Duck
| Duck | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Animal |
| Building | Big Coop |
| Price | 1200g |
| Produce | Duck Egg; Duck Feather |
The Duck is the second bird Marnie sells, and it joins the flock once the Coop becomes a Big Coop. Ducks lay less often than chickens, but each Duck Egg is worth far more. A happy, well-loved duck sometimes drops a Duck Feather instead, one of the more valuable animal products a Coop can hold. Duck Eggs make Duck Mayonnaise, fill the Animal Bundle and hatch into more ducks. Ducks also bring a little life to farm ponds, since they can paddle on the water.
Care
A duck shares the Coop and its routine with the chickens. It eats one portion each day, either grass outside or Hay from the feeding bench. On sunny days the flock heads out through the open door and grazes, which gives the best mood of all. Ducks can also swim on the ponds and other water of the farm, bobbing about while the chickens stay on dry land.
Daily petting is the key to a good duck. It raises friendship towards five hearts and lifts the mood for the day. Friendship and mood both decide whether the duck lays an egg or drops a feather. Ducks stay inside on rainy days and through Winter, when a Heater keeps their evenings cheerful. A duck shut outside at night wakes up grumpy and may even be taken by a wild animal.
The Coopmaster profession speeds up friendship with every Coop animal, ducks included. It also improves the quality of their produce.
Produce
A grown, fed duck makes something every two days. Usually that is a Duck Egg, which sells for close to double a chicken's Egg. Over the same two days, a chicken lays twice, so raw egg income comes out about even.
The Duck Feather is where ducks pull ahead. The chance of a feather instead of an egg depends on the duck's friendship, its mood and the day's luck. A duck at full friendship and mood, on a very lucky day, gives a feather a little over four times in ten. A feather sells for more than two and a half eggs.
Putting a Duck Egg into a Mayonnaise Machine makes Duck Mayonnaise in a few hours. The jar sells for roughly four times the raw egg. Duck Mayonnaise is always normal quality, so plain eggs gain the most from the machine. With the Artisan profession, the jar is worth even more.
Duck Eggs and Duck Feathers both help with the Community Center. A Duck Egg is an option in the Animal Bundle in the Pantry. A Duck Feather goes into the Dye Bundle on the Bulletin Board. Duck Eggs also count as eggs in cooking and in Gus' Famous Omelet. Placing a Duck Mayonnaise in the small box in the back room of The Stardrop Saloon gives a strange statue called ??Pinky Lemon??.
Buying
Marnie sells ducks at Marnie's Ranch once a Big Coop stands on the farm. The Big Coop also brings the Incubator. Putting a Duck Egg into it hatches a duckling, and the Coopmaster profession halves the wait. Hatching eggs is the cheapest way to grow a flock of ducks.
At full friendship, a duck sells back for somewhat more than its price at the ranch.
Notes
Duck Feathers turn up in a few other places. The Traveling Cart sometimes sells one. A married Emily occasionally gives one as a present. On Leo's birthday, the Statue Of Endless Fortune makes a Duck Feather.
A duck that eats a Golden Animal Cracker makes twice as much from then on.
All Animals
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Building | Price | Produce |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 
|
Coop | 800g | Egg; Brown Egg; Large Egg; Large Brown Egg |
| Cow | 
|
Barn | 1500g | Milk; Large Milk |
| Dinosaur | 
|
Big Coop | - | Dinosaur Egg |
| Duck | 
|
Big Coop | 1200g | Duck Egg; Duck Feather |
| Dusty | - | - | - | - |
| Goat | 
|
Big Barn | 4000g | Goat Milk; Large Goat Milk |
| Golden Chicken | 
|
Big Coop | - | Golden Egg |
| Ostrich | 
|
Barn | - | Ostrich Egg |
| Pig | 
|
Deluxe Barn | 16000g | Truffle |
| Rabbit | 
|
Deluxe Coop | 8000g | Rabbit's Foot; Wool |
| Sheep | 
|
Deluxe Barn | 8000g | Wool |
| Void Chicken | 
|
Big Coop | - | Void Egg |