Re: New from Brockville area
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:08 pm
well good day and welcome eh! ducks are great, but they have to be hatched and raised alongside chickens or the chickens will boss them and not let
them eat (if housed together). nothing cuter than ducklings! the big question before getting birds is who will butcher/process them when you have too many or too many males or they get old and stop laying (and that q is true for any bird). once you have that answered you are good to go.
case in point: "no kill" pet shelters/humane societies in big cities where backyard chickens are allowed have a chicken problem. people get romantic notions of backyard chickens, they have have them and get eggs for three or four years, then they don't have the heart (or aren't allowed) to butcher them so they drop them at the humane society.
I hope I didn't dampen your enthusiasm.
them eat (if housed together). nothing cuter than ducklings! the big question before getting birds is who will butcher/process them when you have too many or too many males or they get old and stop laying (and that q is true for any bird). once you have that answered you are good to go.
case in point: "no kill" pet shelters/humane societies in big cities where backyard chickens are allowed have a chicken problem. people get romantic notions of backyard chickens, they have have them and get eggs for three or four years, then they don't have the heart (or aren't allowed) to butcher them so they drop them at the humane society.
I hope I didn't dampen your enthusiasm.