i want a duck, just don't know what kind ,lil help.

[chickenlittle32]

Nava, like mentioned before...ducks are fun...but also messy...I have a pond for mine...but when it rains...they dabble everywhere...lol..making lil watering holes all over the place...

 

[La Mike]

Pretty duck Goat-Walker

 

[suebee]

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Ducks east mosquitoes. Thats where the name Muscovy came from

I googled Muscovy ducks and they are...hmmm...er....uh....kinda ugly. Sorry. Is there CUTE ducks that eat mosquitos?
I only have Silkies, so I'd want sort of a little duck to match the size of silkies.
Sorry to hijack this thread, but Goat Walker and others have given lots of help.

 

[La Mike]

Pretty much all ducks will eat what cant outrun or swim them mallards and roens for sure
They will eat almost any small critter in water some include fish in that free diet

 

[Goat_Walker]

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Ducks east mosquitoes. Thats where the name Muscovy came from

I googled Muscovy ducks and they are...hmmm...er....uh....kinda ugly. Sorry. Is there CUTE ducks that eat mosquitos?
I only have Silkies, so I'd want sort of a little duck to match the size of silkies.
Sorry to hijack this thread, but Goat Walker and others have given lots of help.

Muscovies are an aquired taste I guess. I love mine though. My drake is a real sweet heart. You could get call ducks. Look up priss in the duck sectioon, she has three little cuties and Katy has calls as well. Those are the only people i could think off of the top of my mind.
You could also look into :
black east indiea
mini appleyards
mallards
snowy mallards

Those are bantam sized ducks. Not sure on their musquito control though


And thank for the compliments yall! She was and will always be myfovorite duck. She just had such a personality... And she was the origin or what I have today. But I was stupid and let them play in the rain. the neighbors lab's shock collar malfunctioned and the dog decided to come visit my yard while I was inside cleaning. Killed my lil mama, four other ducks and scattered my flock with in a mile radius.

 

[RAREROO]

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Here is my old buff hen ( RIP) and I think you should do more research. Come on over to the duck section and read a few threads and ask questions there.
http://i28.tinypic.com/2q8y96r.jpg

Also - WHen a Duck Imprints on you (duckling) hen you are like the leader of the flock and they see you as "mama".

I also love my Buff ducks, they are great broodys, I have three Buff hens ( one is young), a young Blue Swedish hen, a Black Swedish hen, a Rouen hen, and a Blue Swedish Drake, the last time one of my buff ducks set, all but one of her ducklings were buff, one was blue, and I think my Buff Drake had already gone missing by then, so that would mean that the blue drake was the father of them. I don't if anyone is laying now, they all free range and sometimes I find a nest or random eggs that they layed in my walk way that morning, but if I find any eggs over the next few days, I could send you some but I can't say that they may not be from the Black Swedish hen or the Rouen hen.

Here is a pic of 4 of them, the Rouen hen in the back, a buff in the middle, then the Black swedish hen, and the Blue Swedish Drake.

It's going to be freakin hillarious if you do get her to hatch duck eggs and the babies have completly outgrown her in 3-5 wks.

 

[suebee]

Oh that is awful. So, so sorry

I will look into the call ducks. All my Silkies free range. Do Call Ducks fly away?

 

[Nava]

that is terrible

sorry about that
she was the reason i chose buffs she was beautifull

i need my eggs

 

[La Mike]

Goat-Walker i was going to tell them to be careful calling someones Muscovies ugly they could get a skinned head

Sorry for you with the dog scramble hope you got some back.

 

[Nava]

rereroo i really been wanting a duck then she sat on the eggs on friday and i tought i will be a perfect oportunity for me to start there,and yes that would be funy i can see many pics