by n_holzer » Tue Aug 05, 2014 4:58 pm
I think all got re-homed, I saw on Facebook that it was apparently confirmed they had all gone. I hope so anyway! Cherry valley I've never heard of that breed, that's really sad though about their life span. I suppose they are only bread for eggs and meat then?
Yeah I am on the look out for 1, or 2 females for Albert. Although I've got tonnes of books on ducks since keeping them, and researched quite a bit, I've deffinitely got to do a bit more if I'm going to keep a mix of a male and females. I'm considering breeds, as I would have loved female mallards, but hear they are very noisy (as much as I don't care, but considering neighbours). I hear muscovys are fairly quiet? Also 1 or 2 ducks; my vet thinks because Albert is so attached to me, that he wouldn't fuss over females as much, but I'm thinking 2 ducks is better for mating season. Saying that, my little call duck used to be the randy bird, and would forever try to mate my foot, whereas alb never seemed at all interested. I also don't want little Albert juniors waddling about, so is it just a case of removing eggs daily?
Before I get Albert any friends, I would ideally like to have his house built and settle him in first, so I've got a bit of time to do some reading up!