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Turns out my female is really a male so I am planning on sacrificing some for Christmas. I hear that its hard to pluck a duck because scalding doesn't work very well due to the water tight nature of a ducks plumage. Any tricks or pointers?

My female still hasn't produced an egg...she is almost 7 months old. It is winter though...does this mean she won't lay til spring?

My duck is 5.5 months old...when will it lay eggs?

When butchering male ducks are there any precautions to take as to not spoil the flavor of the meat? How old is too old? Are they as easy to clean as a chicken?

My Runners are fine...it was the muscovy/runner cross that is really hyper. Anyone know if one muscovy cross has more chance of being fertile than another? I read only about 5% of Muscovy/Pekin crosses are fertile.

Well I sort of asked some in the first post....winter hardiness....messiness....omega 3 fatty acid content in eggs.....food supplements.....and is it easy to incubate and hatch duck eggs?

New to the duck thing. New to the domestic fowl in general. I am a lab scientist and have been for 20 years so most of my animal experience has been in the lab. Also was a Vet tech at a big city emergency room for 3 yrs. Had chickens last summer. This summer 1 female black runner, 1 male black...