I'm fortunate to be getting away with ducks. People are nosy here too. My duck coop isn't in direct view from the main road, there's an old shed beside it that blocks it from sight. Sometimes people drive down my back alley just to gawk and see what's in there.
I can only imagine if I had some...
Or they just simply want them for yard candy!
They are beautiful.
I would have some myself but people making assumptions is one of the reasons I don't.
The parents may have said something to the effect of "these are mean fighting chickens don't get near them" as a scare tactic to keep the kids from messing with them and possibly getting injured.
Especially if they haven't had them very long and are unsure how the roosters will act around the...
I hung a piece of sheet metal off of the side of my duck run to block wind and provide a little shade. I wonder what my neighbors think I'm hiding? :lau