Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Local Charity Announcements => Topic started by: tinkerman on August 13, 2011, 09:50:27 AM
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This morning Simon,Baz,Andy Munroe and myself went to the duckpond in Fethiye with two car loads of rocks and a further load of shingle,
we built up the corner as much as possible and covered in shingle, they now have a small beach 8) 8) 8) 8)
We stayed there for about an hour afterwards and they never went near it, despite putting out loads of bread :)
if anyone is walking around the area and sees the ducks on the beach, please take a pic for us ;)
The pigeons quite liked it:D
This is how it was...
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a146/tinkerman1/ducks001.jpg)
This is it under construction...
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a146/tinkerman1/ducks004.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a146/tinkerman1/ducks002.jpg)
The finished look....
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a146/tinkerman1/ducks012.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a146/tinkerman1/ducks019.jpg)
:) ;)
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Looks really good, what a fantastic idea! I'm sure the ducks won't take long to appreciate there new oasis! I'll go armed with my camera and will have a look when I'm next down in Fethiye 8)
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Well done chaps, they'll soon be on there, stretched out on sunbeds.....
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Thanks to all concerned.
Glad to see some improvement, it will take them a while to start to use this new facility as they will not know what it is and be cautious of using it. However, they will come around to it eventually. Incidentally, bread is very bad for ducks. If you want to see what food is better for them apart from Duck pellets read this: http://birding.about.com/od/birdfeeders/a/feedingducksbread.htm
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They are not too keen on oranges either...
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I was having a wee alternative thought about this earlier today. I wonder how the restaurant owner really fels about this. If immigrants from another country came to a British restaurant owner here and said a few of their people didn't like what was going on and could they make changes, I think they'd be sent away with their marching orders!!!! When in Rome etc springs to mind.
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Originally posted by Toky
I was having a wee alternative thought about this earlier today. I wonder how the restaurant owner really fels about this. If immigrants from another country came to a British restaurant owner here and said a few of their people didn't like what was going on and could they make changes, I think they'd be sent away with their marching orders!!!! When in Rome etc springs to mind.
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Yes but surely if your restaurant relies on foreign customers it's in your interest to be sympathetic to their concerns. If not you could suddenly find nobody want to come and eat.
Great job by the way. Well done to all concerned. :)
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We didn't upset the restaurant in any way,and they welcomed us to get involved,very amicable people,once they knew who we were and we were not there to cause trouble'
When we met the manager of the resturant we approached the problem in a different way!
We obviously spoke to them about peoples concerns,and some of ways to improve,but we discussed a length how it could be improved..but not to their cost,which got them thinking....so we said we would do the work and fund it though Animal AId,(we think about the animals not the owners)
Anyway total cost......0 lira!! Rock collected over 2hour period,two vehicles to transport said rock and stone,and a couple of hours early this morning of hard labour lol..simon
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Terrie, If you tell the owner that if the ducks start to lay on the island he should collect the eggs and use them or sell them. Ducks are not particularly good at sitting on eggs if they are not in a quiet place so they will lay and leave them. I used to have an incubator and hatched quite a few ducklings as I only occasionally got a broody duck. I also used to have a great business selling Duck Eggs.
If the owner thought he might make a little money from the ducks, it would go a long way towards the way he treats them.
Thanks again for all the help and hard work from the gang.
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Well done you are all amazing.
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Result!
Been to the duck pond tonight and can confirm the ducks are using their new beach. Well done animal aid.
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Walked past the duck pond yesterday, 3 ducks happily perched on their "island" looking very happy. Will remember to take some pics next time :)
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Yes I also thought they looked more content last week
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well done
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At the risk of being totally slaughtered, can someone tell me what characteristics the ducks displayed that suggested that they looked "very happy" and/or "more content".
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Hi Highlander
I think the fact that they were resting on the beach means they were happy with it.
Jacqui
A question-Our local deli has a chicken run into which they have introduced four rescue ducks. They have a small paddling pool about two feet in diameter to wet their bums. Do you think this is big enough.
Hugh
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They were sat on their own private beach watching the world go by without a care in the world whilst cuddling up to their siblings & waiting to be fed, that looks good enough for me to say they were "very happy" - I would be if I were in that situation lol.
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If Evidence were needed !
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e249/Rimms/DSC_0323-1.jpg)
And then they started showing off and started a Disco !
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e249/Rimms/DSC_0324.jpg)
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It ended up with two of them getting drunk at the Disco and some how ending up over in Calis
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e249/Rimms/DSC_0466.jpg)
Seriously, these two were sat on the beach for 3 days in exactly the same spot looking out towards Sovalye, no idea where they went.
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e249/Rimms/DSC_0463.jpg)
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Originally posted by suehugh
Hi Highlander
I think the fact that they were resting on the beach means they were happy with it.
Jacqui
A question-Our local deli has a chicken run into which they have introduced four rescue ducks. They have a small paddling pool about two feet in diameter to wet their bums. Do you think this is big enough.
Hugh
Hi Sue, Sorry for the late reply I totally missed your post.
Ducks don't really need to have enough water to swim, although it's nice if they do. The need enough water to put their heads into as they need to wet their eyes to stop infections. Most ducks spend their days waddling around with their bills in the grasses. When I kept my ducks the were always walking around the fields and only in the pond occasionally.
They are amazingly dirty birds and make a lot of mess if kept in a restricted space.
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Originally posted by Highlander
At the risk of being totally slaughtered, can someone tell me what characteristics the ducks displayed that suggested that they looked "very happy" and/or "more content".
Tut tut H, can't you see they smile: :) ;)
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When ducks are not happy or ill, they tend to stand in one position sometimes for a long time with their heads tucked into their backs, they stop grooming their feathers and sometimes the area around their bills becomes pale.
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Was there any purpose in quoting two posts from an earlier page and adding nothing to them?
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Originally posted by Scunner
Was there any purpose in quoting two posts from an earlier page and adding nothing to them?
Apologies Scunner.
I was trying out the "reply with quote" icon, which I have not used before.
Third time lucky
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Originally posted by Jacqui Harvey
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Originally posted by suehugh
Hi Highlander
I think the fact that they were resting on the beach means they were happy with it.
Jacqui
A question-Our local deli has a chicken run into which they have introduced four rescue ducks. They have a small paddling pool about two feet in diameter to wet their bums. Do you think this is big enough.
Hugh
for the late reply I totally missed your post.
Ducks don't really need to have enough water to swim, although it's nice if they do. The need enough water to put their heads into as they need to wet their eyes to stop infections. Most ducks spend their days waddling around with their bills in the grasses. When I kept my ducks the were always walking around the fields and only in the pond occasionally.
They are amazingly dirty birds and make a lot of mess if kept in a restricted space.
Thanks Jacqui
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There u go, practise makes perfect :)
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Originally posted by Scunner
There u go, practise makes perfect :)
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Cant stop now
Its like the new black or even garlic bread