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| want2chase3 - 2017-11-07 11:59 AM
emricmacy - 2017-11-07 7:53 AM
Thanks for the replies! I only thought about having a male because I would like to have ducklings. I was thinking about the Muscovy breed, as I read they are extremely quiet. We have had TERRIBLE luck in the past with roosters, so I'm nervous about a male duck, but I'm not sure if I should be or not. We only kept one rooster at a time, and it was always the same scenario. They start off super friendly, no problem with them, months later I go in to collect eggs, and they start attacking my calf, and then I'm too scared to go in the coop, as they attack me. My husband thought I was over reacting one day, so we go out to the coop to close them in for the night, and he bends over, and the rooster attacked him! That was the end of that rooster, but I don't know if male ducks are the same.
That's why I carry a tennis racket when I collect eggs!
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| GLP - 2017-11-09 8:12 AM
want2chase3 - 2017-11-07 11:59 AM
emricmacy - 2017-11-07 7:53 AM
Thanks for the replies! I only thought about having a male because I would like to have ducklings. I was thinking about the Muscovy breed, as I read they are extremely quiet. We have had TERRIBLE luck in the past with roosters, so I'm nervous about a male duck, but I'm not sure if I should be or not. We only kept one rooster at a time, and it was always the same scenario. They start off super friendly, no problem with them, months later I go in to collect eggs, and they start attacking my calf, and then I'm too scared to go in the coop, as they attack me. My husband thought I was over reacting one day, so we go out to the coop to close them in for the night, and he bends over, and the rooster attacked him! That was the end of that rooster, but I don't know if male ducks are the same.
That's why I carry a tennis racket when I collect eggs!
Picturing that just mad me spit coffee on my keyboard! LOL
My backhand has improved tenfold lol! He don't fart with me anymore really... ocassionaly I'll get a stare and a charge but as soon as I raise the racket... he gone... | |
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| Whiteboy - 2017-11-08 12:17 PM
emricmacy - 2017-11-08 11:56 AM
Whiteboy - 2017-11-08 10:44 AM
So eating duck eggs is a thing?? Whats wrong with chicken eggs??
Nothing is wrong with chicken eggs. I personally love the taste of duck eggs. I have made egg salad with duck eggs many times, and it's great! Ducks eggs contain more albumen than chicken eggs, which gives them more structure, which results in very light, fluffy baked goods. They are also higher in protein than chicken eggs.
Very interesting.
My gramma preferred to bake with Duck eggs .... we had a crap ton of chickens that laid too, but those eggs we sold or ate as "just eggs"  | |
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