Here we go again....... Which Breed?

[Wifezilla]

Rouens are good meat ducks and the females will brood, but they are slow growers. VERY pretty ducks though, so if you don't mind waiting, you have something very nice to look at while they grow

 

[briarpatchfarms]

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They are a very good looking duck that would be the breed I would want to fool with if I was doing it! Cayaga ducks are also very flashy and mine couldn't fly so it my be another one to consider

 

[LittleSquidgenHome]

Anybody mentioned Silver Appleyards? They get big, fairly often go broody and aren't very loud (case by case of course). We had Silver Appleyards when I was a kid and they were VERY mellow birds, only complained when the dog got too close or they wanted out of their pen. But they got big, were very tastey, and they were beautiful. I am not sure about availability though, I know they are a rare breed.

Anyone have an opinion on Saxony's?

 

[briarpatchfarms]

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Dint know much about them but the would be my next choice I love the color of the saxony reminds me of my favorite colored call the butterscotch just bigger!!!! I would like to have some info on them myself

 

[debilorrah]

Muscovies are fast growers - not sure if they are loud or not as mine are only a month old right now.

 

[protodon]

I vote Cayugas not only because they are my new obsession and I just got a few but I read they are a quieter breed, they were originally the most popular meat duck breed in the US before the Pekin came along. They look really sharp. They lay a fair amount of eggs. They are morel ikely to go broody if you don't feel like incubating. The are apparently rare and listed on the American Livestock Breed Conservacy as such. Yet they are available from any hatchery. Mine wer efrom McMurray and they all arrived very healthy and active. Now I am wishing I didn't have my other ducks so I could concentrate on the Cayugas and some possible crosses. But do some research on them. I think they are making a comeback!

 

[Wifezilla]

Muscovies fail the "don't fly" requirement, but she did say she didn't mind wing clipping. And they are quiet. Hummmm

Appleyards look like big Welsh Harlequins. If you have the room and don't care about year round eggs, those might be cool.

Found this about cayugas... "The meat of the Cayuga is reputed to be of excellent taste and fine quality but the carcass can be difficult to clean because of their dark feathering."

One of the things Welsh Harlequins are known for is the ability to give you a clean, good looking carcass. I imagine Appleyards and Pekins would do the same, but we know how loud Pekins are.

 

[call ducks]

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i have both breeds very mellow good layers i have read they are good broodys all around both are good duck breeds can't go worng with them lol