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Gardening with Ducks

19 years ago

I can't stick a shovel in the ground without have ducks at my feet. When ever I'm shoveling, raking, tilling her they come. It's funny watching them race accross the orchard. Every little bug, grub,worm gone in seconds. To bad they don't leave the worms. Here's a picture of the ducks after tilling the new strawberry bed.

I see in the second picture, I still have a bunch of stuff to get rid of.

Eric

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doris_mi5
19 years ago
Very good pictures Eric. Just think of all the free fertilizer your getting.
clairdo2
19 years ago
They sure are tame.
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eric_wa
Original Author
19 years ago
They are tame to a point. If they are really hungery you might be able to touch them. Most of the time they quack and run away.

Eric
bigack
19 years ago
Sooo funny, Eric. They remind me of cows at a feeding trough.
macbirch
19 years ago
Oh, they're lovely.
Konrad___far_north
19 years ago
Lovely Eric!
Thanks for sharing!
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JoanMN
19 years ago
They're wild? How cool.
eric_wa
Original Author
19 years ago
Joan,

No, not to mislead anyone. They are domestic ducks. Khaki Campbells. Good for slug patrol and eggs. I have twelve ducks and they lay about 9 eggs a day. There not pets but not wild either.

Eric

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