Welcome to my pond - Swim, wade, or sit on the bank

[Akrnaf2]

And bring with you a baseball bat!

Nah, mini's nice

Every one is nicer, when you hold a baseball bat in your hand......

 

[Akrnaf2]

This morning's eggs

Beautiful!!! i want an egg basket like that!

Me toooooo!

 

[WVduckchick]

Me toooooo!

Me threeeeee!

 

[WVduckchick]

Was having a nice time feeding and watering, until I noticed 3 hawks that keep circling. Glad I hadn't let any birds out.

 

[lucysducks11]

Federal law allows for steel poisoning. Then filet the breast, marinade in Italian dressing overnight, slice, batter and deep fry.

What is steel posioning??

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Was having a nice time feeding and watering, until I noticed 3 hawks that keep circling. Glad I hadn't let any birds out.

 

[abbevilleoz]

That's a gorgeous assortment, Walnut!

This morning's eggs

 

[lucysducks11]

Hey!! I'm not that scary!!

Truth be told this is the first time I have been brave enough to venture out on the water by myself...But today is different from all other days, I decided to venture out and paddle around..It was nice

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Truth be told this is the first time I have been brave enough to venture out on the water by myself...But today is different from all other days, I decided to venture out and paddle around..It was nice

that sounds very peaceful
did ray go with you?

 

[ShrekDawg]

I have a serious problem with the geese at my house this is the 2nd day in a row I have been woken up to them attacking my ducks for position on THEIR island. And the 2nd day the geese have killed one of the wild Mallards and 1 of my ducks who lives at the pond...Does anyone have any advice to get rid of these things in a humane way? The options right now include lead posioning but that's not the stance I want to take but will to protect my ducks plus the migratory ducks that seek refuge here.. any advice would be great..

The problem is they are fighting for position on the island which is where the ducks also go for safety. So idk what to do. We found a wild Mallard floating yesterday with a broken neck and they killed one of my Rougen ducks but it was much worse
I'm thinking maybe decoys in the corn field for the geese...I don't know...

That's a wonderful idea actually... Hmmmmm, I will look on your link for more ideas, they are not laying yet but they are nesting and once domenance is set they don't leave

Canada geese? Try a swan decoy. I know it sounds odd but swans are very territorial and beat the crap out of everything on their pond. Geese know this and will avoid them. Just make sure you remember to keep moving it. Sounds odd, but it works.

More ideas here: http://www.wildlifeanimalcontrol.com/canadagoosekeepaway.html

I have a serious problem with the geese here, too - they aren't laying

Me too but Hubby just said he had a pair of swans years ago and they didn't scare the geese away ( he seriously popped my bubble) so I will look into other ways to eliminate the problem ..

This will not become geese island

I would try the swan thing anyway, they are different geese and it may work for them. Although around here there are geese and swans in the same ponds. And ducks. So idk why yours dont get along

Also, it sounds kind of weird but have you considered calling one of those dog companies?

Like this

http://www.takingflightgoosecontrol.com

And there are loads of others.

Basically they take Border Collies (gotta be BCs because apparently their "eye"/stare and stalk and crouch is more reminiscent of and threatening like a predator than any other breed) and they go to golf courses or houses, schools, where ever there's a problem, and they humanely harass the geese until they leave. And they come every week or every day, this one comes multiple times a day so the geese never have a safe moment, and they convince the geese that this area is NOT safe and to move on. Might be worth a shot.

Of course it might also scare the ducks away but perhaps you could keep your ducks locked up until the geese move on and then once the geese are eliminated you could let them back out?

Def more humane than poison or anything and very effective.

And also they say geese get used to decoys, noise makers, etc. Eventually whereas they never get used to the dogs