Ducks or Chickens?

PH01 · 27-06-2005 04:35PM #1

This is a bit like that 'are you a cat or dog person', but with hens and ducks. This came up a few days ago chatting to a couple of mates as to which they'd prefer as pets.
Some prefered chickens. They'll give you eggs, eat anything, and if you're hungry you can have them for dinner. Others prefered ducks, mainly because they've got more of a personality and more humourous.

Me, I prefer ducks 'cause they're funnier

So what would you prefer as a pet (or a roast dinner in the end) - chickens or ducks?

scuba steve · 27-06-2005 04:38PM

Hens lay eggs

Naos · 27-06-2005 04:39PM

Ducks lay eggs.

impr0v · 27-06-2005 04:39PM

ducks have more personality, but hens lay nicer eggs and go better with curry sauce.

Jahl · 27-06-2005 04:41PM

Ducks, all the way. Why? because they're just plain great.

kittenkiller · 27-06-2005 04:42PM

Ducks!
They're much more entertaining.
They swim, fly & walk & some of them are gay!
& when they're swim swim swimming round sometimes they 'duck' under the water & then pop back up & do a big ol shake as if they weren't gonna get wet while swimming in a pond!

& they taste really good!

BlitzKrieg · 27-06-2005 04:43PM

i like chickens

fried

if you didnt see this coming then your a vegetarian...

Jimi-Spandex · 27-06-2005 04:43PM

Get a mallard, give him a bowtie and name him daffy.

Sorted.

Though you could name a rooster foghorn leghorn.

Choices, eh?

Le Rack · 27-06-2005 08:40PM

ducks both taste nicer and are more fun!

27-06-2005 08:44PM

Pet -> Duck.
Food -> Chicken, stuffed with Duck.

Le Rack · 27-06-2005 08:46PM

i like how you think, so your into self mutilation then? (you avator)

Gordon · 27-06-2005 09:25PM

Lamb

Le Rack · 27-06-2005 09:29PM

pig meat is the best, the only form of meat!

simu · 27-06-2005 09:30PM

Ducks! Duck eggs are heavenly!

thesteve · 27-06-2005 09:37PM

Has anyone actually got a duck or a chicken as a pet and can comment? I just asked my landlord can I have a pet, he said anything but a dog, can you imagine his face if he walked in and saw a duck....

Le Rack · 27-06-2005 09:40PM

you should get one of each!

robbie1876 · 27-06-2005 09:47PM

Ducks are better dancers.

amazingemmet · 27-06-2005 09:49PM

what qualities do you think define a duck person as opposed to chicken person? maybe we could try splice them together to make an uber pet just like my cog/dat. someone get the pets i'll get the sewing kit

Alqua · 27-06-2005 11:09PM

I like both ducks and chickens, but I had to vote chickens. They're funny and can be really intelligent. When I was younger I had this sort of, "pet hen" at my uncles farm, and she was really tame, which is unusual for poultry. This chicken knew commands like "stay" and was really unlike any other chicken I've seen.

Le Rack · 27-06-2005 11:10PM

Alqua wrote:

I like both ducks and chickens, but I had to vote chickens. They're funny and can be really intelligent. When I was younger I had this sort of, "pet hen" at my uncles farm, and she was really tame, which is unusual for poultry. This chicken knew commands like "stay" and was really unlike any other chicken I've seen.

once off, but then almost anything can be trained to such commands given effort time and patience

LadyJ · 27-06-2005 11:13PM

Rubber ducky you're the one!
You make bathtime so much fun!

Alqua · 27-06-2005 11:14PM

once off, but then almost anything can be trained to such commands given effort time and patience

True, but she was a good pet in many other ways.
I still prefer chickens. Ducks are great to watch swimming in a pond, but chickens are funnier. It's surprisingly good fun to fight off a crazy cockeral and hens sometimes remind me of grumpy old women.

dead air · 27-06-2005 11:14PM

ducks are infinitely cooler

Easily_Irritated · 27-06-2005 11:16PM

Ducks are cool, they've got this whole attitude thang going on.

Chickens are odd and peck. Unnerving almost.

Duck eggs are huge!

Ducks for pets. Chicken for dinner

Altho, duck don't taste too bad either! Hmmmm

Thats a bit of at thinker

Le Rack · 27-06-2005 11:36PM

and does thinking irritate you?

PH01 · 28-06-2005 10:57AM

I got 5 or 6 ducklings when I were small. We had a farm so there were plenty of room for the little guys.
One day my sisters and I dug a hole about two foot square, filled it with water and put the ducklings in it. We went away thinking they were happy. Came back 10 minutes later to find two of them had drowned

So, now when I hear that expression 'if I had ducks they'd drown', I think back to that time when I had ducks and they drowned.

Tobias Greeshman · 28-06-2005 11:01AM

Duck and Plum sauce is always gooooooodd!.. Ha Ha!

Anywho ducks are a much cooler animal, so its ducks for me!

toiletduck · 28-06-2005 11:10AM

Ducks all the way!

Le Rack · 28-06-2005 12:35PM

you would say that!

mmmm crispy duck in plum and hoi sin sauce!!! Drool!
or mandarin sauce....mmmmm

Tobias Greeshman · 28-06-2005 12:40PM

Le Rack wrote:

mmmm crispy duck in plum and hoi sin sauce!!! Drool!
or mandarin sauce....mmmmm

I can confidently say i've never had a bad duck dish... but to say the same about chicken would just be a blatant lie!

Le Rack · 28-06-2005 12:41PM

silas wrote:

I can confidently say i've never had a bad duck dish... but to say the same about chicken would just be a blatant lie!

yup!
even if ducks are really fatty, the meat, the whole thing just tastes so darn good!

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