The Family Duck

pet duck

When you live on a farm, you fre­quently become the go-to source for those with pets that have “out­grown” their space. We recently acquired a new pet duck, Quackie, who sur­pris­ingly behaves much like a fam­ily dog. We have a num­ber of wild ducks on our lake, but never one that was domes­ti­cated like Quackie. He’s really a lot of fun, swim­ming in the lake with the kids (he likes to dive and swim between their legs) and gen­er­ally fol­low­ing you wher­ever you go (fully expect­ing to be allowed in the house).

Ducks = the new fam­ily dog?

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  1. My husband’s fam­ily had a duck when he was lit­tle. “Ping” lived in the back yard with the fam­ily dog. This was in LA, not the coun­try! After Ping came on the scene, the dog decided he liked let­tuce, so as to com­pete with Ping for his food! lol

    Sally — 06/21/09 @ 11:49 pm —

  2. Like the book ‘PING”! I am in LOVE with this duck. I can not han­dle how great he is. He is at my front door right now quack­ing at me to get in!

    handmade charlotte — 06/22/09 @ 7:25 am —

  3. Aww, Quackie! It was great talk­ing to you at the pool today! Love your stuff on etsy. Thanks for all the great advice.
    –Mor­gan

    Morgan Milders — 06/28/09 @ 7:36 pm —

  4. Mor­gan — your stuff is awe­some! Let me know if you need anything!

    handmade charlotte — 08/1/09 @ 5:15 pm —

  5. Mor­gan — your stuff is awe­some! Let me know if you need anything!

    handmade charlotte — 08/1/09 @ 6:15 pm —

  6. Aw, we duck-sat for a cou­ple weeks recently. Ben, the duck we were watch­ing, sounds very much like your duck–very social­ized! It was a lot of fun keep­ing him (except for all the poop!)

    renee — 08/12/09 @ 8:48 am —

  7. Aw, we duck-sat for a cou­ple weeks recently. Ben, the duck we were watch­ing, sounds very much like your duck–very social­ized! It was a lot of fun keep­ing him (except for all the poop!)

    renee — 08/12/09 @ 12:48 pm —

  8. Quackie is dar­ling! I love that he swims between the kids’ legs. That is just too darn cute. I adore ducks, yet despite the fact that he loves the taste of duck eggs, I can’t con­vince my hunky far­mguy that we really *need* to add some happy lit­tle quack­ers to our menagerie. :)

    Farmgirl Susan — 05/6/10 @ 3:48 pm —

  9. You’ve got to con­vince him, they are so much fun!

    handmade charlotte — 05/13/10 @ 2:50 am —

  10. A duck sounds like a lot of fun. I’m young, and most cer­tainly to have a farm like atmos­phere that you have when I grow up. How does the duck poop sit­u­a­tion go, just wondering!

    Kelsey — 06/14/10 @ 2:35 am —



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