Mallards!! Mallards!! What are they good for?

[TheRealDane]

I have a good number of Mallards that I've ended up with. I processed a few of them as they're about 14 weeks old and they seem rather small. I was Googling up some information about what Mallards are good for--- meat, eggs, or decoration, and I can't find much.
Why do people raise them?

 

[dekel18042]

I have a good number of Mallards that I've ended up with. I processed a few of them as they're about 14 weeks old and they seem rather small. I was Googling up some information about what Mallards are good for--- meat, eggs, or decoration, and I can't find much.
Why do people raise them?

When I was small my parents had some alone with muscovies and pekins. We ate and cooked with lots of duck eggs so they are definitely good for eggs. They also hatched babies, or we had babies and I remember the pekins didn't hatch their own. They always left the nest early so either the muscovies or mallards hatched the ducklings.
I'm pretty sure the muscovies were larger. Perhaps they need to be more than 14 weeks old?

 

[TheRealDane]

I also have Pekins and Muscovy. They're both larger with the Muscovy being the largest.