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Hi there just noticed your post, im from Dunedin too(Waitati) and was looking for people from NZ, beaut looking chooks:)

Im so sorry

oh they are gorgeous!!

I would have not let Ming Ming go outside unless the weather very warm and possibly limit the ammount of water he had, i didnt get him to a vet soon enough when first signs of illness became apparent. also i would have got some vitamins if i had known of them for ducklings. every case is...

what food do you have out for them, im no expert but perhaps take out the pine that they are eating just until they recognise what they should be eating, good luck they are so lovely at that age

I feel i had to explain myself as this part of the forum mostly is for people that dont eat their ducks and keep them as pets and i wanted to be involved in the conversations again and just wanted to ease my way back in rather than "leap" right in. Ive been a vegetarian for about 6 months as i...

Hi everyone i havnt posted on the duck part of the forum for ages, ive been going through alot of things to do with my ducks and i feel i have to confess that i went the route of killing some of them for food, believe me i couldnt even touch it let alone eat it, I felt never ending guilt for...

Awe cute little ducky, I also had a duckling called Ming Ming, I didnt realise in time that he was very very ill, he had been outside and ended up with pnemonia. Keep your little one warm and it will need heaps of extra attention, micro ducks are so frail at times and they cant handle the cold...

Here in New Zealand there was a conversation on the radio about telling kids where their meat comes from, its a good idea that people are aware of where it comes from as some practices are very cruel from rearing the animal to it ending up neatly packed in the shop. We only buy meat that has...

Quote: Thankyou for that, Im at a crossroads where one day i decide i can kill our ducks for food and the next day i couldnt bare the thought of it, hopefully i can make up my mind once and for all, im really leaning towards not eating meat at all but as my family does eat meat i want all the...

We did 3 on our first go, took us all day and next time we will plunge them into hot water or try using parafin wax as it took FOREVER to pluck the ducks and even then they look a bit gross as they still had bits that we couldnt get out.

I know what you mean about the mean ones, the drakes we killed were getting a bit aggressive and i knew we had to many for the ammount of ducks we had, i look foward to doing another one soon and hopefull i will be able to eat some.

wow such wonderful words of wisdom, this is more than i ever expected when i asked the question, does anyone ever get used to killing and eating their birds? I have thought very hard about this and with your help on this thread I think i can continue on my way with trying to live sustainably...

Quote: That is great advice, thankyou I think this is a way that will work for me.

Quote: Oh that is so sad and im sorry to hear that you were so upset and that your rooster was hurt so badly, i would be very upset to see any of my animals hurt too.

my partner killed them and cut feet,wings, head off etc... me and our sons plucked them and then my partner gutted them, i was ok with all of it until i was faced with eating it, thankyou so much for your replies it has helped me alot. I initially got the ducks as pets and after 2 lots of...

Nothing gets wasted as we have big family and i was the only one that didnt eat it, the reason that i want to raise animals for our food is that i dont like how animals suffer from the begining of their lives to the end of their lives, you are so right that my ducks have a good life, and they...

I'll start by saying that this is the first time ive ever been a part of killing our own food, we killed 3 of our drakes on sunday and the whole family got involved, especially our 2 teens they helped pluck and prepare the ducks, I cooked them but couldnt bare to eat them, just looking at it...

looks awful, looks a very sad sight too I think im very sensitive though

my ducks are the same, build a fence and they fly higher!! Grrr yep it drives me mad too