nolamimi504
Songster
Looking to Rehome Ducks
As much as this pains me to do, my husband and I originally started with 4 little 2-day old orphaned ducks. We thought were 2 males and 2 females, each a different breed; we had 3 males and one female. We hoped we would hatch additional females and we did, the first batch, we thought were 5 females but were 4 females and a male, all born on St. Patty’s Day but we haven’t named any of them except the male and that just recently and one female, Lucky. We lost our original female, Goldie (she was a Pekin) and unexpectedly passed, she was just getting over bumblefoot-very mild case, which resolved itself with clear iodine and epsom salt. Our 3 original males: Chocolate (Khaki Campbell), Half-Pint (Mallard) and Midnight (Cayuga). We know all of them are part Pekin and believe the first 5 are from Chocolate the Khaki Campbell, and second time we hatched 2- 1 male and 1 female. Luna & Loco, born April 16th and April 17th, we’re pretty sure these are from the Cayuga.
Near the end before Goldie finished laying her first clutch we began separating them- Goldie & Midnight had one side of the house; Chocolate & Half-pint the other side; however, during the day, I would noticed Half-pint mounting Goldie a couple times; Chocolate had become an inside duck at this time, as he was too obsessed with Goldie.
We’re finding it difficult to take care of 10 ducks, Jack & his sisters have one side of the house w/a kiddie pool inside and the other 3 drakes the other side also with a pool. We’ve decided to keep our 3 original drakes, since we don’t plan on hatching anymore eggs, plan was to only keep the females but that didn’t work too well cuz they’re so adorable. Their all fed DuMor All-Flock Pellets, when our Goldie began laying eggs, we would add oyster shell in a small bowl for her. They all enjoy treats: corn, peas, green beans, carrots, bananas, watermelon, even oatmeal (plain) and of course, worms, frogs and other insects and are all forage. The 5 from the first clutch have never been separated and are always together, if one female is missing then another will squawk until she returns lol. We’re hoping to get rid of the 4 hens and drake together, to keep them together and will throw in a bag of oyster shell that we will no longer need since we only have drakes. We’ve only ever used Pelletized Bedding for our ducks, it’s just easier to maintain with the humidity and heat we have here. It turns to pine sawdust and many people use it for cat liter.
I’ll be having surgery soon and will be off my feet for 6 weeks since it cannot be down using using and a robot, and my husband finds dealing with them all too much alone. A couple of the hens are becoming accustomed to people and will eat slices of banana from our hands.
Our other two, Luna & Loco haven’t gone outside yet, we wanted to wait till they were a little older, not to mention are both so good and quiet. They’ll even watch TV with my husband and enjoy people company. They stay in two huge sterilite storage boxes that we cut and put together. These two are and have always been together since the day the other hatched and very comfortable around people. We would prefer to have these two found a home together, since they’re so close. We put one of the smaller girls in the tub with them a couple times but they stood far away from her and stuck together taking turns hiding behind one another lol.
We’re hoping to find owners for them that consider them as we do, pets and part of our family, who know about ducks, and what’s involved in caring for them. I’m including my email in case anyone is interested and wanted to post here before anywhere else, like Facebook or any other places. All are free. Goldie’s first clutch ended with her laying just over 50 eggs and she laid her first one in January. Some we incubated, she was not a brooder, others my husband ate and we would give them away to friends, neighbors and family who brought us cartons.
Sorry so long but I wanted to give as much background as possible on the parents and whatnot. All are healthy ducks. We’re in Ponchatoula for those interested. My brother-in-law knows someone with land willing to take them but he’s got no experience with ducks, only chickens and I just don’t have a good feeling.
Thanks for taking the time to read
~Bridget
[email protected]
As much as this pains me to do, my husband and I originally started with 4 little 2-day old orphaned ducks. We thought were 2 males and 2 females, each a different breed; we had 3 males and one female. We hoped we would hatch additional females and we did, the first batch, we thought were 5 females but were 4 females and a male, all born on St. Patty’s Day but we haven’t named any of them except the male and that just recently and one female, Lucky. We lost our original female, Goldie (she was a Pekin) and unexpectedly passed, she was just getting over bumblefoot-very mild case, which resolved itself with clear iodine and epsom salt. Our 3 original males: Chocolate (Khaki Campbell), Half-Pint (Mallard) and Midnight (Cayuga). We know all of them are part Pekin and believe the first 5 are from Chocolate the Khaki Campbell, and second time we hatched 2- 1 male and 1 female. Luna & Loco, born April 16th and April 17th, we’re pretty sure these are from the Cayuga.
Near the end before Goldie finished laying her first clutch we began separating them- Goldie & Midnight had one side of the house; Chocolate & Half-pint the other side; however, during the day, I would noticed Half-pint mounting Goldie a couple times; Chocolate had become an inside duck at this time, as he was too obsessed with Goldie.
We’re finding it difficult to take care of 10 ducks, Jack & his sisters have one side of the house w/a kiddie pool inside and the other 3 drakes the other side also with a pool. We’ve decided to keep our 3 original drakes, since we don’t plan on hatching anymore eggs, plan was to only keep the females but that didn’t work too well cuz they’re so adorable. Their all fed DuMor All-Flock Pellets, when our Goldie began laying eggs, we would add oyster shell in a small bowl for her. They all enjoy treats: corn, peas, green beans, carrots, bananas, watermelon, even oatmeal (plain) and of course, worms, frogs and other insects and are all forage. The 5 from the first clutch have never been separated and are always together, if one female is missing then another will squawk until she returns lol. We’re hoping to get rid of the 4 hens and drake together, to keep them together and will throw in a bag of oyster shell that we will no longer need since we only have drakes. We’ve only ever used Pelletized Bedding for our ducks, it’s just easier to maintain with the humidity and heat we have here. It turns to pine sawdust and many people use it for cat liter.
I’ll be having surgery soon and will be off my feet for 6 weeks since it cannot be down using using and a robot, and my husband finds dealing with them all too much alone. A couple of the hens are becoming accustomed to people and will eat slices of banana from our hands.
Our other two, Luna & Loco haven’t gone outside yet, we wanted to wait till they were a little older, not to mention are both so good and quiet. They’ll even watch TV with my husband and enjoy people company. They stay in two huge sterilite storage boxes that we cut and put together. These two are and have always been together since the day the other hatched and very comfortable around people. We would prefer to have these two found a home together, since they’re so close. We put one of the smaller girls in the tub with them a couple times but they stood far away from her and stuck together taking turns hiding behind one another lol.
We’re hoping to find owners for them that consider them as we do, pets and part of our family, who know about ducks, and what’s involved in caring for them. I’m including my email in case anyone is interested and wanted to post here before anywhere else, like Facebook or any other places. All are free. Goldie’s first clutch ended with her laying just over 50 eggs and she laid her first one in January. Some we incubated, she was not a brooder, others my husband ate and we would give them away to friends, neighbors and family who brought us cartons.
Sorry so long but I wanted to give as much background as possible on the parents and whatnot. All are healthy ducks. We’re in Ponchatoula for those interested. My brother-in-law knows someone with land willing to take them but he’s got no experience with ducks, only chickens and I just don’t have a good feeling.
Thanks for taking the time to read
~Bridget
[email protected]
