Duck breed recommendations???

[azure_]

Hi I want to get ducks next year and am wondering what your favorites are.

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

Muscovy

 

[3bird]

Our favorite breed is silver Appleyards. They are a large breed duck and are gregarious and amazing foragers (slugs and snails be gone from the garden!). The hens lay 250+/- eggs per year. They are also an endangered heritage breed, so keeping them is really great for the breed and poultry-keeping in general. Here are some videos of our guys:

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

pekin! my boy is the best duck ever even though people say drakes aren’t nice

 

[Texag87]

My favorite is Runners business but I am really getting to like Welsh Harliquins

@ Magnolia Ducks gaveme this pretty girl this week

 

[Oncoming Storm]

My favorite of my ducks is my Chocolate Runner, Waddles. She’s super sweet and silly.

 

[azure_]

Thank you all so much for your suggestions

 

[Maddog_photog]

My favorite of my ducks is my Chocolate Runner, Waddles. She’s super sweet and silly.
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That last picture looks like Waddles got herself a chicken head in her mouth!

 

[Maddog_photog]

I absolutely love all four of my ducks - 2x Pekin and 2x Swedish Blues. Both breeds are friendly but my friends have noticed how much more friendlier the Blues are. Don’t know if that’s a breed thing or an individual trait, or if I’m more confident handling and interacting with them than when I raised my Pekins, or..?