I thought it was delicious. It is greasy like people say but I found it delicious. The plucking, however, was very difficult. My hands and fingers were hurting and I was close to giving up. And yes, you need to be worried about the incompatibility of boy ducks and girl chickens. I didn't find duck eggs particularly hard to hatch. I didn't do anything different than with chicken or turkey eggs except let them "cook" a week longer. Some spray them with water once or twice a day during incubation, but I didn't. They are wicked cute coming out.
Apparently I hatched them with a bunch of chicken eggs in there (based upon the picture). I raised them in their own brooder (chicks in a separate brooder) with a "diaper" (chux pad) to reduce the mess. They are messy. I brought them to the bathtub every day so they could swim around while I cleaned their diaper/shavings. Then I had to bleach the tub.
