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The Ducks you are looking for are muscovy ducks. Technically, they are a wild duck. So they will be very self sufficient. They can also fly, which makes them safer from predators. If you provide them a nice habitat, like your pond, they will stay there and never leave. Plus they are the best...

We're going to eat them as soon as they start crowing.

So I want to raise a large flock of Muscovy Ducks (100+ birds), but I would like a variant that doesn't fly since feather clipping would be just too much work. Is there such a thing or will I just have to deal with these ducks flying all over the place? Second question, I have heard that...

I'm going to start raising chickens and would like to see my birds hatch out their own flocks. I like chicks and want alot of chicks without buying chicks, if you get my meaning. So which breed makes the most baby chicks?

Is there no way to "de-crow" a roo? I have neighbors who "de-barked" their dog, couldn't the same process be done to a bird? It may sound cruel, but it sure beats going into the pot.

Ah, you see, that's simply not true. My German Shepherd only goes outside when the birds are out ranging. She doesn't patrol outside unless the birds are there; if they are penned up, she hangs out inside watching the kids play Xbox. If she was just guarding territory, her behavior would not...

Ducks and Geese are in the same family of birds, Anatidae, and both have 40 pair of chromosomes, so it is possible for them to produce young. Quote: Abstract: A hybrid between a domestic duck (male) and a domestic goose (female) acquired by the Zoological Gardens, Copenhagen superficially...

Uhm, let's see you said our dogs were not guarding animals, only territory. You said they were not responding to alerts, merely being curious. You said a German Shepherd isn't a guard dog. You said no dog will guard chickens. You said alot., If all you wanted to say was that LGD's are specific...

You can let any duck free range, and assuming they know where home is, they will return at night. My ducks free range all day and walk into their pred-proof house on their own at dusk. The issue is how are you going to deal with predators during the day? We use guard dogs and have never had...

You have raised LGD's for 10 years and STILL know nothing about dogs? Wow. You're doing it wrong. Dogs have a pack mentality and, with proper training, will readily defend other animals it considers part of its pack. Have you NEVER seen a dog protective of it's master? Ever? Are you really...

Coons love sweets Cola works great.

Yup, mine did the same thing. Goose Tai Chi, lol, I'll have to remember that.

Coon is a fatty dark meat. Eaten grilled, baked, or pan fried it will taste like greasy duck (which I like, but alot don't), so southerners typically make a stew out of them since the fat makes it's own gravy. Slow cooked in a crock pot is the way to go, imho. Then it's more like a tender...

Oh, I guess by your logic an Anatolian ShepHERD is also a herding dog... Can't judge a breed by the name. Sorry, but saying a German Shepherd is not a guard dog is demonstrably false. They are the most common guard dogs in the world. From the AKC website: "The German Shepherd Dog is...

Coon is good eatin. Don't waste all that meat!

They'd probably prefer sweet peas or water melon.

Rabbits and guinea pigs are livestock if you raise them for meat. If not, they are just pets. The ordinance bans "livestock" as well, but I doubt they would go after a guy with a pet rabbit. Same goes with birds, a duck that is not raised for meat nor eggs is not "poultry". The ordinance does...

Geese do not need to eat meat in order to get protein. Flock Raiser and Layena use 100% plant protein, no animal products at all, same as all commercial poultry feed. Quote: Like I said, commercial feed uses plant protein and are strictly vegetarian. Plants have protein, and herbivores the...

In my experience, when you remove a duckling from it's imprinted mother, it screams bloody murder and won't shut up. Even the ducklings I have raised myself will cry if I leave them alone. Many nights I had to sleep with one hand inside the brooder. You can try taking one away, but if it...

The ordinance is against "poultry", not any specific type of bird. The term poultry, by definition, only applies to birds you are raising for meat or eggs. The man in the article has only drakes and doesn't plan to eat his pets. Drakes don't lay eggs so they are not poultry, just pet ducks...