New Ducks

[freemotion]

Pretty! I didn't know ducks came in such pretty browns and buffs. I wonder if I would like duck? Never had it.

The idea of them swimming in everyone's water buckets keeps me from getting any duck or goose eggs to stick under the next broody....but those pictures sure make it tempting! Stop it, young man, this instant!

 

[ToLiveToLaugh]

Ooh, I'll take a full dozen!

 

[lupinfarm]

MERLE!! BUFF DUCKS!!



I love my buff ducks! Mine are smaller, and not even a year old yet but they are so CUTE and full of so much character!

 

[Blackbird]

TLTL, did you ever get my PM a while back?

Monique, we've had the Muscovie's in the barn before, as long as the buckets aren't small they don't seem to get in and cause too much damage. I love having them in the barn because they are great fly control.

 

[Occamstazer]

What adorable duckies!
Muscovies are high on my want list.

 

[ToLiveToLaugh]

TLTL, did you ever get my PM a while back?

Monique, we've had the Muscovie's in the barn before, as long as the buckets aren't small they don't seem to get in and cause too much damage. I love having them in the barn because they are great fly control.

Replied! Sorry about that.

Ducks eat flies? Honest? If that's true, I want some!

 

[lorihadams]

ooooooo they are pretty!

 

[Wifezilla]

Muscovies are high on my want list

If you want them get them NOW. It is about to become illegal to raise them but you can be grandfathered in for an existing flock.

 

[Occamstazer]

Yeah the fuss about all that kinda worried me. I'm just going to have to count on getting them illegally next year. We're about to move in the fall, and we don't know where yet. No new animals for the present moment :/

 

[dragonlaurel]

Read that law. It outlaws dumping them in parks and wild places, and it outlaws buying/selling/exchanging them for PET purposes.
They will still be allowed to be raised for MEAT though. They were getting to be an invasive species in some areas.

I don't think this law is the best solution- but that is quite a loophole, if you want one. Just remember to name them after foods, so it looks less suspicious.