I herd mine by holding my arms out. The slightest move to the right or
left and they turn. It's very easy to put them up at night - ducks and
geese all go in a group.
Tina
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You can herd ducks by pointing a stick or rod at them - they'll move away
> from the point. I discovered it by accident retrieving a couple of my
> Muscovies from the local shopping centre and driving them about a kilometre
> home. Amazingly effective. And rather funny.
> Andrew Fildes
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> On 03/03/2014, at 11:35 PM, David Thatcher wrote:
>
> > I found it odd that they would come and eat almost within arms reach,
> > even when I was sawing wood or dremeling aluminium sheet, but would
> > scatter if I walked towards them. They did not like the sight of the
> > garden hose, or even lengths of tube or dowel (I was making telescopic
> > background support rods at the time)...
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