Author Topic: killer ducks... (Read 3938 times)

little blue · « **on:** September 25, 2011, 08:46:21 pm »

o/h came in today saying "bring a bag, or a box. Your drake is a murderer!"

I thought he meant that the drake had drowned one of his girls, randy little devils that they are.

put my wellies on and went out with a black bag to find ....

... an enormous bloated rat floating in the duck pond! (bath)

its at least the second time we've found a dead rat in their bath - o/h says he saw the drake actually holding this one down under the water!

so they've all had extra corn as a treat, well done boy, that's another b**ger gone!

robert waddell · « **Reply #1 on:** September 25, 2011, 09:03:40 pm »

must be some drake to hold a rat down to drown they have some strength when there life is expiring

ellisr · « **Reply #2 on:** September 26, 2011, 11:04:50 am »

oooh I was thinking of getting cats to help around the farm maybe I'm wrong and should get ducks instead

doganjo · « **Reply #3 on:** September 26, 2011, 11:31:27 am »

Can I borrow him

- my Jack just stands there and watches them run in steal their food, then run up the tree. I don't think my girls notice. How did he get the rat into the water?

northfifeduckling · « **Reply #4 on:** September 27, 2011, 10:43:56 am »

oh, I was worried when I started to read this post - we had a pond casualty in the summer (sadly not a rat!), suspecting the tandem of boys. I was so cross, one is now spending the rest of his life in an enclosure with monkeys, he was lucky I did not murder him but the punishment is greater this way

little blue · « **Reply #5 on:** September 27, 2011, 08:26:03 pm »

I know what you mean NFD, I constantly worry about one of our girls being drowned by her over-amorous fella... she waits til after they've been in the pond (bath!) befor she'll go in.
I didn't know you had monkeys?!

We have 4 cats, they are good ratters too. the bloomin' rats have a run I think under the ducks' bath where it can drain. Found that they've chewed a hole in the chicken shed wall, in a really awkward place. Hope that was the rat the duck caught!

northfifeduckling · « **Reply #6 on:** September 27, 2011, 10:43:29 pm »

Quote from: little blue on September 27, 2011, 08:26:03 pm

I didn't know you had monkeys?!

we don't, a nearby animal park does

if there is so much evidence of the buggers now, what will it be like in the winter for you???

Penninehillbilly · « **Reply #7 on:** September 27, 2011, 11:12:29 pm »

I wonder if his offspring will inherit the killer trait?

that would be an interesting marketing ploy for the eggs

little blue · « **Reply #8 on:** September 28, 2011, 07:10:32 pm »

Quote from: northfifeduckling on September 27, 2011, 10:43:29 pm

if there is so much evidence of the buggers now, what will it be like in the winter for you???

we're kind of used to it - the bloomin' cats will bring rats, mice and shrews home from the factory & mill behind us, if they don't catch them at home!!
we have traps, poisons, and big sticks as well as the cats & ducks... and sometimes borrow next doors' JRT!