Farming Full Time
Updated Jan 6, 2025
Seeking
- More than 10 acres
Looking For the Following
Desired Locations
Plan
Where quacks matter and eggs count!
The Duckery of Ducktown is the largest producer of duck eggs in Georgia. We also produce ducky-doo, our organic plant fertilizer. Since starting our duck farm operation 7 years ago, we've been limited to working with only 1.5 acres of land.
We started with a flock of 70 ducklings, and slowly grew to over 200 ducks!
Going into 2025, our plan is to relocate and expand our duck farming operation, so we can better meet the demand for duck eggs. We would love to officially open an animal sanctuary for our birds, a bed and breakfast for our in-home guests, and host annual duck races for family fun entertainment. Additionally, with enough land we would expand our regenerative crop production to include grapes, figs, blueberries, squash, tomatoes, etc.
We're looking for a farm with more than 12 acres, with fencing in place to keep our birds safe from predators, and barns to keep our animals warm overnight. The perfect opportunity includes a barn and a water source such as a lake, pond, or well, and multiple homes already established, where we can carry out wedding ceremonies, baptisms, guest celebrations etc.
Desired Transitional Agreement
Description of Desired Transitional Agreement
We are seeking to come into agreement with a land owner with 15-25 acres of Land, someone open to a land lease with the option to buy, or potentially a business partnership with the land owner to carry on our duck farm & sanctuary operation, farm-to-table breakfast and brunch menu, student farm tour programs, and other future expansion milestones.
Type of Current Production on Farm
Produce / Land Cover
Livestock
Additional Information on Produce or Livestock Needs
We see our duck as friends and so not wish to harm them, instead we want expand our animal petting sanctuary to allow our ducks to have a long, peaceful life. We want to keep up with the demand from our customers and key accounts, ideally we wish to 3-5x our current production so we can continue supplying our long-term customers in addition to our new accounts.
Preferred Equipment and Infrastructure
Equipment and Infrastructure Details
We are seeking a Barn to house our Ducks and Turkeys, as well as a moving water source, well + aquifer, and other Livestock facilities to house our incubators. Additionally it would be ideal if the Land Owner includes farm equipment although this in not necessary as we already have the equipment.
Qualifications and Goals
Preferred Farming Status
Full Time
Farming Experience
6 to 10 years
Farm Education/Training
Additional Info on Experience/Education
We work with a Qualified Grant Writer (James Okolo) he is actively Seeking Agriculture Production and USDA Grants to provide funding for future production and expansion.
Some long term accounts purchasing our duck eggs:
- The Four Season Marriott of Atlanta
- Nuts n' berries
- Fresh Harvest
- Living Well Farmers Market