@Coralmist At first I broke it into pieces but then just flung the last chunk. They all fought over it. It was too heavy to carry so they pecked at it feverishly. They are like little dinosaurs! Voracious!
Yes, ducks are too small to be scary. But some of those young geese who have not yet learned to fear people can get pretty close, with those beaks! When they are little, I do not worry, but they grow quickly and still act like little geese, and get really close. They want the food they think I have! I had to wave my feet at them to make them back off.
Here they were about a week ago:
The young ones are quite large now and have learned to stay back a little more.