I have 7 mallards ( was 9 until a Eagle got 2 of them) and they were suppose to be for Thanksgiving but DH fell in love and gave them all a pardon lol. He says I cant butcher the babies either . My pekin and rouen/pekin mix were meant for eggs and breeding so the babies can grow to be butchers but again DH wont help me lol. He says the ducks are to cool but he'll butcher as many of my chickens as I need . Go figure.Nice thread.. I ended up loveing my pekins! They were suppose to be for the freezer but there eggs were so awsome and there personality super funny. So now I got two pekin females and a cayuga Drake( who loves them and watches them very closely.[/URL]