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Mark Metzer

President of Metzer Farms, a family-owned waterfowl hatchery in California and Tennessee specializing in ducks, geese, and poultry.

Jul 3, 2026

Homestead-ish

Homestead-ish

Thinking About Ducks? Start Here with Metzer Farms

Jul 3 · 59m

KristenHOST
1:59
Well, first, let's tell us a little bit more about yourselves and how Metzer Farms came to be and your role in that operation.
Mark MetzerGUEST
2:08
Yeah, it came to be about 45, 50 years ago when my dad graduated college.
Mark MetzerGUEST
2:15
He officially started Metzer Farms, although waterfowl have been a part of our family.
Mark MetzerGUEST
2:20
Long before that, my grandfather had a flock of ducks in his garden to eat snails and keep his...
Mark MetzerGUEST
2:29
He had a really big garden, a couple acres, but he was a teacher.
Mark MetzerGUEST
2:32
He was a high school teacher, but he really liked to garden.
Mark MetzerGUEST
2:35
And then my dad in high school, my dad had a lamb breeding program for FFA.

11 MINS LATER

Katie MetzerGUEST
13:51
You thought of that pretty
Coffee with the Chicken Ladies

Coffee with the Chicken Ladies

Episode 286 Shetland Duck / Marc and Katy Metzer on Top 5 Beginner's Ducks / Herbed Tea Cookies / Duck Swimsuits

May 19 · 49m

ChrissyHOST
23:32
It's really pretty.
Mark MetzerGUEST
23:34
And so we had a lot of fun with picking out the different pictures we were gonna use.
Mark MetzerGUEST
23:39
And yeah, people have been buying them.
Mark MetzerGUEST
23:41
It's pretty exciting that people get to wear their duck on their shirt now.

7 MINS LATER

Katie MetzerGUEST
30:44
[laughs]
Mark MetzerGUEST
30:44
... on routine.
Mark MetzerGUEST
30:45
And so white layers are more tolerant in terms of their egg production.
Mark MetzerGUEST
30:51
They are our best egg layers.

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