Comments on: Duck :30 http://www.smallfarmlife.com/2009/06/28/duck-30/ Lessons learned from 80 acres and a 6 burner stove Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:07:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: To Live and Let Die | Small Farm Life http://www.smallfarmlife.com/2009/06/28/duck-30/comment-page-1/#comment-7742 To Live and Let Die | Small Farm Life Sat, 01 May 2010 13:53:24 +0000 http://www.smallfarmlife.com/?p=847#comment-7742 [...] is no stranger to Two Mile.  I’ve written of the death of two of my favorite ducks:  Gilbert and later Mocha.  In the big scheme of pet-dom, ducks may not seem like much, but they were my [...] [...] is no stranger to Two Mile.  I’ve written of the death of two of my favorite ducks:  Gilbert and later Mocha.  In the big scheme of pet-dom, ducks may not seem like much, but they were my [...]

]]> By: Following Mocha: Life Lessons from a Duck | Small Farm Life http://www.smallfarmlife.com/2009/06/28/duck-30/comment-page-1/#comment-5094 Following Mocha: Life Lessons from a Duck | Small Farm Life Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:30:04 +0000 http://www.smallfarmlife.com/?p=847#comment-5094 [...] not in  a straight line.   Mocha always got where she was going.  With or without the others, at Duck :30, or any time she felt like it, Mocha could easily find her way from the pen to the pond and back [...] [...] not in  a straight line.   Mocha always got where she was going.  With or without the others, at Duck :30, or any time she felt like it, Mocha could easily find her way from the pen to the pond and back [...]

]]> By: BatCountryBlogger http://www.smallfarmlife.com/2009/06/28/duck-30/comment-page-1/#comment-3769 BatCountryBlogger Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:42:16 +0000 http://www.smallfarmlife.com/?p=847#comment-3769 What a handsome drake he was! Sorry for the loss of Gilbert. What a handsome drake he was! Sorry for the loss of Gilbert.

]]> By: Fritz Nordengren http://www.smallfarmlife.com/2009/06/28/duck-30/comment-page-1/#comment-3739 Fritz Nordengren Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:00:09 +0000 http://www.smallfarmlife.com/?p=847#comment-3739 Saturday Morning, while the ducks were on the water, Gilbert was killed by a snapping turtle. For the sentimental among us all, he is at rest on a small rise, overlooking the small pond and cabin, where he can watch over the others while they swim. The only fitting epitaph I could think of was the line from Dick King-Smith's fictional farmer Hoggett in "Babe - The Gallant Pig": That'll do, duck. That'll do. Saturday Morning, while the ducks were on the water, Gilbert was killed by a snapping turtle. For the sentimental among us all, he is at rest on a small rise, overlooking the small pond and cabin, where he can watch over the others while they swim. The only fitting epitaph I could think of was the line from Dick King-Smith’s fictional farmer Hoggett in “Babe – The Gallant Pig”:

That’ll do, duck. That’ll do.

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