aside from the aforementioned affection towards snakes, i also hold a great deal of fondness in my heart for hollow knight (i am extremely normal™ about collector), rain world (miros birds are the best creature i will not be accepting criticism on this), command and conquer red alert 2 (kirov reporting), in stars and time (one must imagine sisyphus stuck in a time loop), and about a million other things.
i played through slay the princess and spent the whole game pretty much completely ignoring her in favor of dicking around with the narrator (there is no good ending because the narrator always dies) and the voices (contrarian is the best one), which probably says a lot about me (i am aromantic asexual (this will not stop me from rebugging horny™ shit that i am tangentially interested in)).
fuck it i'm a girl now (still he/they tho)
i also like to draw and make games & shit.
I've held a chicken before. I've never held a duck. I have to assume it's basically chicken deluxe, a considerably more refined and enjoyable version of an already perfect experience
And now that I think about it, I guess probably a pretty important part of the equation is that it might quack. I'm not sure I'd be ready for that, it would be like meeting a celebrity. Oh damn it's quack, from all of culture beginning in early childhood. He just seems like a normal guy when you meet him
this is the complete truth, as one who has held both chickens and ducks
So if the Mythbusters are any indication, if you're holding a duck in isolation, they tend to be fairly quiet.
However if you and a friend are each holding ducks they get talkative.
Okay now this feels like a perfect afternoon. This feels like a day I would remember forever
Ducks kick their feet in protest more than a chicken does, in my eyewitness experience
ducks are a little more solid than chickens, but they're a very pleasant shape to hold. they're not as fluffy, and are more smooth
Weirdly, I have extended knowledge and experience in assisting people with holding ducks and filming it. And yes, ducks can (or at least pretend) to be celebrities.
ducks are honestly a lot easier to hold than chickens due to them being a much more streamlined shape (for water travel) which suits the grabbing shape of the human hand well. plus the feathers fold down and are smoother. they are also more chill when held than chickens, who are already fairly chill. holding a goose by comparison is very difficult and scary because are large and cumbersome and they wiggle and flap and they bite everything and their neck +head is basically a long and aggressive snake
i held a duck once but i've never held a chicken. notable points: 1) head is SMALL! like how is the head so small yet does everything a duck needs?? 2) heart beat is SO FAST 3) so warm. very good A+ bird experience. i also held a duckling once & they emit a constant peeping even when asleep so their parent can locate them
I consulted with my wife who (I'm just finding this out now) was a holder of both chickens and ducks. I've been informed that there is a noticable difference due to the fact that "the duck definitely quacks" and "the chicken just kind of sits there"
