Mallards in My Pond

I have one little lonely mallard drake on my pond. I just don;pt have
the heart to get rid of him. He is really no trouble. He was
originally part of a flock of ducks we had at one timek when we raised
poultry. HIs hens got graabbed by some predator when on their nest
sites, and all his male friends I was able to roundup and sell off,
but this little fellow, was always able to evade any method of
capture. He could easily fly off if he wanted to but he hangs around
with my goat herd now, and is part of the herd. Wherever the goats
are, the duck is close by. It may be that we hatched this young drake
mallard out here and thats why he does not fly off and leave......but
he sure looks pityfull with him settingopn the ponds bank looking so
forlorn without any other ducks to kep him company. He really does not
go into the pond all that much either, just an occasional swim,
usually when the goats come up for a drink, he goes for a swim, other
than that, he is in the brush and grass with the goats......
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:33:41 -0800, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote:

===Has anyone else had experience with ducks on their pond? Any recommendations
===on whether or not we should allow them to stay or encourage them to go
===elsewhere?
===John
===
===Besides what others mentioned, they can bring strange strains of algae and
===parasites to your pond. ~ jan
===
=== ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~


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