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[Forestchook]

Can anyone tell me about these? I would absolutely love to get some ducks and recently discover a supplier very close by who sells Cherry Valley's. The name means very little to me but the pictures are of white ducks with yellow bills which are my favourites (sorry if I've made anybody wince with that)

"Prudence" is quite adamant and quite right that I cannot get any at the moment but I would like to know if these are a practical choice for the future. There is no harm in research right?

Are they a good choice? How much noise do they make?

 

Many thanks

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[miller30]

Hi i love cherry valleys they are just a hybrid duck excellent egg layers and can become friendly if you get them young enough now to the bad part they are very loud well the ones i have had have been leanne

[Forestchook]

Thank you. Hmmm, so younger ones might be better than than POL. The noise could be an issue though. How early do they tend to start chattering? How early/late do they stop and put themselves to bed? Or am I dreaming on that one?

 

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[miller30]

Ha ha yes dream on ducks dont tend to go to bed on their own they need herding in my ducks are going in at about 9pm now its lighter and mine make a racket in the morning when they want letting out but i have 8 and it just depends on the duck really some will make a racket all day some not i cant see a couple of ducks being too bad leanne

[Chortle Chook]

My ducks (and I have Call Ducks so they ought to be loud) quietend down a lot once they had settled. Now they don't make much noise at all. At bedtime (when the chickens put themselves to bed) I give my ducks a few meal worms and now, as soon as the chickens start to troup off to bed, the ducks are outside their wee house saying 'let us in'

In the mornings they don't start being noisy till they hear the kitchen door opening at about 7.30 am (when I go to let my chickens out), then they do start to remonstrate.