Wifey has left me for a week.

[Galapogos]

what do you do with pet ducks? do you have to cage em in or what?

I f'n hate those stupid ducks. They're aggressive and lack basic social skills. I think I got the 'alpha male' to finally stop attacking me though

Usually I don't have to deal with em', wifey puts them in their 'house' (a modified doghouse) at night so raccoons etc don't kill em'. During the day they just wander around the backyard and try to attack the dogs, who have been (mostly) trained not to kill them. There were a few close calls with our hound though. Can't blame the guy...he's a hunter at heart.

It's a long story as to how we got them, but short answer is that wifey's had outdoor birds since she was a kid, and loves them (god knows why). We've also got two chickens which I like a lot more cause they're confined to their coop, and do something useful like provide us with almost daily eggs.

My parents actually used to have a pet duck. They said they'd get it drunk all the time by dipping bread in bear then feeding it to the duck. Have you done this? Is it cool?