What is the friendlist duck breed?

[Chicken0Boy]

What would you say the friendliest duck breed is? I wanted Wood Ducks and Mandarins, but they are ornamental and arent as docile. Also they are Pricey I was going to buy some but it ended up at 250 dollars!

So I guess I got to go lower, I want a nice bird that I get some eggs from. Any suggestions of breed and pics are always welcomed!

 

[duckyfromoz]

Handled often from a very young age- any duck can be extremely friendly- regardless of breed- it is more the temprement and personality of the individual bird. Runners tend to be hapier in numbers of 5 of more, Pekins are one of the most popular mainly because of the availability. Cayugas- Welsh Harlequins and Appleyards are very pretty and good natured. Kahki Campbells are great egg layers- ( as are Runners) They all have their good points- Choose a breed you can afford and like the look of - Set up a brooder and adult pens - then go get your ducklings and spend lots of time with them- handling is the key to having tamer ducks.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

do you know anything about wood ducks?

 

[MysticalMom]

Muscovy. Hands down Muscovy are THE best.

 

[duckyfromoz]

I only know of Australian Wood ducks- Which are extremely hard to raise - as the population here is virtually all wild.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

Okay, thanks! Do you guys know if Wood Ducks & Muscovies will cross breed to form a mix?

 

[PrinceSandwich]

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I would think that theirs way to big of a size differance between the two. If you breed any other kind of duck to a moscovy you get whats called a mule and it can't reprodouce.

 

[MysticalMom]

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Muscovies are huge ducks. My big drake weighs 12 and 1/2 lbs. Aren't wood ducks little tiny ducks?

 

[duckyfromoz]

The two breeds are totally difference in size- A muscovy drake could do some serious harm to a female wood duck if there were attempted matings.

 

[PrinceSandwich]

Everyone always says that moscovies are the friendlest breed of duck out there but it really depends on how it was raised, like duckyfromoz said. I had a trio of moscovies and they were some of the wildest ducks I'd ever had! Bacause they were raised without human contact.