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Ducks
We opened the D.pond today, started up the filter/waterfall. No sooner did
we than 2 ducks flew over head, thus a repeat of an oldy but goldy seemed in order: On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, StOrEcRaFt wrote: I've had ducks for years. ----- A side note on ducks since there is no ducks news area. Ducks are fun to have and take care of but can be messy and troublesome. Up Side: Eats weeds, grubs, and bugs. Very rich manure and dissolves in seconds with a little water. Free eggs that are really large and taste great. Fun to watch fly and play with. (they will even cuddle). Down side: Makes little holes where ever they look for food, Will not listen to reason when asked to stay off the patio or mess some where else in the yard. Hi Storecraft, Then you'll love this often retold rec.pond duck tale below: ;-) ~ jan Ian from New Zealand's answer to a ponder's question about ducks in the pond. Reposted from time to time. We wonder if Ian knows that he is a rec.pond legend..... Here it is ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have a Peking, it's a beautiful white innocent thing that poops in unbelievable quantities. Never mind about a bio-filter, you are going to need a sewerage system suitable for a small town to deal with what this duck is going to do to your pond. would they stay or would they leave? No need to fret on this account - ducks never take the hint. Chuck it in the air and it'll come right back. Sure it will occasionally wander out onto the highway, but motorists would rather run off the road and kill all their passengers than hit a duck that's sitting looking right at them. Look closely at the general design of your average duck, notice that the cranium is small. It is my belief that if you could take all the duck brains in the world and combine them in a sort of super organic computer you would basically have a machine with a loose bowel and a vocabulary limited to: "quack". A duck is a natural born lobotomy. wondering if the cats if the neighborhood would bother them. Hell no, the neighborhood cats will not bother your duck, unless it is a duckling which you have just presented to your young daughter. Actually you will find the neighborhood cats will avoid close encounters with anything that looks like a duck. This is partly because cats dislike stepping in duck doo to get to their prey and partly because the duck thinks any passing cat must be its mother/sister/brother/mate. Even the staunchest Tom cat finds it unnerving to have to deal with this sort of thing and will generally go to extremes to avoid an embarrassing encounter. Would we need to put a fence around it? Sure, fence your duck, but it wont do you any good. You will still hear screeching tires on the road and the neighbors will still phone you up to say your duck is harassing their cat again. If you do get a duck be sure to turn on the lights at night before your walk across the lawn. One of the most unforgettable experiences you can have is tripping over a sleeping duck in the dark. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ ~ jan/WA Zone 7a |
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