Buffco:

And, shake the eggs? How about I stomp the shiat outta them?

Momma will lay new eggs if the old are destroyed. Better to fool her into incubating eggs that won't hatch

Oldiron_79: Sticky Hands: but they are tasty, so if you "accidentally" kill one, you can dispose of the evidence.

Apparantly from TFA killing them is fine(as long as its "humanely") but catching and re releasing them is Verboten as they are invasive.

So pretty much either learn to like them or fracking kill them and STFU about "can't they move them to someone elses' yard"

Muscovy are delicious. I vote for killin'.

There is a momma with about 30 eggs under the bushes in my front yard right now... or maybe they hatched. The kids feed them, those ugly ass ducks are in the yard every day... but they don't bother anybody.

mmmm. i like duck.

best of all is potatoes fried in duck grease. seriously.

jvl

Muscovy Ducks are native to the New World. Their range in Mexico expanded until it hit Texas. At that point the federal government considered them native to the United States.

I didn't know pigeons were protected. I thought pigeons, starlings, and (house) sparrows were the big three unprotected species.

Oldiron_79

Some states have laws prohibiting relocation of wildlife without a license. Many people break those laws.

Step 2. à l'Orange

There is an easy solution to this that others have mentioned - eat them. You may have to borrow some of Cali's Asian population to get their numbers down, but dang, can they ever cook duck! Just make sure when you send 'em back to us, you let them bring a few ducks back for tasting testing purposes.

Crispy Deep Fried Duck

1.5 kg Duckling
1 tablespoon Salt
2 slices Ginger root, crushed
2 cloves Garlic, crushed
2 Spring onions (scallions), cut into short length
3 tablespoons Rice wine or dry sherry
2 teaspoons Five-spice powder
1 teaspoon Szechwan peppercorns
Oil for deep-frying
6 tablespoons Hoisin sauce
4 Spring onions (scallions), cut into thin strips

Clean the duck well and rub with salt inside and out. Place it in a deep dish, add ginger root, garlic, onions, rice wine or sherry, five-spice powder and Szechwan peppercorns. Steam vigorously for at least 2 1/2 hours, remove and discard the ginger root, garlic, onions and Szechwan peppercorns. Turn the duck over and let it marinate in the juice. After about 2-3 hours, take it out to cool until the skin is dry. Heat up the oil and deep-fry the duck until golden and crispy.

To serve, either leave it whole or split it in half lengthways. It is eaten like Peking duck, wrapped in Chinese pancakes or steamed buns with strips of onion and hoisin sauce.

This is the recipe I found that comes closest to how a place in South Sac makes theirs. It is DELICIOUS. Since South Sac is so far from my house I started experimenting with making my own from various recipes I found online. I like this one best.

/research can be tasty

Rapmaster2000: Invasive = feral?

/not pointing at subby, the article stated it
//thought feral meant "formerly domesticated"

It does.

So a "feral" duck would by definition not be a protected waterfowl and should be removable.

From the chaos, the desolation and darkness a hero emerges.

Federal Duck would be a great name for a band.

I lived in an apartment complex in Weston where we had duck ponds. The ducks swam and played during the day, and they slept in the grass along the banks in the evening. Sure, there was occasionally some duck poo on the sidewalks, but you learned to just dodge it. The ducks actually added a bit of charm to the place.