Which would be a good duck for the CITY?

[Chosen Chickens]

You wont get a quieter duck then a mandarin.... although you will need to clip their wings if you ever let them out and they aren't quite as tame as redular domestic ducks, but they are beautiful and do not quack.... they have a soft whistle

 

[FortWorthChicks]

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Please don't feel silly asking questions...that is why we are all here, to learn as much as possible about current and future pet poultry!

In any case, as someone who has never yet raised ducks, I can give you a quick answer based on my reading of several books about ducks and reading through many posts here. If you only have a handful of ducks, you do not need a pond. As long as they have a good diet, a large predator proof pen and some time to free range in the yard, they can be happy with only a plastic kids' pool or other container that holds water and is large enough for them to swim around in a bit. I plan on keeping only two or three, so I hope this plan will work for me.

Now, if you have a lot of ducks, you probably will need a much larger and more reliable source of water.

Duck_feeder, I am already planning out ways to predator proof my duck and chicken houses. We are very lucky that Chicago has very relaxed laws regarding keeping poultry and livestock (yes, some people here even have sheep and goats!). Now if only some small-minded city slickers would accept chickens and ducks as being just as normal (if not more normal) as their out-of-control elephant-sized barking dogs that they never pick up after!

Wow, Thank you so much.

I hope you have fun raising your ducks!!

 

[adriano]

Mandarins would be my choice also.

 

[Wifezilla]

Most people crowd around to see them but there's always some big burly guy with the rottweiler with a look of terror in his eyes when one of the ducks looks at him.

Bwaa haa haa!