Well, now we are on a subject close to my heart. I am not young, and had them as a child. I loved them, hand feeding them the bread, grain and milk mu Mother gave me to do so. These were a merry mixture. all shapes and sizes and colours.

When I had my own family, I thought, what better way to introduce a child to the love of them - have them.

So, I had Muscovy Ducks, white and the black and white. The Drakes can sometimes be cranky, so did not have one. Then was asked to take some dwarf ducks off a friends hands. These were Appleyard.......well the tiny Drake made babies with one of the huge Muscovy ducks! I was shocked! We kept the babes, and all were ducks - there was only 4. They laid eggs which we ate, of course. I gave away the Muscovy then.

My Children were there to see the little ducks mating, laying eggs and there to see them hatch....Nature is beautiful. I am so glad I had them, as they were such great pets.