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    Fall Fair Bird show!

    We did Fall Fair today!!!! My border collie boys did well with their demos all day long and made sure no one bothered ducks when we weren’t working My East Indie drake won Best In Show for Waterfowl My pastel Calls, white and snowy Calls, and Welsh Harlequin/Buff Orpington ducks all got 1st and...
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    Duck Herding!

    Thank you!! That means so much! Haha yes the cluckers! There is a guy on one group who knows his ducks and he has been wonderful in stepping in to say that by body language and noise, the ducks are excited and not under too much stress. Super important as I don’t want to be torturing animals...
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    Duck Herding!

    Thank you!! I’m gonna need it... Taf not so much, he won’t care if he makes a fool of us LOL! :fl Well to be honest, I guess it is sort of an accumulation of his life of training as I did actually start training him herding commands on his toys when he was less than a year haha! But yeah, I...
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    Duck Herding!

    Wow! Thank you guys so much! You have no idea how much your comments and encouragement are helping! I’ve been so nervous about doing a demo and not being good enough. I’m going to keep you guys in mind while on display and try not to stress so much! :love LOL @ I have huskies as well and have...
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    Duck Herding!

    I wasn’t sure if this would be well received but a comment in my other post mentioned wanting to see a video of duck work with my dogs! This is a video of Taf, a 4-year-old male that I raised and trained. I own his sire an 8-year-old and another year old girl who all train on my ducks. Taf has...
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    Lame Duck!

    Oh definitely! That’s actually the reason I got ducks to begin with! Herding lessons on sheep were 3+ hours away in any direction. I knew ducks were used frequently at trials and demos so did a lot of research into the best breeds and started with 4 Magpies.... and fell in love, contracted duck...
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    What kind of duck is this

    With the power of our wills combined, you shall have Welsh and Buff ducks! :celebrateHahaha!!
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    What kind of duck is this

    No chance they are Welsh Harlequin? https://goo.gl/images/iMC946 https://goo.gl/images/tVWvxp But then that’s just what I would want them to be :lau
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    Lame Duck!

    For sure running into the fence was not helpful :hmm the ducks are used to the dogs and are moved by them almost daily but little guy was in such a panic to get to his friends, he’d have probably run through a pack of dogs to hit that fence :barnie My fault, I should have brought a friend with...
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    Lame Duck!

    Ack well after ten hours at work and then taking care of all the dogs then ducks, I’m afraid this video is pretty useless. So, excuse how dirty the little guy is, I basically had to chase him into a mud puddle to catch him rofl and then excuse my horrible dirty duck pen runners LOL! Video shows...
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    Lame Duck!

    I’m still at work but I can try for a video later! In that picture I think he is #1. This was him a couple of days ago lol but I’ll try for a video!
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    Lame Duck!

    Thanks guys! I don’t think he is young, from what I can remember, they are either 2 or 3 years old. Old enough that they’ve gone through a breeding season and the female is laying. I don’t know what they were eating at their last home but all of the other 9 ducks from that home are in great...
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    Lame Duck!

    Hi guys! I need some advise! I’ve got a little pastel Call drake who is limping and doesn’t appear to be getting any better. Within a week of bringing his group home, he suddenly had a limp. They were pretty panicked the first couple days so I don’t know if he tripped or pulled or broke...
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    Do I Gotta? :D

    Holy everyone! Thanks that awesome welcome! Such a fantastic group of people <3
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    Do I Gotta? :D

    Well... I'm not sure if anyone does this anymore but I figured I should because that nagging box at the top of the screen lol! So hi! I'm new to BYC as a member but have been lurking a very long time in the background. I've read a ton of posts, I love the energy I see here and I've learned a...
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