Barbara Aptsiauri

They are about 9 months old. Here is an older photo. Don't know if you can tell by it though as they were in their awkward stage.

Well the darker one has no tail feathers ATM. It got into a tussle with another farm animal and they were bitten off. But good to know about the tail feather. I'll track down some older pics in which they'd be there.

They live in the mountains and I'm sort of wondering if it's too cold for them?? Up there even in the summer at nightfall you need to put on a warm jacket. We sent them up there when they were ducklings. Neither has produced any eggs. She was going to make one Christmas dinner, but my 6 year old didn't want her to 'kill his ducks' as he wants them to live at our house in the country whenever we get it remodeled. He told her "if you can't take care of them (and not kill them) let me know and I'll take them to our new house".

Thank you for your suggestions!!! I didn't know they were a sign of clean water. My husband wants to get rid of them because there were tons of them there and croaking very loudly when we viewed the land. He thinks if he doesn't get rid of them then we wont be able to sleep at night. The water level is higher during the spring/summer/early autumn. That pic was taken late autumn. But the frogs seemed to be able to come and go as they pleased. Here are some other pics.

I know nothing about ducks ... can't figure out what type these are. They haven't laid any eggs. Husband's sister thinks they are both female or both males. She doesn't know anything about ducks either though. They were a gift to my husband from a friend he saw in the subway one day (she was on her way sell ducklings -- thee just happen to be the luck of the draw). They live at my sister-in-laws as we currently are in flat.

I kind of thought they lay as chickens do and without a male you'd get eggs but no ducklings?
Also, I thought if they were both males they'd be aggressive? But they aren't.

Need to find out what type they are so I can learn about them and share with her. Help!!!

Went up there again and the depth is a good meter and the inside width is over 5 feet. There is a lot of sediment build-up on the bottom. My husband is planning on draining the whole thing and cleaning out the sediment this spring. He's going to attempt to kill off the frogs.

I looked at the link. Since the 'pond' is a focal point of the land so I want something to complement that. As soon as you pull in through the gate you see it. I am planning to cover the top with reinforced fencing because I have small children and don't want them to fall in. Maybe, have plants sticking up through that... There is already a chicken coop and a place for rabbits in the small orchard behind the barn.

Thank you for responding. I will do that once we go up there again. We are not yet living there... but hopefully, I can find something to do with it or it seems like it'd be a potential wasted resource.

How deep would it have to be for growing a couple fish? We're not big fish eaters...but would rather use it for something besides a place to collect rain water.

Just bought a house that has a concrete pool/pond or something of that nature. When we first viewed the property it was the home of frogs. However, since we are not going to be using it really was thinking of maybe using it for a small fish farm (just for feeding us --family of 4). It's too large to turn into a fire pit LOL We're not big fish eaters either so wouldn't have to be many fish. Mainly just to get some use out of it. I also would like not to have to use a pump or any electricity for it if at all possible.... I have no idea how deep it is--can't see the bottom, but it is a ovalish shape with wide low walls. The picture isn't the best angle.