- Mar 4, 2014
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Hello there! We first became fowl owner a little over a year ago when we got two Pekin ducklings (hatchlings really) from a local farm.
Our hope/intent was to have two females (which we did!) to lay eggs and then when they stopped laying eggs, they would be slaughtered for meat.
We've used this forum SO much to get valuable information on feeding, building coops, runs, types of animal, and more! I finally joined to get more involved.
Unfortunately, earlier this week, an animal (we are thinking hawk) killed one of our Pekins (now over 1 year old). The other Pekin is upset (massive quacking) but is still laying eggs however we live in a residential area in Central Florida and are afraid if the quacking continues we may need to slaughter her earlier...
We also have on "order" 4 Cayugas. We had been considering getting a few and the death of the Pekin just expedited this. We are getting 3 female and 1 drake, hatchlings, hoping the drake may protect the girls some and also we can get our own ducklings in the future if we want (we plan on eating the eggs, fertilized or not, until that time).
Thank you all for the advice over the past year+ and in the future!
Jen
Our hope/intent was to have two females (which we did!) to lay eggs and then when they stopped laying eggs, they would be slaughtered for meat.
We've used this forum SO much to get valuable information on feeding, building coops, runs, types of animal, and more! I finally joined to get more involved.
Unfortunately, earlier this week, an animal (we are thinking hawk) killed one of our Pekins (now over 1 year old). The other Pekin is upset (massive quacking) but is still laying eggs however we live in a residential area in Central Florida and are afraid if the quacking continues we may need to slaughter her earlier...
We also have on "order" 4 Cayugas. We had been considering getting a few and the death of the Pekin just expedited this. We are getting 3 female and 1 drake, hatchlings, hoping the drake may protect the girls some and also we can get our own ducklings in the future if we want (we plan on eating the eggs, fertilized or not, until that time).
Thank you all for the advice over the past year+ and in the future!
Jen
and Welcome To BYC! Sorry about your duck, good luck with the new ones.
