We looked at it like you did. Up until the mallards, we had Swedish blues, Cayugas and Buff ducks. Winter is TOUGH. The mallards were much better suited to us. I got out of ducks though and now I admire everyone else's.
I raised mallards one year, a few years ago. They were not tame at all which was fine with me. When autumn came they did what nature told them to do and started flying in large circles around my property. After a few weeks of practice runs, they flew off and didn’t return. After that I would...