so I own 14 pekin ducks and 9 of them are on my last nerve......so when is a good time to butcher.....they are about 4 months old now and they are HUGE.....(especially the ones with bad legs!!).....but they are starting to mate.....at least I assume that is the violent drownding behavior I am observing.....do you butcher at 6 months like a chicken? or do you wait longer do they get fatter??
Im new to all of this and have my first batch of pullets I just hatched and Im not sure about that either....I hatched americauna crossed w buff orphington and RIR hens......5 are white 5 are red......would it be better to keep the cross breeds to lay and eat the RIR......I wanna keep the buff hens as they are 2x the size of the RIR....and big juicy bodies.....(or so I imagine as I have not butchered one yet)
what would you do?
Im new to all of this and have my first batch of pullets I just hatched and Im not sure about that either....I hatched americauna crossed w buff orphington and RIR hens......5 are white 5 are red......would it be better to keep the cross breeds to lay and eat the RIR......I wanna keep the buff hens as they are 2x the size of the RIR....and big juicy bodies.....(or so I imagine as I have not butchered one yet)
what would you do?