newmarket Posted December 7, 2016 Report Posted December 7, 2016 Morning fellas . Does anyone keep or have kept Ducks ? If so can they pm me please as I'm after some advice . Thanks Boriskat 1 Quote
phildalton1982 Posted December 7, 2016 Report Posted December 7, 2016 Duck for christmas mate? Sent from my LG-H955 using Tapatalk Quote
buzzbomb Posted December 7, 2016 Report Posted December 7, 2016 Duck for christmas mate? Sent from my LG-H955 using Tapatalk I have one in the freezer. carpmachine and cyborx 2 Quote
cyborx Posted December 7, 2016 Report Posted December 7, 2016 Morning fellas . Does anyone keep or have kept Ducks ? If so can they pm me please as I'm after some advice . Thanks plum sauce mate welder 1 Quote
gagnaccarp Posted December 7, 2016 Report Posted December 7, 2016 i once went out with a girl who had a freezer full of dead ducks , over 100 , her x used to shoot them ,i loved em , he was meant too of picked em up but didnt get round to it , so i did ! Quote
levigsp Posted January 3, 2017 Report Posted January 3, 2017 Ive kept them, Ive also shot wild ducks. Quote
welder Posted January 3, 2017 Report Posted January 3, 2017 My brother used to live over the road from me and often kept ducks. Once he took his family to Greece on holiday and it fell to me to tend them, ie let them out of their shed in the mornings, feed them twice a day and usher them into the shed in the evenings. I enjoyed doing this, finding them friendly and quite intelligent The evening before brothers return I was a little late in arriving to put them away and found that foxes had found them to be delicious, too. Our Kid was very understanding, relieved almost, as he'd grown sick of duck eggs............. Ian dougmoon, cyborx and bivvystreet 3 Quote
bivvystreet Posted January 4, 2017 Report Posted January 4, 2017 My brother used to live over the road from me and often kept ducks. Once he took his family to Greece on holiday and it fell to me to tend them, ie let them out of their shed in the mornings, feed them twice a day and usher them into the shed in the evenings. I enjoyed doing this, finding them friendly and quite intelligent The evening before brothers return I was a little late in arriving to put them away and found that foxes had found them to be delicious, too. Our Kid was very understanding, relieved almost, as he'd grown sick of duck eggs............. Ian Quote
Boriskat Posted February 26, 2017 Report Posted February 26, 2017 Good morning Newmarket Long time no speak, somewhere back in 2014 methinks. A thousand years ago I had a print finishing business, by the Bow flyover (London innit) I used a platemaker not far from the factory, that had two Canada geese in the yard of his premises that would come running at you hissing and flapping for all they were worth. Anyone who came onto their land was hollered at! They bought them as 'guard-geese' because they were far less costly than, say, dobermans, needed no exercise, food was 'cheap' (pardon the pun) and of course, at the end of their lives - dinner was served! They had their wings clipped to prevent escape and seemed to flourish in this environment, the proprietor told me that he kept ducks in his pond at home (nice eh?) and found all sizes to be fiercely territorial when needed i.e lots of shouting and-a hollering at night when foxes were on the prowl. Best bet -if you haven't done so already, is to talk to a local vet. I don't suppose they'll know a great deal as duck is so yummy and likely 'vetted' on. If had a choice, it would be a 'mandarin', the males are so colourful, but you may need a couple to keep them contented. Sounds like a great idea and good luck! VBW Boriskat. Quote
Nutcracker Posted March 1, 2017 Report Posted March 1, 2017 If you need some ducks just wait a few months untill it warms up and i got my floater gear out and im sure ill have a couple off the top this year Quote
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