i might get some ducks because i heard they eat bugs in your garden but not the vegetables. are there any downsides to owning ducks other than buying food for them?
i heard they shit everywhere. if you had a big section or no kids playing in the yard then that might not matter. they also need a water feature of some sort which will need water changes or filtration. they will take up more space since they are ground roosting birds instead of inside a coop. that also means they are easier to snatch up by predators. also hope you don't like tomatoes, i read somewhere people struggle to keep tomatoes safe around them.
Rudy says go for it and what’s up bros? Haven’t seen any duck posting in a month of Sunday’s.
>>2861959>i heard they shit everywhereAnd its the nastiest shit you can imagine.I have chickens and would love to get ducks but the poop is something I cant deal with. Changing out a kiddie pool with their shit water is disgusting, even if you change it daily.
>>2861945>are there any downsides to owning ducks other than buying food for them?they get clapped by predators very, very easily. if you are considering free ranging them you might want to consider geese instead.
>>2861945Anyone telling you that any kind of poultry/waterfowl living in your garden is a good idea is full of shit. That being said, they can be very useful before/after planting, but you have to be strategic. Ducks, chickens, geese, whatever will wreck your plants even just walking on them or fucking with them out of boredom, doesn’t matter if they eat them.I’ve raised batches of 40ish pekins every year for a few years, because they’re delicious and grow fast, but this is the first year we kept any. So far, no problem with -30f long cold winter, and my 3 females have been laying earlier/better than my 15 chickens. The eggs are nearly twice the size and much stronger, might take some getting used to if you’re used to eating watery shit from the store, but I prefer them to chicken eggs. (Probably wouldnt eat them hardboiled though). 100% would recommend.Like other people said, duckshit’s pretty gross, so I wouldn’t keep them stationary besides in the winter. They’re also fucking retarded so don’t expect much from them. They act like the proverbial lemming, easily startled, and they walk about as well as your average walmart shopper. Haven’t found them to be too greedy with food except when growing them out, but these grow stupid fast and get slaughtered at 7wks so thats expected.
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>>2861945>Should i start raising ducks?or geese
>>2862058>>2862216Geese will fill your whole yard with liquid shit, they're a lot worse than ducks in my opinion.To be fair, I've only had a couple ducks, but a sizeable pack-gaggle of geese?But that's not all they've got going for them.They can also be kinda aggressive and territorial. If you don't show them who's boss you're gonna get charged and believe you me they will fuck you up if you let them, be it with their beaks or their wings, you're not going out of that encounter unscathed let alone dignified.Also it most likely won't just be the odd one out to pick a fight. If one has a bone to pick with you, be ready for some avengers assemble shit to go down.They're also very very loud and annoying, worse than turkeys or even guinea fowls.Tasted good thoughAlso this captcha is somehow even more aids than a few years ago, makes me wanna go away sooner, not a bad thing I guess.
