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Excellent video!
Always wondered why they weren’t commonly raised on an industrial level.
Totally reinforces everything I know about Ducks.
In the Woods w/Phil Robertson
“Processing” some Blue Winged Teal’s
https://youtu.be/keHPer68kMA
(8:16)
“Rabbit Season, Duck Season” trilogy.
Duck, Rabbit, Duck (1953)
https://youtu.be/17ocaZb-bGg
4:56
[“HA!, That’s it. Hold it right there, pronoun trouble.”]
I like geese better.
“I want a new Duck”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvgQIBcdRk
Interesting video, I will scratch off ducks on my to do list.
We’ve got 2 Pekin ducks in with 14 chooks, about half of his reasons don’t apply (they’re not that noisy, females don’t attack the chooks, they don’t play with the cup water feeder, there are no snakes or foxes in NZ, their pen is big enough that the grass survives so poop not an issue) but his other reasons (eggs not so yummy, not friendly, waste of feed) I agree with.
Modest Mouse
“Birds Vs Worms” (2001)
https://youtu.be/3RLxFFOevEs
(2:13)
Reading the subcomments, the Australian – and maybe all Australia – was doing ducks wrong.
Ducks are waterfowl. They like to swim around in ponds. Other people in those comments recorded having ducks on their property who got along with them fine, because their property had waterfront.
I would have thought Roosters would spur the ducks away.
Reason #11
They are not Beavers.
HA ! what a treat.
Thanks wayne for the Saturday morning cartoon flashback. Love it.
My sister raised muscovey (sp?) ducks here in the central CA costal area, because they were quiet and had good dark meat.
She sold them on the grey market to Chinese restaurants. Good $$$ business.
She tired of this after a few years because the ducks were so messy. (no lake front property)
She went back to chickens and washing / repairing horse blankets and tack. Better $$$ business.
Quack on.
Blair Ivey understands a great truth.