(excerpt) THE Crescent Duck Farm, the last duck farm left on the North Fork, has about 140,000 ducks at any given time. They range from day-old ducklings covered in pristine yellow fuzz to 6-week-old white-feathered ducks that are just about ready for slaughter.

Crescent is the island's largest duck farm, a huge operation in Aquebogue that produces nearly a million white Pekin ducks, or roug...