Yuck! That Was Nasty!

[ackie]

DH wants them because he finds them appealing and because we like to eat duck. I want to get the chickens well established first.

I love to eat duck. I'm just still a bit apprehensive about raising something with the intent of eating it. (For me personally because I have obnoxiously high empathy)

 

[3KillerBs]

I love to eat duck. I'm just still a bit apprehensive about raising something with the intent of eating it. (For me personally because I have obnoxiously high empathy)

I found that with the chickens at least, once I got them undressed they looked pretty much like a grocery store chicken.

I'm not especially squeamish.

 

[ackie]

I found that with the chickens at least, once I got them undressed they looked pretty much like a grocery store chicken.

I'm not especially squeamish.

Yeah, I helped slaughter a rooster that was being a pain - he didnt crow, he SCREAMED - but I didnt do the cleaning. I think I can rationalize it if it's a problem bird. But I also think the effort put into cleaning it might be worth just going to the store and buying one haha.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

LOL. My chickens love slugs! They love worms even more... like spaghetti...

I just got the nastiest visual of a chicken slurping up a worm, lmao

 

[Trisseh]

If you do decide to get ducks, and want them to eat the creepy crawlies, make sure you offer them when the ducks are still pretty young - acclimate them to things you WANT them to eat. I have a couple that spent too much time with access to only their crumble and they barely will take greens; bugs? No way! They give me the most disgusted look that can possibly be on a ducks face when I offer something like a word or a snail. Then my appleyard hen runs over and slurp! Gone.

 

[Chickenman MAN]

I just got the nastiest visual of a chicken slurping up a worm, lmao

Hehehe

 

[Sally PB]

My chickens didn't go for slugs either, unfortunately. But they LOVED Japanese beetles! I spent hours this last summer hunting for beetles for them. They liked the grubs too. (What's the difference between a grub and a slug, I asked them. No answer.) I am going to see if I can be a force for Japanese beetle extinction in my my area.

 

[3KillerBs]

Then my appleyard hen runs over and slurp! Gone.

Silver Appleyards are the ones my DH likes the looks of best.

 

[Trisseh]

Silver Appleyards are the ones my DH likes the looks of best.

I love them, if I had to choose only one breed to keep, it would be appleyards. quirky, personable, gorgeous, lay nice big eggs regularly, and like a hoover vacuum when it comes to bugs and things. xD and definitely edible if you wind up with more drakes than you bargained for. (Although I couldn’t eat them, I sold them instead lol.)

 

[FLXCHIX]

Mine hate slugs and snails! Although, my one girl found a young snake and well, all bets were off as all the other chickens were running after her trying to steal it away! I stood in horror, but yet had morbid curiosity as I watched her inhale it...