BY MIKE GANGLOFF The Roanoke Times RADFORD â Kat Owens laughed last week as she said that her best friend is a duck named Jellybean. âIâm the âDuck Lady.â Itâs stuck and Iâve embraced it,â the 23-year-old said. Jellybean turns 4 in June. Matt Gentry, The Roanoke Times The nickname began around her Fairlawn home, Owens said, but has extended to other parts of the New River Valley, thanks to Jellybean accompanying her to all manner of community events in the past few years. âI very rarely leave him at home,â Owens said. You may have seen them together â Jellybean on a leash and wearing a discreet diaper that blends with his dark feathers, sometimes snuggling in Owensâ arms, sometimes pacing around her, head darting toward whatever interests him, muttering a constant, soft, quacking cluck.