The Ducks and Geese are HUGE and they poop a lot. I am still going back and forth about sending them out to the pond behind our house. It is a bit of a hike and I am afraid I will never be able to get them to come back. The pen they are in is getting increasingly smelly and muddy though so I need to make a decision one way or the other.
I let them get a taste of yard life tonight and it was not as crazy as I thought it would be. Our dog was fascinated and the geese did not care for her curiosity one bit. Too funny. I am in love with the hissing, wing waving geese. They are the BEST and the ducks just follow them around like they are the group bodyguards.
All the birds were so happy to be out and about and ate grass until they were bloated. I was really impressed that I managed to herd them back into their pen too. Not nearly the crazy scene I expected. Unfortunately this was probably because the kids and hubby were washing my truck (my truck has a sticker that reads "Do Not Wash: Conducting Scientific Dirt Experiment)...my truck was even nasty by my standards so it took them a while. I think the lack of screaming girls helped me calmly shoo them back to the pen.
I am debating between trying to teach them to come back to the pen with treats for a couple days or just turning them loose on the pond with the notion I will figure out how to get them back at the end of the summer...smart or lazy....hmmm.
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