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yeah, that's nice, isn't it? sweet.
my ducks do too, but they didn't always.
for those I rasied from hatchlings, this is a really easy process. not so easy with those that were raised by someone else... my 3 brown chinese geese were 4 or 5 months old when I got them and either had never been herded or pen-trained, or had learned that they can stay out all night if they just scoot away from the gate at the last moment. that, or maybe it's just adolescent rebellion.
anyway, a couple of weeks of herding them here and there, and calling when I feed, and feeding in the pen in the evening and they're much more compliant about going in. every once in a while they still try to ditch at the last moment, but usually only if I'm in a hurry... because I'm rushing them. if I take my time, they'll try to curve off the path, but a tiny adjustment brings them back on course. they're learning there's no real point in avoiding it, I'll herd them up as many times as it takes, so they're slowly giving in.
I figure in a couple of months it'll be so much a habit that it'll be automatic.
my last set of ducklings in california reliably put themselves back in the pen at night, every night. all you'd have to do was walk out there and close the gate. they went into the shelter pen as soon as they were out of the brooder, and stayed there a couple of weeks. once they were a little bigger, I'd open the gate and wait until the whole lot got bold and stepped out side, then herd them back in. every day they'd get a little bolder, come out a little quicker, and I'd let them get a little further, then herd them back in. that way they had time to learn the location, how to find their house, and how to be herded all at once.
within a month they were all over the 2 acres, but we'd always herd them back in by dusk. pretty automatic for them to always back in the night pen by dusk, on their own. since we never let them do any different, they never really challenged it.
my adopted teen geese though... they'll challenge the house rules. it won't make any difference in the long run, but they still try!