I Hate Ducks!!

[Jimrahbe]

I hate ducks… They should be called Poop Terrorists!!!



They have bombed me several times in the past few days. I feel like one of those guys that pumps out septic tanks…



Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[ajw22]

It took a big thunderstorm to get rid of a pair of ducks who choose my bushes to build a nest in and lay eggs and swim in my pool.

Putting plastic owls around the pool and inflatable swans in the pool maybe worked a bit. Once they imprint in an area they tend to return.

 

[JamesW]

Be glad it's not geese; they are much worse.

 

[Texas Splash]

 

[Turbo1Ton]

I thought I was gonna have issues with ducks and geese, since I have a pond in my back yard. But the pond must be much more appealing than the pool, because they never bother with the pool.

My cousins use old, colorful soccer balls in their pool to ward off the ducks. They have not had any issues with them since their first season they had the pool. I think they are going on 10+ years with the pool.

--Jeff

 

[JohnT]

String some heavy fishing line overhead. Weave it across the pool several times if you can. They‘ll hit it a few times and then avoid the area because they feel trapped.

 

[Katodude]

Get a big dog. Nuff said

 

[Decoy205]

I don’t have ducks but I hate bird poop all over the pool. It’s like all the time!

 

[newdude]

I got a wild peacock screaming at me right now. Lol. It's LOUD.

 

[newdude]

I hate bird poop all over the pool. It’s like all the time!

Birds flock to Decoys. Just sayin.

 

[drsipe]

I don't have ducks, but Grackle season started early this year, and I fight them every year. I fight them on multi prongs, I use scare tape streamers hung over the pool, hanging a dead crow decoy, and the use of an outdoor speaker with sounds that are supposed to scare birds away. They all have some impact, but Grackles are smart and nothing seems to work all the time or forever.

 

[Katodude]

I got a wild peacock screaming at me right now. Lol. It's LOUD.

I hear they taste like chicken….

 

[Decoy205]

I got a wild peacock screaming at me right now. Lol. It's LOUD.

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Is that the one that escaped the Bronx zoo? Lol he traveled far!

 

[oldprophet]

Is that the one that escaped the Bronx zoo? Lol he traveled far!

I have killer cats that would chase the ducks away. MEOW!

 

[JamesW]

Print these recipes out and leave the papers all around the back yard.

https://www.delicious.com.au/recipes/collections/gallery/26-quick-duck-recipes-for-easy-midweek-meals/a8i11ayi

 

[Jimrahbe]

Over the past week or so, when the ducks landed in my pool, I would spray them with a garden hose and they'd take off. I have not seen them in a few days and 'thought' they were gone.

But no.. on the other side of my house, away from the pool, I accidently found a duck and several eggs. Sigh!!!

Looks like I'm going to be a grandfather...

Here is a pics of the last time this happened at one of my rent houses... The babies got into the pool and could not get out. I tried a net but those little buggers are fast. I finally built a ramp for them to use and herded them that way.




Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[newdude]

Looks like I'm going to be a grandfather...

Congrats are in order, Papi Peking.

 

[Decoy205]

These ducks know TFP clear and apparently they don’t settle for less!

 

[dleonard1122]

I'm right there with you @Jimrahbe

 

[Jimrahbe]

I'd love them to stop by and swim, I just don't like their bathroom manners..

Jim R.