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Raising pet ducks
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:06 pm
OB, my wife really wants pet ducks and when she passes her certificate exam, I plan on buying a couple. What are they like? Dirty? do they grow fast? What feed should I get? Can I get one that will taste good later?
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Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:19 pm to fareplay
Wife wants duck meat, eh?
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:20 pm to fareplay
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What are they like? Dirty?
Yep.
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do they grow fast?
Yep.
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What feed should I get?
Cracked corn, and june bugs.
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Can I get one that will taste good later?
Yep.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:42 pm to fareplay
What Clyde said.
I got one for an Easter present when I was a kid and he made a long time. He was like a dog and would quack every time someone came up to the house.
Fed him cracked corn, had a little pen in the corner of the yard with a half 55 gallon drum for him to swim in.
I got one for an Easter present when I was a kid and he made a long time. He was like a dog and would quack every time someone came up to the house.
Fed him cracked corn, had a little pen in the corner of the yard with a half 55 gallon drum for him to swim in.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 2:01 pm to Capital Cajun
So definitely not an apartment animal...
We do live near a dog park.. but a duck
We do live near a dog park.. but a duck
Posted on 4/10/17 at 2:07 pm to fareplay
She wants to keep ducks in an apartment? Please document this.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 2:37 pm to fareplay
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So definitely not an apartment animal...
Posted on 4/10/17 at 3:07 pm to fareplay
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So definitely not an apartment animal...
We do live near a dog park.. but a duck
what?
Posted on 4/10/17 at 4:34 pm to fareplay
quote:I doubt she lets you eat her pet but muscovy ducks are awesome eating.
Can I get one that will taste good later?
Posted on 4/10/17 at 4:48 pm to Geauxtiga
Every Muskovy I've ever been around was mean as hell
Posted on 4/10/17 at 4:52 pm to bootlegger
quote:He didn't ask if they were mean.
Every Muskovy I've ever been around was mean as hell
And now that ai think about it, sounds like the perfect choice. Gf gets pet duck. Duck grows up and is mean so she hates it and let's him eat it...and it tastes great.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 5:50 pm to Geauxtiga
That's a win/win!
Posted on 4/10/17 at 7:00 pm to bootlegger
I've helped my MIL raise Pekin and Muscovy ducks. She has a few Muscovy that she has raised since chicks and they are very social and cool if you can get them used to humans when they're young. Mean as hell if not.
To OP, ducks are disgusting creatures, but they make awesome eggs and taste delicious.
To OP, ducks are disgusting creatures, but they make awesome eggs and taste delicious.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 7:59 pm to BottomlandBrew
I have around 20 on my pond. Rouens, Pekins, mallards, buffs, blue Swedish, and Cayuga/Pekin mix. Nasty bastards when in the brooder and cage. Great at the pond. Good hobby. Good eggs. Good to eat(I do not because I kill plenty of wild ones). Not a bird you want confined. I do not want mine too tame as the predators will work them over.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 8:08 pm to fareplay
Don't they stink to high heaven?
Posted on 4/10/17 at 8:36 pm to fareplay
Cracked corn said earlier. That's what I fed mine.
Had English Callers, Rouens, Indian Runners, Pekings, Muscoveys, Wood Ducks.
Rouens, Pekings and Mucoveys if you planning on eating them later.
Had English Callers, Rouens, Indian Runners, Pekings, Muscoveys, Wood Ducks.
Rouens, Pekings and Mucoveys if you planning on eating them later.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 8:55 pm to Cadello
I feed a mixture of 1/4 layer pellets, 3/4 cracked corn. I use the eggs.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 9:08 pm to fareplay
I quickly found out why they are called "fowl". Nasty motherfrickers!
Posted on 4/10/17 at 9:49 pm to magicman534
Worse than hogs. Muscove are good eating though and grow fast.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 10:05 pm to fareplay
ducks grow quickly...probably egg - adulthood in 5-6 months.
ducks will eat everything that you can afford to feed them and shite like a damn machine...they are some nasty frickers, so you'll have to keep them away from a house.
almost mandatory to have some place for them to swim...they are quite literally 'waterfowl"
with that said, they are actually pretty cool creatures...dumb as a rock, but they are generally friendly and will follow you around like a dog if they think you have three kernels of corn in your pocket.
ducks will eat everything that you can afford to feed them and shite like a damn machine...they are some nasty frickers, so you'll have to keep them away from a house.
almost mandatory to have some place for them to swim...they are quite literally 'waterfowl"
with that said, they are actually pretty cool creatures...dumb as a rock, but they are generally friendly and will follow you around like a dog if they think you have three kernels of corn in your pocket.
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