Help With Ducks

SIKSUKR · 05-24-2007, 06:51 AM

So he filled his freezer with whiffle balls?Did he throw the frozen balls at the ducks?Huh?

Mee-n-Mac · 05-24-2007, 07:38 AM

Ssshhh. Be wery, wery quiet. He's hunting dwucks. We don't want WETA to hear awout this. Sssshh.

gtxrider · 05-24-2007, 08:21 AM

NO, it's wabbit season. No, its duck season....shoot!

I hate them varmits! Too much TV as a kid.

Has the gator head arrived yet?

joann721 · 05-24-2007, 12:56 PM

I checked ups this morning and it is on the truck for delivery. The windsock didnt work !!

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Pineedles · 05-24-2007, 02:03 PM

Is that a merganser?

joann721 · 05-24-2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Pineedles

Is that a merganser?

I have called this dirty, messy, feathered friend, and his/her mate, many things in the past two weeks, but merganse, has not been one of them..!!!

Let me guess, my dirty butt duck is endangered and protected by some government program !!

that alligator better work or I am getting the roman candles...

WeirsGuard · 05-25-2007, 09:52 AM

Joann,

Maybe a little late with duck advice but here goes. We had the same problem with a pair of ducks during late spring / early summer last year. Short of killing or catching and removing them not much seemed to work. Seems momma duck was nesting and dad was hanging around guarding his family. A short time later a dozen chicks were delivered. They learned to swim in our pool. After a few weeks, when the chicks were old enough, momma packed up her kids and walked away to find a more "natural" environmant. Unless there is a ready food supply and good shelter, the ducks will probably move away on their own. As the summer approaches and you begin using the pool more often, all the activity will be non-conducive to them hanging around. I found a good strong spray from the garden hose cleaned up our cement pool surround without much trouble. The poop in the pool was handled by the chemicals and filter. The Fish and Game folks said the pool chemicals will also easliy take care of any potential "Duck Itch", especially the low volume produced by a couple of ducks. Bottom line: they were a pain in *** for a few weeks, but live and let live seemed to work.

Weirs guy · 05-25-2007, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Pineedles

Is that a merganser?

Looks more like a "dinner".

Pineedles · 05-25-2007, 03:00 PM

You guys kill me!.

Joanne, sorry to alarm. Not a merganser, merely female mallard. Mallards would be great for dinner but Mergansers eat fish and taste awful.

05-24-2007, 06:51 AM	#1
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	So he filled his freezer with whiffle balls?Did he throw the frozen balls at the ducks?Huh? __________________ SIKSUKR

05-24-2007, 07:38 AM	#2
Mee-n-Mac Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,943 Thanks: 23 Thanked 111 Times in 51 Posts	Sssshh Ssshhh. Be wery, wery quiet. He's hunting dwucks. We don't want WETA to hear awout this. Sssshh. __________________ Mee'n'Mac "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity or ignorance. The latter are a lot more common than the former." - RAH

05-24-2007, 08:21 AM	#3
gtxrider Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Piscataway, NJ Posts: 1,030 Thanks: 2 Thanked 46 Times in 24 Posts	no! NO, it's wabbit season. No, its duck season....shoot! I hate them varmits! Too much TV as a kid. Has the gator head arrived yet?

05-24-2007, 12:56 PM	#4
joann721 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Salem, MA & Meredith, NH Posts: 116 Thanks: 3 Thanked 24 Times in 7 Posts	Gator I checked ups this morning and it is on the truck for delivery. The windsock didnt work !! __________________ JoAnn Frustration is trying to find my glasses without my glasses.

05-24-2007, 02:03 PM	#5
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,542 Thanks: 1,071 Thanked 667 Times in 366 Posts	At Last! The Culprit Is that a merganser?

05-25-2007, 09:52 AM	#7
WeirsGuard Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 39 Thanks: 0 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts	Duck Problem Joann, Maybe a little late with duck advice but here goes. We had the same problem with a pair of ducks during late spring / early summer last year. Short of killing or catching and removing them not much seemed to work. Seems momma duck was nesting and dad was hanging around guarding his family. A short time later a dozen chicks were delivered. They learned to swim in our pool. After a few weeks, when the chicks were old enough, momma packed up her kids and walked away to find a more "natural" environmant. Unless there is a ready food supply and good shelter, the ducks will probably move away on their own. As the summer approaches and you begin using the pool more often, all the activity will be non-conducive to them hanging around. I found a good strong spray from the garden hose cleaned up our cement pool surround without much trouble. The poop in the pool was handled by the chemicals and filter. The Fish and Game folks said the pool chemicals will also easliy take care of any potential "Duck Itch", especially the low volume produced by a couple of ducks. Bottom line: they were a pain in *** for a few weeks, but live and let live seemed to work.

05-25-2007, 03:00 PM	#9
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,542 Thanks: 1,071 Thanked 667 Times in 366 Posts	Dinner You guys kill me!. Joanne, sorry to alarm. Not a merganser, merely female mallard. Mallards would be great for dinner but Mergansers eat fish and taste awful.