10 Reasons Why NOT to Keep Ducks?

[Mandy Onderwater]

 

[Jason890]

Yep all good reasons they can be a handful

 

[Mandy Onderwater]

Yep all good reasons they can be a handful

Haha I bet. We've only ever kept small quails or chicken.

 

[JP 1983]

I will point out that the objection that ducks do not put themselves to bed can be overcome with a bit of training:

 

[Mandy Onderwater]

I will point out that the objection that ducks do not put themselves to bed can be overcome with a bit of training:

I've never even thought about that! Are ducks easy to train?

 

[HelenCate]

I will point out that the objection that ducks do not put themselves to bed can be overcome with a bit of training:

Same with geese. It's all about the treats.

 

[JP 1983]

I've never even thought about that! Are ducks easy to train?

Yep, repetition and treats. Goldshaw Farm took quite a number of months to train his ducks to go to bed. He's still working on the egg laying everywhere, and doesn't bother with the stink, the noise or the mess.

 

[Cobbadiggabuddyblooo]

Messy alright. Best not the wear thongs in the yard... lol

 

[Mark]

That's pretty cool but I'm not convinced. You still have to be there yelling out "all ducks go the bed..."

It wasn't necessarily a big issue to get our ducks into the coop either, in fact, as I walked down to the coop the ducks would usually see me and waddle their own way into the pen because they knew I was there to round them up. Sometimes, I would need to usher them along and it would take several minutes to get them into the coop which isn't terrible, even so, it still annoyed me.

Chickens don't even need that - an automatic door that shuts at dusk and they're safe. The door opens in the morning and they're out free-ranging whether I'm there or not. I can say now after a few weeks of being duck free I'm sure I made the right decision to rid of them

 

[Mandy Onderwater]

That's pretty cool but I'm not convinced. You still have to be there yelling out "all ducks go the bed..."

It wasn't necessarily a big issue to get our ducks into the coop either, in fact, as I walked down to the coop the ducks would usually see me and waddle their own way into the pen because they knew I was there to round them up. Sometimes, I would need to usher them along and it would take several minutes to get them into the coop which isn't terrible, even so, it still annoyed me.

Chickens don't even need that - an automatic door that shuts at dusk and they're safe. The door opens in the morning and they're out free-ranging whether I'm there or not. I can say now after a few weeks of being duck free I'm sure I made the right decision to rid of them

Very interesting to hear!
Never had ducks, but trust me, out of all the terrors around.... our chickens were the rulers of the land.
Admittedly, this was back in the Netherlands and foxes were very uncommon in my area. It would mostly be cats (very sometimes a dog) who tried their luck - and lost!