Guest Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I'm considering getting some hybrid ducks form my local supplier early next year, do hens and ducks get on and are ducks nosier that hens? any other advice is welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Hi I've been looking at keeping ducks myself, have done a bit of research and found that female ducks are much noisier then male ducks (and hens) but male ducks will get too loving (if you see what i mean ) with the chickens. So i am a bit unsure as to how to go forwards on this one myself.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Ducks are very messy as what they eat is very watery so what comes out the back end.......................................................... They can be quite smelly too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Any good points Louise???!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Personally no Some people love them but I couldn't cope with the mess myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 if I were a lady of leisure and had a big sprawling manor estate with lake, I'd definetly invest in some ducks. As Im none of the above, I will stick with chickens. its tempting though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 The eggs taste nice which is a plus. Lesley and Kazadress are the most frquent posters who keep ducks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I wouldn't choose to have them again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 My dilemma was between ducks and battery hens - which do i get next yera? I think i'm going to postpone duck keeping til i have a bigger garden I would love to keep them but they sound like a lot of trouble and my garden isn't that big. When i do it i want to be able to do it properly. So battery hens here i come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Yaaaay! Good decision! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 There's a good article in this months Practical Poultry about a young lad who hatched some ducks and chicks. Very funny to read of his experiences with the ducks - needless to say he gave up and concentrated on chickens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I must have missed that bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I have six hens who are messy but lovely with it, would 2 ducks be any messier ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I'm told so but they're cuter then chickens! Does that make up for it?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Two ducks would be messier - and they're not always cute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 The general concensus seems to be falling on the negative side of keeping ducks due mainly to them being messy , also opinons seem to vary on how much space they need which also seems to apply to chickens too! Confused Does anyone know of anyone who keeps ducks in southampton hampshire area that I could visit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 The nearest person on the forum is probably Kazadress, who is in Farnborough? Try PMing her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Try emailing barbara@omlet.co.uk as she organises all the visits and would know of any duck owners in that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
