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milliesgarden's Buzz Mar 18, 2012
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Picking up our chicks on Tuesday. I think we are going to get 8 and 2 ducks, hopefully mallards if they have them. Anyone have duck advice?
JMTKMS replied about 1 year ago
We have ducks and chickens and love them all!  The duck eggs are great!  We clipped the duck wings before the fall, as we did not want them to fly south.  They are still with us, and seem to be very content.  We will work on improving their pond this year, as they love the water.  Ours are a light tan color, not sure of the type.  We saw mallard du... at the feed store last week, but I had to say no.  We love the ducks, but they are messy, more so than the chickens.  Two is fun, more could be a problem, as least for us.
milliesgarden replied about 1 year ago
Good to know. We were thinking 3 or 4 ducks. So maybe just 2 or 3. They are so cute! We plan on letting everyone free range and do whatever they want. They are happier and we are happier. We have a creek but its a 2 minute walk down there from the house, we are hoping they will fly down there during the day and fly back at night to the house. That is what we are going to try to train them to do.
JMTKMS replied about 1 year ago
If there is water.... they will go!  Come back, most likely... unless they meet up with some wild ducks that change their m....

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