Sooo how early to cockerel's start exhibiting flock leader behaviors like tidbitting and other calls? Hansel has started making this hilariously awful squeak that I think might be a treat call
So was I! I never had a post deleted before. I just quit watching that thread. The person was on the meat section and asked when to butcher!It can be pretty dang early. He is REALLY young to be starting that oh my gosh.
Well.....I do have a drake...on purpose. If things keep going south I can make more ducks.
I am surprised you got a post removed for identifying a tasty meat.
Especially in a meat bird thread.
Ducks do not crow, so are a great meat choice for me here where no roosters are allowed!
Hansel is only seven weeks.
Probably I am reading too much into it but he really seems to be making some new noises lately. And at least once I caught him squeaking in front of the girls while holding something without eating it 
All boy there! Dancing and dropping the wing with my brown leghorns -- crowing too, they had to go the the BBQ at 10 weeks they started to crow.Hansel is only seven weeks.
For @Parront This was Hansel at 6 weeks
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The only reason more folks do not raise ducks is all the work to pluck them. Man, they sure do taste good, I think it is worth it!That is exactly why I went rogue...I mean duck.
I just like the skin. If you process them at the right time, it is not to bad to pluck them. It is the pin feathers that cause the most work. Pekin ducks (which is what I had) are so fast growing, that they go past the right time before you know it. 7 or 8 weeks is all they take. Duck skin roasted in a hot oven is worth the effort, to me!
