Ordered Baby Ducks

I've been searching all the local animal sale sites on Facebook etc or female ducks for a couple of months now to no avail. While I have found some for sale all are at least 100 miles away and $10.00 or more each duckling. So I decided to go back to the farm where I ordered my first ducklings & goslings.

This is the first time I've recommended any company here on my blog but I really have had more than 100% satisfaction from them so here goes...
Metzer Farms located in Gonzales, California. They have good prices, fast shipping and all my previous babies ordered arrived alive and well so thanks to them!

This time I ordered 10 female mixed variety ducklings as I am more concerned with getting hens than any particular variety. According to the hatchery's catalog there may be anywhere from 1 to 10 different breeds in my order "as they are composed of those breeds that hatched exceptionally well on hatch day".
There is a slight chance that the ducklings will come with paper stating which breeds I get but I doubt it... just 10 mixed ducklings. At any rate it'll be fun watching them grow and figuring out what I have. I'm hoping for more calm temperament with high egg production but it really all depends on what the hatchery has extra of.

As I mentioned before, any duckling within 100 miles are $10.00 or more. Even after shipping charges I'm getting mine shipped in from California for less that $8.00 each.

When I ordered my first ducklings I told my best friend, Gail that I planned on raising them for meat. She said I wouldn't be able to kill anything I raised from a baby. After all was said and done she was proved right! I can eat their eggs but not their legs. I had a clutch of goose eggs and one of duck eggs, both close to hatching ruined by flooding in their yard which hurt my heart.  I buried the eggs  (waste not, want not) to build up the soil in my back yard. Presently my 3 drakes are separated from my 2 hens so any eggs are not fertile but still good eating.

The new babes are due to ship August 1. I've already cut off a section of the yard for the wee ones and seeded it so they'll have fresh greens to graze, am building them a hut for shelter  and filling in any gaps between the fence and the ground around.