Comments on: Ducks as an alternative to chickens for new keepers http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/ducks-as-an-alternative-to-chickens-for-new-keepers/ Self-sufficiency, farming, conservation, ecology and rural crafts Wed, 23 May 2018 15:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.32 By: Harry May http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/ducks-as-an-alternative-to-chickens-for-new-keepers/#comment-117412 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 14:06:17 +0000 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/?p=1705#comment-117412 Hello, as a complete amateur can you tell me how to tell Aylesbury and Cherry Valley ducks apart please. They have both where I buy my duck eggs but I don’t see how to easily tell them apart.
Thank you.

]]> By: Horton Duck Farm http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/ducks-as-an-alternative-to-chickens-for-new-keepers/#comment-93446 Wed, 20 Jan 2016 08:46:35 +0000 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/?p=1705#comment-93446 Hello, Cherry Valley ducks should start laying when they are about 5 – 6 months old. even without a strongly pellet based diet they should have come into lay several months ago. Are you absolutely certain they are females?

]]> By: Carrie http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/ducks-as-an-alternative-to-chickens-for-new-keepers/#comment-93392 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 18:31:32 +0000 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/?p=1705#comment-93392 Hi. We have two female cherry.Valley ducks. As pets they will be one year old in april they are very tame and silly. They sit on my partners Lap. We was wondering how old. Until they start laying eggs. They have our scraps. Lettuce freud mealworms sunflower seeds kale. Their favorite But not keen on their pellets.

]]> By: Pocket Farm http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/ducks-as-an-alternative-to-chickens-for-new-keepers/#comment-88571 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 20:15:46 +0000 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/?p=1705#comment-88571 Thank you for putting us straight. I have changed the caption to avoid any confusion until we have a positive ID.

]]> By: Horton Duck Farm http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/ducks-as-an-alternative-to-chickens-for-new-keepers/#comment-88122 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 12:40:33 +0000 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/?p=1705#comment-88122 The white ducks you are showing are not Aylesburys. They may be White Campbells or any of the white feathered hybrids but definitely not Aylesburys.

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