



Eric
Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:28 pm
Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:16 am
Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:35 am
Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:50 am
My Grandma told me about when she finally got rid of all here ducks...
so she thought! In the Spring after, she saw one day a duck and her
babies walk out from under the house
Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:47 pm
Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:13 pm
Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:29 pm
Marlingardener wrote:Eric, we had to do the same for our hens. We have a large inside coop for inclement weather and feed/water, and an outside one for "recreation". We put double chicken wire on the top to deter hawks, and secured the chicken wire with battens on the frame so feral cats, possums, skunks, etc. couldn't walk in. We also set it on buried bricks which hold down the wire underground. My husband calls it "Alcatraz"!
Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:29 pm
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Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:11 am
Jal_ut , The wire fence is 1" x 2" not 1/2"x 1"
Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:59 am
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Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:05 pm
Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:27 pm
tedln wrote:Eric,
You said the Muscovy ducks are the "meat" ducks. Do you prepare and consume them in the same way you would a chicken? Do you roast them? Will duck fry up like chicken? How do you consume them? Do they have a lot of fat? Many restaurants are deep frying in duck fat now. It is supposed to create a unique flavor in fried foods.
I noticed you called the Muscovy ducks "South American Perching Birds". When we lived in East Texas, We had an eight acre pond with a lot of Muscovy ducks. We didn't raise them, they were just there. My wife would put bird feeders on tall poles to prevent the squirrels from getting to the feeders. The Muscovy's would fly up to the feeders and perch to eat the bird food. Their weight would bend the feeders to the ground or break them off. The only thing that controlled the Muscovy population were the alligators in the pond. We had at least one twelve foot gator and a duck was just a snack.
Ted
Ted
Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:00 pm
You said the Muscovy ducks are the "meat" ducks. Do you prepare and consume them in the same way you would a chicken? Do you roast them? Will duck fry up like chicken? How do you consume them? Do they have a lot of fat? Many restaurants are deep frying in duck fat now. It is supposed to create a unique flavor in fried foods.
Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:26 pm