Which Bree

[ThomasR]

Can you please tell me wich duck breads are the quietest, easiest to get, cheapest, and can live in a neighborhood with a home owners association .

Bufflehead
Mandarin
Red-crested Pochard
Wood Duck
Smew
Orpington



Thanks

 

[CoopCrazy]

Hopefully some duck folks will chime in

 

[ScoobyRoo]

ThomasR.

I think your best bet would be to search each breed you have mentioned. I have four kinds of ducks (none that you mentioned) and to me.....they (all females) are loud. I'm sure no matter what you get, they will be greeting you with quacks or whispy sounds every time you go out to tend to them. Hopefully you will find answers to your questions or someone more knowledgeable will help you.

 

[Teach97]

I would move and get all of them...and the others you didn't list...and some chickens...and pigeons...and turkeys....


I am against folks telling me what i can and can't do....I have a wife for that

 

[goosedragon]

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Most of the breeds mentioned (all except Mandarin and Orpington) are wild breeds that you will need a Federal (+state maybe) permit to own. generally they require a full cage to keep from flying off, add the Mandarin to the fly-offs. all these are likely to be expensive and hard to get and the home owner's association may frown on the cage. That leaves the Orpington which is often called the Buff Orpington or Buff duck for short. Frankly if the Home owner's association( HOA) has a rule against ducks they are going to catch you and tell you the ducks have to go. HOAs vary a lot, if there are a lot of us old folks with time on our hands you will get caught sooner. Young famalies with their own problems are often too busy with life to care about your ducks unless they make noise or stink. Lots of Luck!

 

[goosedragon]

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So stay out of places with HOAs, it is like having 50 wives!

 

[1lpoock]

Well the mandarin will probably be the easiest to obtain. I can only comment on the mandarin and wood duck because those are the only ones I have experience with. You will also be able to find wood ducks easily but they require a permit to keep. The wood ducks are slightly louder than the mandarins, but still aren't very loud at all. Sorry I couldn't help with the others!

 

[1lpoock]

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Most are expensive, but you can get woodies and mandies for as low as $50 a pair sometimes. Also, I've seen some pretty attractive aviaries, take this link for example.....
http://www.ozarkbantams.com/photos/aviary.jpg