I have 2 girls...a runner and a buff
I also have a khaki drake. Nice fellow...BUT
My first egg I hatched out is his baby by a khaki hen (she died) and it looks like it is a boy. JJ (Jack's boy) also has a friend I picked up for him when he was a week old. I didn't want him to be alone. Looks like THAT duck (named Bungie) is a Rouen.
Here is the problem.
My little yard can only have so many ducks. As much as I would love to just get more girls and keep Jack AND JJ, that just wont work. Also, I didn't know a darn thing about Roeun's until the last couple of days. They get HUGE. Also, they are not the best egg producers. They are more of a meat duck. But JJ & Bungie are buddies. They freak out when they are separated.
So here are my options...
Sell Jack & Bungie, Keep JJ.
Butcher Jack & Bungie, keep JJ (but I have never done this. Not sure if I could butcher a duckling I raised from a couple of days old).
Keep Jack, sell Bungie and JJ together as pets (but hubby doesn't want to sell our "first duck we made from an egg"...LOL).
I also have 4 more eggs in the bator due to hatch any day. I was originally thinking of selling them as day-olds (in pairs) but am considering seeing if any of them are girls. But if they ARE girls, they will be JJ's half-sisters.
Given my goofy situation, what would YOU do?
So far the only 2 ducks earning their keep are Lana and Chrissy.
I also have a khaki drake. Nice fellow...BUT
My first egg I hatched out is his baby by a khaki hen (she died) and it looks like it is a boy. JJ (Jack's boy) also has a friend I picked up for him when he was a week old. I didn't want him to be alone. Looks like THAT duck (named Bungie) is a Rouen.
Here is the problem.
My little yard can only have so many ducks. As much as I would love to just get more girls and keep Jack AND JJ, that just wont work. Also, I didn't know a darn thing about Roeun's until the last couple of days. They get HUGE. Also, they are not the best egg producers. They are more of a meat duck. But JJ & Bungie are buddies. They freak out when they are separated.
So here are my options...
Sell Jack & Bungie, Keep JJ.
Butcher Jack & Bungie, keep JJ (but I have never done this. Not sure if I could butcher a duckling I raised from a couple of days old).
Keep Jack, sell Bungie and JJ together as pets (but hubby doesn't want to sell our "first duck we made from an egg"...LOL).
I also have 4 more eggs in the bator due to hatch any day. I was originally thinking of selling them as day-olds (in pairs) but am considering seeing if any of them are girls. But if they ARE girls, they will be JJ's half-sisters.

Given my goofy situation, what would YOU do?
So far the only 2 ducks earning their keep are Lana and Chrissy.
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