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adopting adult ducks?
So, I am still thinking over my duck plans and I was wondering, would any of you recommend adult ducks or ducklings for the first time duck owner? I was wanting slug eaters in a suburban yard, so they need to be calm and well-adjusted, and for that I was thinking I need ducklings who get used to... -
Which, BEI, Mini Silver Appleyard, or Australian Spotted?
I was wondering for those of you who have had them, what the personalities of these three breeds are. I am aware that there is controversy over the name Mini Silver Appleyard, the ones I would be getting are from Holderread's. Or I could go with Austrailian Spotteds, also from Holderread, or... -
do ducks eat slugs?
Ok, seriously, I live in NW Washington. I need to know, will ducks really eat slugs? Not poke at them, not just snack on one that wanders across their path once in a while, but really, really, seek and destroy? I would love to hear that they consume half their body weight in slugs a day, we have... -
ducks in a small yard
Hello, I am delurking after reading for months. I have chickens, the gateway poultry, and now want ducks. I think. I live in a suburban neighborhood on about .14ac. My fenced backyard is my "farmland". I have about 2500 square feet, a generous 2/3 of that is vegetable garden, shed, and compost...