in today's video what we're gonna do is herd the ducks into some fresh pasture
so the Ducks have been in this paddock for about a week now and they picked it
pretty much dry and pooped in virtually every square foot and so now
it's time to get them on the move
now let's get the Ducks here goes nothing
I've got a feeling like this is a very bad idea
all right I gotta get these sticks out of the way open it up for these guys
all right ducks let's move I don't have to go home but you can't stay here
yeah
no no no --- gosh darn it
get back in there
was intense but it went a lot better than I thought so I'm still not very
good at herding ducks but I have learned three important things first is you got
to go slow there was times when I was moving them there that you know I
probably was going faster than I should I kind of been walking at a human pace
versus the duck pace which is not nearly as quick and so you know going slow so I
don't wear them out too quickly and I don't you know have them go into a panic
works so much better than moving fast the other thing is it's keeping wide so
you notice I had those two garden steaks with some ribbon tied to it helps me
expand my wingspan another thing that I found has been it's so much easier to do
long straight lines and keep them moving in a line versus to get them to do a
quick turn you know another mistake you saw me do
earlier there is when I got trapped in that round of duck-duck-goose going
around in circles trying to get them back in the in the pen what I should
have done which was what I ultimately did is push them out so that they're
further away from the pen and then I can kind of redirect them slowly into the
duck house I am very much a beginning duck herder if you guys are watching
this video and have any thoughts ideas or comments or suggestions on how I can
do a better job herding these ducks let me know someday I dream of having a dog
to help me do something like this but probably a little far off and I'm going
to avoid biting off yet more that I can't chew but any other suggestions let
me know really all ears so with a little bit of effort I was
able to guys are kind of chilling out, sleeping after the migration if you've enjoyed this video
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