Gold Star Hybrid

Sweet babies!...UPDATE!!The "Golden Girls" are now 5 weeks old and are romping around with my 7 week old Muscovies! They are doing wonderful and they are so pretty! Very active foraging in the yard every day and they get angry with me when I don't let them forage for a long time..oh well, Mom has to keep them out of her garden! Thanks again MM!

This is July 2017 and Mama Duckie is the remaining Gold Star hen from our original duck flock (the others were picked off from a predator)....she STILL continues to out lay my chickens and other ducks! At almost 2 years old, this little lady is a gem!

My first ducksBeing my first ducks, I wanted eggs meanwhile I tested out how having ducks in an urban setting would be. I will only rate them on temperament and egg laying ability. As for temperament, they have been skittish for the most part. For the first 3 months, they didn't like getting handled too much. They grew fast, nearly full size by 2 months. But I think since they were technically still babies, they were still wary of their surroundings. They are now nearly five months old at the time of this review, and they have started laying. Its been almost 2 weeks, and ive been getting 2 eggs a day for the most part, and I only have four ducks. And as for their tempers, they have mellowed out and become more friendly. They do get loud at times, but for the most part, they are well behaved and smarter than my chickens. I will definitely be getting more in the future, as this has been a great introduction to keeping ducks. Oh and the eggs are delicious.