We were given a pet duck some time ago. His name is Daisy. The original owners thought he was a she. Anyway he is quite an interesting guy. Knows his name and will follow us around like a dog.

A few weeks ago Daisy lost a fight with one of the roosters and got poked in the eye. After I did everything I could it looked like it was getting infected so off to the vet Daisy went. After several attempts to preserve the eye for appearances, even though it didn’t work anymore failed the vet removed the eye. All through this process we have had a problem with Daisy scratching his eye and pulling the stitches or just adding to the damage. I have built a “lamp shade collar” but couldn’t keep it in position. It kept sliding down just enough to allow his foot to get up to his eye. I finally found that I could hobble him by tying a short string between his feet. He could still walk but couldn’t lift his foot up high enough to scratch his healing wound.  Life on the farm is an continuous learning experience. There are always new problems to solve.

Everyone at the vet’s office fell in love with him there and all the customers got to meet Daisy. Anyone who came in would hear Daisy and ask “is that a duck” and they would bring him out. The vet even asked if we would pick him up late the last time Daisy was there because the vet had a friend bringing his daughter in to see Daisy.