Ducks are more messy. They love their water and making mud. All of our birds are pasture raised but we do give a small amount of crumble. They eat table scraps and love garden surplus. Our ducks don't really fly. No clipping wings. The eggs taste a little bit more rich or creamy when we fry them. For scrambled, I can't tell the difference. We enjoy the personality of the ducks over the chickens & find them comical. As chicks they are messier then chickens. I'm not sure as adults as we just routinely clean both houses at the same time. I just put 36 eggs into the incubator due to hatch in a couple weeks.