Wild Ducks

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Wild ducks eat mainly grasses/vegetation and insects.

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Hey Carol - I would not have a clue how to catch the Mother to relocate - But we have an 80 acre farm here in Boyd and we have lots of ducks here already... I don't know how you would get them here.. but If you can find someone to catch them - we love to watch them on the pond...

And we don't allow hunting on our place... so they would be safe! :O)
 
First of all - ducks and geese are excellent lawn mowers. They keep grass nice and trim.

Secondly - Carol - You are fortunate to have been visited by one of Nature's ambassadors. I would put up with the slight inconvienence in order to enjoy watching the little ducks hatch, grow, fledge, and then fly

Be thankful that it is just a mama duck and not a mama goose......nesting geese can attack with enough strength in their wings and beaks to inflict some major damage.....the wing can be swung with enough force to break a human bone.
 
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sucks Carol Symposium is right around the corner and you couldn't stand it if we didn't room together as always. Hey maybe you can bring one or two of your new pets with you!
 
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Hey Carol - I would not have a clue how to catch the Mother to relocate - But we have an 80 acre farm here in Boyd and we have lots of ducks here already... I don't know how you would get them here.. but If you can find someone to catch them - we love to watch them on the pond...

And we don't allow hunting on our place... so they would be safe! :O)
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I' ll check into that. I appreciate the offer.
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sucks Carol Symposium is right around the corner and you couldn't stand it if we didn't room together as always. Hey maybe you can bring one or two of your new pets with you!
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I am going to create a design for "final night" out of these critters. I will use their poop like a moss or a lichen. The nature look is the design I am going for.

How do I fasten them to the tables? I am thinking a wired wooden pick should work. If I just use one pick per chick on one foot, they can still run around in circles during the dinner.

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As in my earlier thing to you,

I belive that animals come for a reason, My cat came to me when I really needed him most in my life, and wouldn't trade him for the world, and that Owl that showed up recently, < Who knows on that thing> Sometimes in life the littlest of precious things do come for a reason, and it that of a blessing, it is there for a reason, animals don't just go anywhere as you are surprised on the salt water pool, well it is all good, , but having moving to the duck capital of the world, I had never seen one in my life only in books, they are just so cool to watch and learn from this experiece, you have taught so many of the years , and i for one have the upmost respect for you, and will always have that, I belive that the wonderous creatures are there for you and Mr.Buddy for a reason, and it is a grand one. As you are both wonderful people, So they chose the right place to be. There is no thinking of what to do, But to sit and watch, as you watch the flowers grow, the ducks will as well, and how Wonderful is that...
 
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Carol Bice said:
I am going to create a design for "final night" out of these critters. I will use their poop like a moss or a lichen. The nature look is the design I am going for.

How do I fasten them to the tables? I am thinking a wired wooden pick should work. If I just use one pick per chick on one foot, they can still run around in circles during the dinner.

Carol Bice
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I wonder if they would be happy submerged in gel?
 
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Every spring I have a grapevine wreath attached to my door and sparrows nest there yearly. I always make sure the wreath is very securely attached to the door! We tip toe in and out of our house for weeks on end, as if we didn't belong here! It's quite a sight to see the mother nesting and then when the babes are born around Mother's Day...it is bizarre! All the chirping right on our front door is truly a sight to behold! We just love watching them...and after 13 years of nesting, my cat has grown so accustomed to the event, that she just lays by the front door and "mews" occasionally!

Carol, my advice to you is to enjoy the spectacle! The "mess" is worth the experience of watching Mother Nature at work!
 
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I don't think they eat flowers Carol... lettuce maybe. :)

Enjoy the heck out of the experience... they picked you for a very good reason.

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from the woman whose hubby says "are you watching those stupid bird cams again"...........Enjoy (as I fill my 8 feeders again for the second time today)
 
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My friend lives at the lake. She has a gorgeous yard with many gardens and a pond or two. In the spring she often has quacking tenants. :) They've never noshed on her flowers, but did have a great smorgasbird of other green things.

She's an avid bird watcher and feeder so it's all good with her... the more the merrier... like you Rhonda. :)

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OK, a water hose is not going to deal with the duck poo.

If you don't have one, get a power washer.

There are lots of sweet, goosebump-y things being said, but the reality is lots and lots of POO.

Just be prepared, and don't go out there barefoot.

Pssst....I think Dragonfly's recipe was hilarious...
 
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Carol Bice said:
I need advice.

Every morning when I go outside, I see a big duck swimming in my pool and just walking around in the fenced in yard. So, I suspected that she must have a nest close. Well, this morning I found it by my back door with 7 eggs in it...

Does anyone have experience with wild ducks and what would happen if I just let them be. Would they stay around for a long time or what could I expect? Since they are in a fenced in area, I assume the baby ducks would only be able to walk around the pool and yard. How long before they would be able to fly off?

Any thouhts?
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Is this duck by herself?
A drake is needed to fertilize the eggs...

Ducks are social animals that are usually in a flock...

Duck eggs require 28 days to hatch...

I think they usually learn to fly at around two months (they start hopping and flapping around 6 weeks)

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Carol...Mamma Duck needs you, and obviously "trusts" your safe yard...take care of this brood, as your own!!
I can't believe I used to shoot at these critters...couldn't do it now even IF I was starving!!
 
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