Rural Gardening: mY cHICKENS, 1 by BLOSSOMBUDDY

BLOSSOMBUDDY wrote:
Well, I called animal control. Now they only do dogs. So I asked them, well state law says no livestock is to be running at large and must be confined.. so she says well give the sherifs department a call. So I call the sheriff department, told them it was not an emergency, but I was told to call by Animal control call them and that the ducks were at large, you know.. blah blah blah.... then they send an officer out...he basically witnessed the ducks and said well, they could not do anything about it because neither of us knew who the owner was and well, he could not go door to door asking. I told the cop, I said look, I have turned in animals before and I cannot tell you how many times and have had it come on me where some dang owner accuses me of stealing their animal tries to lay some blame of some description that dont fit and when they leave it run at large and well, I am trying to be a good Joe and get the animals off the highway, but yet the owners are being airheads and well, you know how people can be. He says yeah, neighbors can be goofy.. like no kidding and all, but like he's saying well, your not guilty there so dont worry about it. I said yeah, well, you know how people can be. But anyway, we never could get the ducks penned it was raining and so who knows where they are now or whose they are and its a shame becuase they will end up gettign killed by a car or a coyote or whatever.

I got a couple of horses that will kick the snot out of them if they come in the barn again and so like the officer said, well I would not be at fault then if the birds got smacked and I really do not need them here either if they are someones pets. So.. ok, then Animal control says if you can pen them up, take them to a sale. What a headache. SO ok, I guess if they are still on the highway, that is their own little problem too..

So, ok, like I told the sherifs department too.. if animal control cant take them and the deputy cant do anything with them... who we supposed to call? Neighbors got no numbers and well shoot, like we got time to go door to door too? So I said who are we supposed to call? , Ghost busters? He got a chuckle and said , thats good, he said, but like I mean seriously man, who are we supposed to call! Sheesh? I hate it man, when you try to do a good deed and then you somehow get it stuck in your craw becuase they have no department to deal with it which you would think that they would or some irrate owner goes off half cocked or full cocked because they ignor the law and cannot take responsibility on themselves to just do the right thing and bone up, yeah, they made a mistake, just pay the dang fine and let it go.

People get so goofy and extreme these days sometimes and they just cannot think about the other guy and what they want too. Like man, if I wanted ducks or geese, I would make them a nice place for them, pen it off with adequate sound fencing to so they can be safe and well, surely I would not want them in my gardens, but do people think of that, they think their pets are welcome in your house like as if they owned the place. How extereme and utterly outrageous. Then THEY get ticked off because, a-hem, you dont what them there. OY! Just a vicious cycle out here.

So ok, heres a question while on topic of ducks....
.. anyone know what the heck bird this is? Its huge and the male of the specie.. Is it a duck or some mongrel breed goose, I have no idea, just know it is domestic, because it did not fly. The female appeared to have a red blotch on her chest and was similiar in color, but much smaller. It qwaacked , so I am assuming it is a large duck breed or mongrel of some nature.

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