Rural Gardening: Ducks vs. Chickens, 1 by garden_mermaid

garden_mermaid wrote:
Calvin, are these dogs yours or do they belong to a neighbour? What type of dogs are they? Dogs can be trained to guard the poultry, not eat them.

My dog and duck were great pals (see photo). Hadji the duck laid so many eggs that I just know that she thought she was going to have puppies.

We had a fiberglass children's wading pool setup in the garden to provide water for her. It did need to be cleaned and refreshed regularly, but the duck "pond" water was great for the veggies and landscaping. She would dive under the shallow water and swim in fast circles as soon as we cleaned & refreshed the water. Ducks can be very companionable. Not to mention the great work they do in keeping snails and slugs out of the garden.