The Quack Shack

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I want one.

60lbs of dog-food every month?
I thought your back's already bad?

 

[Jenbirdee]

Definitely no dog!
First: I am absolutely not a dog person. I'd rather have a herd of cats before one dog!
Second: I spend about $60 per month in cat-food for my spoiled rotten feather cats. - Livestock guardian dogs are usually large breeds and need - how much dog-food per month?
Third: My ducks are terrified of dogs. They have seen their friends, spouses, offspring, nieces and nephews being abducted and/or killed by the neighbors dogs. I am sure if a dog moves in here, the ducks will move out!

Still thinking about geese, but something larger but not too large like emu-geese or ostrich-geese and strictly vegetarian…

okay then how’s about a donkey!!!

 

[Jenbirdee]

okay then how’s about a donkey!!!

(they eat straw and grass)

 

[Canadian Wind]

60lbs of dog-food every month?
I thought your back's already bad?

Should see me hauling 25kg bags of feed. My poor back!

 

[Jenbirdee]

i wish i could have a donkey

 

[Canadian Wind]

i wish i could have a donkey

I'd actually want a mule!

 

[Jenbirdee]

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

The coyote story continued today:
I was embarrassing hot outside today, but i really felt i had to do something outside. For my satisfaction and with the intention to show presence.
So i started to remove the shrubs around the pond, at the edge of the heavy overgrown part of the property. Three autumn olive's in, the duck alarm went off, i turned around and looked into the eyes of five skinny coyotes. I had just cut through the main shoot of a huge shrub, so i was sitting on the ground, literally eye to eye with the coyotes. The pond to the right hand, the next thorny autumn-olive in my back, Coyotes on two sides and worried about the ducks down at the house.
Usually my old bones have problems to get me back on my feet when i'm sitting on the floor, but this time somehow i jumped up...
Electric chainsaw in my left hand, machete swinging in my right i looked at them and said: »Bring it on!« - pulling the trigger of the chainsaw and made a step forward.
Apparently Coyotes are unable to smell "dirty" underwear, they got scared, turned around and fled the scene. Fortunately not into the direction of the house and the ducks.

Nothing happened to any duck today! - And they all got rewarded with peas and meal-worms. Without their alarm, this could have ended very different.

 

[Jenbirdee]

OR . A LLAMA!!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

okay then how’s about a donkey!!!

Eggcellent Idea! - One of my neighbors has a guard donkey for his cattle. And it would drive my flat-landish, city-dweller neighbor insane! She is already complaining about my noisy ducks, the other neighbors roosters and the 1.5 miles away donkey.
Maybe a donkey farm would be a good idea!