I don't have duck problems, but I have problems with my daughter's projects. She has two new roosters who have just reached adult size and they are nosey.
My hubby swears that chickens are one of the less intellegent animals, I didn't agree till we opened the pool. They like to roost (we have an above ground) on the side rails, yep they've fell in and had to be rescued because they couldn't get out and were risk of drowning. not to mention, they like to doo doo on everything they get near. it's not only gross but unhealthy.
The only solution we came up with is caged, but these are free range projects and have to be. If we cage them, she has to start out fresh with another project animal. I put too much time in training her on taking care of them from the time they hatched to do that.
Any suggestions? The fake snake won't work, they like to chase snakes. I think they think they're just huge worms.
Sissy