They were great creatures. I miss them!
Would you tell us a story about them?
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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I sure can. I had a group of about 10 ducks. I moved out to the country where I had a good sized pond. At that pond was a very friendly mallard. He would come up and see us. We decided "Hey, duckie might like some friends." So we ordered some. As they grew older and learned to fly, the mallard would lead them to the pond. We also started keeping the ducks penned up at night to protect them from coyotes.
These ducks got into a routine. In the morning, I'd let them out and they'd go to the pond. Around 7pm or so, a group of loud quacking ducks would alert me to shut their pen. If for some reason they didn't want to come in at night, all I had to do was take an old coffee can with some dog food and shake it. It would immediately cause them to come waddling back!
Aw man! Thatβs adorable. I love the feeling of quiet and outdoors in the picture you paint! Thatβs hilarious about that very sociable mallard. Daddy McDuck!
We called him Brownie Duck. He was there when the last people lived there. So he got to live out the rest of his life with a group of friends!
Wow, thatβs awesome! I love that he was the permanent resident, watching a changing cast of human characters and being a fine neighbor throughout.
beautiful duck, hope to have my own one day
Nice duck. Congrats.
Nice duck bro
Great animals. I don't miss the smell though. Ducks are filthy creatures
He looks very polite
What was their name? So cute β€οΈ
We never got around to naming the majority of them, but we named this one Sunshine as when we got it, it LOVED to just bask in the yard where sun was!