Our team is quite small at the moment, but everybody and everything plays and important role in our big dream.
Oscar the Duck Dog
Working tirelessly with us since 2011. When he came to live with us he was about five and a half months old, but after been born in the dogs home he had already been out and back in again as the previous owners could not cope with him. A very intelligent dog who just loves to be outside and involved in everything that is going on. During his time with us he has helped with the house build, and with looking after the poultry., He is always telling his brother what to do, He loves to guard the house and gardens and is always alert waiting to report to us anything he hears or sees.
Hobbies and Interests:
Football/Tennis Ball/Any kind of ball
Duck Herding/Turkey Herding/Chicken Herding/Herding anything that will let him
Poultry Protection/Security
Lying in the way. Usually in a narrow doorway or where somebody wants/needs to go
Attacking the hose pipe/barking at the hose pipe
Oscar’s Motto:
Throw the ball, throw the ball, throw the ball …
Timba (Oscar’s Wing Man) April 2012 – September 2023
Timba joined Oscar early in 2013 and quickly and happily let Oscar establish himself as top dog. Thrown out on the streets by his former owners for an unknown period of time before being found and taken to an animal sanctuary. When he moved in he was really thin. Oscar taught Timba how to play but Timba taught Oscar how to cock his leg when he went to the toilet. Perfect companions and happy to lie in the sunshine just watching the ducks. Beware of his bark, he is very loud and most of the time we are not really sure if he knows what he is barking at.
Hobbies and Interests:
Eating
Barking very loudly
Sleeping in the sunshine
Watching the ducks
Sleeping on your feet
Shouting at other dogs even though he knows them and they are his friends
Timba’s Motto:
Love me, is that food you have? Is it for me?
The Quack Team:
A team of 32 ducks who enjoy nothing more than weeding the garden, keeping down the slug population, providing 24/7 entertainment and eggs. “You don’t have a slug problem, you have a duck deficiency” – Bill Mollison
If you are ever in the need to lighten your mood we seriously suggest you consider watching ducks. You can lose hours of time just watching and laughing at their antics as they try to pinch fruit from the blackcurrant bushes, attempt to fly or chase each other because on of them has found something delicious to eat and the others want a piece of it.
They work tirelessly from early in the morning until late in the evening helping us with our permaculture plans and when they are tired and have had enough they just all put themselves to bed where they are kept overnight hopefully safe from any visiting foxes.
Hobbies and Interests:
Slug and frog control
Swimming
Fruit picking
Weeding
Creating nitrogen enriched water – collected into watering cans and used for plant feeding
Assisting with compost production
Providing 24/7 entertainment
The Quack Team’s Motto:
‘Quack, quack, quack’ and ‘who ducks swims’.