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OldRedneck

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30. Every farmer I know . . .

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Sun Jul 12, 2015, 04:45 PM

Jul 2015

I live in a rural area of Virgina where the farmers raise wheat, barley, corn, and soybeans. Every farmer I know cares deeply for the land and the critters on it. Yes, they hunt deer and wild turkey but they stay within bag limits and report anyone hunting out of season, spotlighing deer, or otherwise destroying the critters. Around here, we stop, get out of the truck, and move turtles out of the road -- snakes, too.

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California farmers are now collecting the eggs of mallard ducks that nest in their fields [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 OP

This is awesome. libdem4life Jul 2015 #1

+1 pinto Jul 2015 #2

Phew!!! GoCubsGo Jul 2015 #3

I thought the same, that maybe it was because the ducks were a nuisance. cui bono Jul 2015 #6

I don't know how they spot the nests, but passiveporcupine Jul 2015 #4

Probably when desperate parent.... daleanime Jul 2015 #7

The photo captions at the article say that the hens stay on the nest csziggy Jul 2015 #8

Squeee! n/t eggplant Jul 2015 #5

Ducks are just so damned cute. Why? Enthusiast Jul 2015 #9

Haha that's a good question! BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #11

Since their cuteness exists only in your head... no MattBaggins Jul 2015 #12

In the meantime ducks remain cute. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #13

Thank you for injecting some reality back into the thread. Sheesh! 7962 Jul 2015 #32

That's cute! Orrex Jul 2015 #19

Actually there have been some studies done indicating that baby mammals give off pheremones fasttense Jul 2015 #23

They're not ALWAYS cute jmowreader Jul 2015 #14

I will happily ignore this aberration. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #15

Apparently we (all species) are wired to view the young'uns as cute erronis Jul 2015 #20

Pretty obvious evolutionary advantage ... brett_jv Jul 2015 #36

Perhaps it's the corkscrew penis and vagina? progressoid Jul 2015 #21

Who knew? But the penis doesn't contribute to the cuteness. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #22

This is how things should be. nt SusanCalvin Jul 2015 #10

Every one o' these farmers should get a freebie copy of "Make Way for Ducklings" TygrBright Jul 2015 #16

Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack... kath Jul 2015 #17

Got to love our state. Starry Messenger Jul 2015 #18

THIS^^^^^!!! calimary Jul 2015 #24

KnR Hekate Jul 2015 #25

Totally not what I thought this would be Warpy Jul 2015 #26

On the other hand, the farmer can't go anywhere without 1400 baby ducks following. <G> n/t jtuck004 Jul 2015 #28

On the DU home page on my IPad the headline stopped at 'collected eggs' LynneSin Jul 2015 #27

Wonderful! ThingsGottaChange Jul 2015 #29

Every farmer I know . . . OldRedneck Jul 2015 #30

the california waterfowl association's hopemountain Jul 2015 #31

But the only reason we have as many deer as we have in Ga. 7962 Jul 2015 #33

???? hopemountain Jul 2015 #38

The point is that without their effort to save them, the population could dwindle 7962 Jul 2015 #39

foul vs fowl hopemountain Jul 2015 #42

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, Snobblevitch Jul 2015 #34

I was holding my breath expecting to read one more Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #35

I'd take them to the incubator TlalocW Jul 2015 #37

How do the babies imprint in order to live in the wild, if mom is not there? Zorra Jul 2015 #40

web page says that they are experts are hand rearing waterfowl... I guess they have it figured out Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #41

Hooray for CA flamingdem Jul 2015 #43