTNwePLovg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6117"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6120,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6117\/revisions\/6120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}