Feathered pets make man's best fowl

The Hughes household in Grand Coulee includes two geese and a duck, all named after violent gangsters.

A duck named Allie was originally named Al Capone, but when she started laying eggs, her name was changed.

"Duck eggs are delicious," Ben Hughes noted, speaking with The Star about his family's pet flock over email.

Allie, along with a goose named Pablo, after Pablo Escobar, both came from North...