>>2861945Anyone telling you that any kind of poultry/waterfowl living in your garden is a good idea is full of shit. That being said, they can be very useful before/after planting, but you have to be strategic. Ducks, chickens, geese, whatever will wreck your plants even just walking on them or fucking with them out of boredom, doesn’t matter if they eat them.
I’ve raised batches of 40ish pekins every year for a few years, because they’re delicious and grow fast, but this is the first year we kept any.
So far, no problem with -30f long cold winter, and my 3 females have been laying earlier/better than my 15 chickens. The eggs are nearly twice the size and much stronger, might take some getting used to if you’re used to eating watery shit from the store, but I prefer them to chicken eggs. (Probably wouldnt eat them hardboiled though). 100% would recommend.
Like other people said, duckshit’s pretty gross, so I wouldn’t keep them stationary besides in the winter. They’re also fucking retarded so don’t expect much from them. They act like the proverbial lemming, easily startled, and they walk about as well as your average walmart shopper. Haven’t found them to be too greedy with food except when growing them out, but these grow stupid fast and get slaughtered at 7wks so thats expected.
