How weird is this..

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 6:33 am

On Monday morning, while sitting on the patio I heard a sound inside my garage, my dogs where with me so I knew it could not be them n the garage. Cautiously I walked to the garage a bit worried I might find someone rifling through the stuff in the garage or my Hilux, and found a young dove on the window ledge that was trying to fly out the closed window. So I caught it and placed it on a tree branch in my garden so the dogs could not get it.

This morning I woke up to find a white duck swimming in my pool. The poor duck was trapped under the aqua safety net on top of the pool. Okay so now I have released the net and got the duck out, and now have the duck in my back garden so that my dogs don't get to it. What do I feed this new pet I have?.... Never had a pet duck before...

truckin · Post by **truckin** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 6:55 am

Ducks you dont really need to feed ducks they eat snails n worms from your garden, but you can give then crushed mielies as a treat..

Danman · Post by **Danman** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 6:59 am

maybe you didn't get the message...you should build an ark.....check your spam folder(that's where all my important messages go).

PS. pm you address plz(i don't want to be left behind)

Post by **CasKru** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:03 am

So you are looking for a qualified ducktor then... hehe

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:25 am

Thanks Boetie. The duck is wandering around my veggie garden and there's lots of snails there and amongst the clivia so I'm sure it should'nt get hungry. Also threw some bread out for it. Just googled ducks, and they say they are social creatures so I should get some buddies for it.... Only problem is I don't have a pool in my back garden as well, and think my dogs will chomp it if I let it back into the front by the pool. Maybe I should just try and find its original home in the neighbourhood. Or maybe not, they could have been rearing if for Christmas lunch.. poor thing.

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:26 am

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:46 am

Duck | BBC Good Food
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Rich, dark and naturally moist, serve this bird in curries, one-pots and roasts.

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 8:11 am

Hoppy as jy vanaand gaan slaap gaan n wit eendjie vir jou kom spook....

Anyway I can't cook the duck, because I've given it a name already, it's name is "duck", and follows me around, and I found a plastic bath and filled it with water and it is as happy as a pig in....... So 'Duck' just has to meet the dogs..

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 8:43 am

GI Jane wrote: it's name is "duck"

Very original, how did you come up with that?

You must go and check on Google, maybe the birds is some sort of sign...
...or the Boxers are hungry :razz:

Danman · Post by **Danman** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:36 am

So let me get this straight...duck is a duck as happy as a pig that has not gone to the dogs.....hehe

Post by **Mud Dog** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:38 am

Cool Val! I can't believe there are no photos yet!!!

Introduce him to the dogs under supervision. They'll get used to him in time.

My kids (youngsters at the time) came home with a duckling ..... it was small ..........

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It was named 'Dudley' by the kids ... no idea why. They fed it porridge and lawn crickets and it grew quite quickly.

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Loved the goldfish pond but for some reaason it never bothered the fish.

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Loved the pool too ......

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It fed itself on insects and stuff around the yard, but would often chip in next to one of the dogs and share their food when they were fed. Strangely the dogs never minded Dudley at all. Never got a pic of that, but this one was when I put some pellets on the ground for them while replenishing their food buckets.

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The pool was one of it's favourite places, swimming about, frolicking and diving to the bottom. Dudley could fly, but never flew away ... this was his home.

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He even enjoyed a ride to the shops in the bakkie.

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Dudley used to follow us around like the dogs (I think he had an identity crisis), and he'd come running when someone came out of the house .... probably to see if there was a treat to be eaten.

His last 2 yrs were spent with the geese on the farm because the Boerboel that we took in didn't get along with him. He coupled up with one of the geese and protected her as his property against the other geese (identity crisis perpetuated). He had a character of his own and was often the source of our amusement.

Enjoy 'Duck'!

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:57 am

Found Duck some food at the local petshop, but they don't have any buddies for it. So am going to phone around and see. Okay going to try the boxers with Duck, mmmm the youngest one might try and eat Duck or at least chase it....

truckin · Post by **truckin** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:35 am

Ja Aunty Val, if you dont get a home for da ducky, you can bring it with on saterday, then i will take it and put it with my 2 i have, just need to check if its male or female, cause i hav a male and he might just not be to happy sharings his babe

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:25 pm

Welcome to our newest member.. Duck... Donald Duck...

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 1:32 pm

Is it male or female?
The males are more colorful, taller and less aggressive, same as humans...

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 1:43 pm

I don't know how to tell the sex of a duck. This duck is white, so is the male duck just more white than white, or more colorfully white? I have no way of telling whether it is a tall duck or not because I only have the one duck and nothing to compare it to.. and it is not at all aggressive, in fact it is really friendly, but that could just mean it is a friendly female duck...

Post by **CasKru** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 1:57 pm

GI Jane wrote:I don't know how to tell the sex of a duck. This duck is white, so is the male duck just more white than white, or more colorfully white? I have no way of telling whether it is a tall duck or not because I only have the one duck and nothing to compare it to.. and it is not at all aggressive, in fact it is really friendly, but that could just mean it is a friendly female duck...

Is it quite and docile or al over the place and quacking the whole time? If quacking most of time it must be female

Hilux 1 · Post by **Hilux 1** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:02 pm

CasKru wrote:
GI Jane wrote:I don't know how to tell the sex of a duck. This duck is white, so is the male duck just more white than white, or more colorfully white? I have no way of telling whether it is a tall duck or not because I only have the one duck and nothing to compare it to.. and it is not at all aggressive, in fact it is really friendly, but that could just mean it is a friendly female duck...
Is it quite and docile or al over the place and quacking the whole time? If quacking most of time it must be female

Hilux 1 · Post by **Hilux 1** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:03 pm

the white ones is usually called quackers, if male it will have a slight curled feather before the tail feathers if no such feather it is female

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:09 pm

What did it use to get into your yard? a Hilux, a Renault, a Convertible or a Landrover?

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:55 pm

Hilux 1 wrote:the white ones is usually called quackers, if male it will have a slight curled feather before the tail feathers if no such feather it is female

Okay "Duck" does have a little curled feather just before its tail feathers, it is docile, but it quacks a lot. So he is a talkative, or quackitive, docile, male duck....

Boxers are very interested in Duck, and have watched him very closely through the security gate, but I dare'nt let them meet yet, not until I have fed my dogs this evening....

Hilux 1 · Post by **Hilux 1** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:11 pm

feed them some Peeking duck

JEEPIE · Post by **JEEPIE** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:31 pm

you can always just get a chicken and a turkey too
in 2 months time you can make fresh tenducken

Thunder02 · Post by **Thunder02** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:37 pm

JEEPIE wrote:you can always just get a chicken and a turkey too
in 2 months time you can make fresh tenducken

With a nice cranberry sause......

Post by **Mud Dog** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 2:07 am

For a start allow only one dog in with the duck at a time ..... one one, no pack mentality and the dog will be less aggressive. Do this for a few days and then allow them both in with the duck .... under supervision at all times of course. The duck will stand up for himself as well if needs be, but won't be a match for a determined dog.

Good luck!

Now where's the darn pics!!

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 6:42 am

Hoppy wrote:What did it use to get into your yard? a Hilux, a Renault, a Convertible or a Landrover?

If Duck came with a Hilux, feed him & keep him, he's cool, if Duck came with a Renault, it's female, be carefull, if Duck came with a Convertible, it's gay, feed it to the dogs, if Duck came with a Landrover, treat him like an orphan, he's had so much sh t in his life, shame, make him fat then cook him for Christmas.

kfxnando · Post by **kfxnando** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:04 am

The sad reality is that we have all been tagged allong!!

As there is no duck
Its someones imaginary friend

Otherwise we would of had pics by now!!

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:54 am

I am having a proper with my CF card reading when trying to load photo's. Photographed a wedding and think the card reader overworked and now just isnt working now at all.

I was even begin to believe it was an imganery friend myself, because when I went to see that Duck was okay this morning, he was missing in action. He had 'flown the coop' and "NO" in case anyone is wondering my boxers did not get hold of Duck because there are no feathers in the back garden to indicate he was a late evening stack. Anyway after searching the back garden, and reading the post, I quickly looked on my camera LCD, to make sure the shots where there and I had imagined meeting a friend called Duck. So as soon as I can get to an IT shop to get a new card reader, I will download the photo's of Duck, before anyone believes I have totally lost the plot...

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:58 am

What? Are you duckless again??

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:08 am

ThysdJ wrote:What? Are you duckless again??

Yes it look like it.

I was giving it a lot of thought this morning when I woke up and realised that it was selfish of me to keep Duck by himself, so I had pretty much decided I was going to take him to a big pond in a park near the High school, so he could join the ducks there. My dogs looked like they were more interested in making a meal of Duck than being friends with him. My one boxer dislikes cats and chases them at any chance she gets, so it was risky.

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:31 am

If you love it set it free.... if it comes back it was meant to be...

if it doesn't hunt it down and kill it..

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:32 am

ThysdJ wrote:If you love it set it free.... if it comes back it was meant to be...

if it doesn't hunt it down and kill it..

ROOFER · Post by **ROOFER** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 2:26 pm

Aah Val :!: its fine we all had imaginary friends at some stage ,some stayed some left .

I know some people have them late in life but thats OK!!!

So there's no pic's we didn't expect any really :!: :!:

kfxnando · Post by **kfxnando** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:25 pm

ROOFER wrote:Aah Val :!: its fine we all had imaginary friends at some stage ,some stayed some left .

I know some people have them late in life but thats OK!!!

So there's no pic's we didn't expect any really :!: :!:

Just another tall hilux story

Like a fishermen who cought a fish that big
And then the fish got away

Thabogrobler · Post by **Thabogrobler** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:23 am

The duck that got away....

kfxnando · Post by **kfxnando** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:38 am

Thabogrobler wrote:The duck that got away....

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:02 am

Rianc · Post by **Rianc** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:27 pm

Ek het die voël gekry! Hiers hy, die foto.

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:02 pm

Dis n ander voel daai...lyk glad nie soos die ene in my swembad...

Rianc · Post by **Rianc** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:18 pm

Sorry Val, die voël het ook gedog hy kan swem en lyk soos 'n duck, maar te veel promosies op die produk gedoen.

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:53 am

Okay just so you KNOW that Duck was not my imaginery friend ..... Here are a few photo's

This is Duck, or I should say was Duck

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This was definitely not Duck,

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nor would Duck have ended up like this.

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Those plastic ducks belong to Lily

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Just in case you were wondering.....

Hilux 1 · Post by **Hilux 1** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 4:14 pm

might be believable if the kids was with the ducks in the bad or playing with it, but as a fill in pic, c'mon Val

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 4:19 pm

If I was a duck, and you put me in a pond that small and shallow I would duck off too...

He probably got cramps in his toes..

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:33 am