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Just a FYI, my Cayugas are so loud that I can hear them inside my house. They are by far my loudest ducks. I have Mallards, Blue Swedish and a Pekin mix in addition to Cayugas.

Great information! I will check it out. Thanks!! :)

Dang!! He is huge! Nice!! I totally agree with the pure white comment. There are too many we need more color! I'm not saying white is bad, one of my favorite ducks is a Pekin, she is beautiful and a sweetheart. <3 <3 Are you willing to ship chicks? I'm in Texas.

Good point! Thanks!!

Thanks!! Size is a big factor since we will consume 1 whole chicken per meal. I will cook them in a wide variety of ways, fried, grilled, slow cooker, pressure cooker, stove top, oven, just about every way. I will have to try and see whether we are a before or after puberty. I plan on...

Thanks!! We eat one whole chicken per meal. Ideally, we would try to have chicken 3-4 days a week. At this point, I only want to sell eggs. My husband has 2 people lined up already and he hasn't built the coop yet nor we have gotten the chickens. Lol ;) Patience, dear husband, patience.

Thanks!! I just might have to do that, get multiple breeds for my meat birds. I already know I am going to have multiple layer breeds. I mean come on blue eggs, green eggs?! <3 ;)

Thanks!! Sounds like we have some stuff in common. ;) I will look into the French Black Copper Marans. I have to admit I am a bit spoiled on bird hardiness since at this point I have only had ducks so far. So far none have even been sick. (knock on wood) Thanks again!

Thanks! I'm in north Texas, I am in the planning stage in getting chickens. My husband is going to be building the coop very soon. Thanks again for your help.

Thanks! That does help. I guess I am looking into the broilers more but the dual purpose seems to be what would fit my needs? Do your Cornies lay eggs too? I have a husband and a teenage boy to feed and need a chicken that can keep up! Ha ha ha!

Are there meat chicken breeds that can be self-sustaining? I know Cornish X Rocks cannot if you want it true to breed. I don't want to rely on someone else all the time for my meat chickens, kinda defeats the self-sustaining thing. lol Thanks in advance!

Thanks!!! We typically let them out between 8:00-9:00 am in hopes that they will lay their eggs in the coop. We have not had any luck since after getting the new ducks. Once I get my garden going next year I hope to encourage them to eat the bugs in the garden. There is a saying that says that...

Thanks!! I tell ya, if they don't help out in some way it is going to be a bit harder to convince my husband that they are good to have on the farm. If they can't do eggs then maybe they can be bug control in the garden. ;)

I have 6 month old ducks and they have stopped laying. I had a Blue Swedish lay almost everyday for about 10 days and then I introduced 4 female mallards and she stopped laying. It has been a month and still no eggs. My female Pekin never started to lay (in the coop at least) and the mallards...

Doesn't look like it will work. So what the duck is doing is with her head pointed downward and just doing a slight bob and making a weird loud noise. It isn't a clicking sound but close to it. I don't know to describe it.

I recently bought 4 female mallards and one in particular is displaying odd behavior. I already had 6 ducks and never seen this type of behavior before. What do you think it is? I'm trying to attach a video, we will see if it works. ;)

Are they male or female? I'm just north of Denton. I am looking for female ducks to help balance out my flock of 6. They would live on 7 acres with 2 ponds and they would be penned up every night. We do have dogs but they leave the ducks alone.

Thanks y'all! I had no idea that ducks will not go into the water when it gets hot outside. I thought that they would be in there year round from all the articles I have read. So thankful for this forum! :thumbsup

I have wondered about that too. We have turtles but I don't think they are snapping turtles but I could not say for sure. I will have to get a better look at them. We definitely have bass fish. There are several mature trees as well as a lot of cattail around the pond as well.