Femaleduckfan
Hatching
- Oct 24, 2019
- 2
- 2
- 6
Hello.
I want to Keep this as short as possible but knowing myself the Question probably will be quit Long.
I live in Germany and 5 years ago we found an lonely duckling. Back then we tried to go the the river that was near by but there wasnt a single female duck with other ducklings. We tried to get her into a Wildlife Station but at the time nobody had the time and place for an duck. So we just adopted her and she really is an Sweetheart. I treat her like my Little princess and we are total one Soul. Since we were Pretty new to ducks and still only informed ourselves since we were more or less "forced" to have an we didnt think About getting another duck.
Now 5 years later i really regret it. Since I know her so well i can tell that shes a lil lonely. She has quit the character and is a Little bit bossy and generally happy. But you can see that shes often sad and just a Little bit unactive or behaving weirdly. I just think her mental Health isnt complelty fine because shes lonelny.
Since we are no breeders or anything like that and we couldnt sell eggs or destroy them if they have been fertilized and also cant get it over our hearts to sell ducks (since they probably will get slaughtered, Holding ducks or chicken isnt really that popular in Germany ) getting a male just cant be it.
So the plan is to find a female, same Kind (shes a mallard, i believe thats the english word for it, they are really common in the lakes and rivers here) BUT we are concered that because of all the time isolated from other ducks she wont be able to socialize. Once i got another female duck i wont sell her again since i know the only place ill find is a slaughterer. But we also dont have the space for a whole coop / barn / big Cage for her to live in + free range just for the other duck. Also then we would have 2 Ducks who are lonely and then it would get even worse.
So if we get this duck i have to be sure that they will socialze some way or another and live together. My biggest concern is the spring when they start laying. We dont eat duck eggs so we just let her lay them until the breeding Season Ends and she automatically stops. It was Always fine this way so far but if we would do it with 2 female ducks (atm i have like These Little Rabbit Barns ( https://www.bing.com/images/search?...einer+hasenstall&selectedindex=8&vt=0&eim=1,6 )
Looks like the one on the link. and i would just get another one and place them in the Corner where the hay and stuff is so they could both have a laying place.
Would they still attack each other, Maybe even to death, if they would Encounter while breeding Season when getting Food for example ?
Also would they socialize for sure or is there a high Chance that it wont work ?
Can somebody give a total noob please some help with this and tell me if it works with 2 female ducks, if there are any alternatives if not and how to help them socialize, especially with an duck who never had any social interaction with other ducks since her first weeks of life.
I want to Keep this as short as possible but knowing myself the Question probably will be quit Long.
I live in Germany and 5 years ago we found an lonely duckling. Back then we tried to go the the river that was near by but there wasnt a single female duck with other ducklings. We tried to get her into a Wildlife Station but at the time nobody had the time and place for an duck. So we just adopted her and she really is an Sweetheart. I treat her like my Little princess and we are total one Soul. Since we were Pretty new to ducks and still only informed ourselves since we were more or less "forced" to have an we didnt think About getting another duck.
Now 5 years later i really regret it. Since I know her so well i can tell that shes a lil lonely. She has quit the character and is a Little bit bossy and generally happy. But you can see that shes often sad and just a Little bit unactive or behaving weirdly. I just think her mental Health isnt complelty fine because shes lonelny.
Since we are no breeders or anything like that and we couldnt sell eggs or destroy them if they have been fertilized and also cant get it over our hearts to sell ducks (since they probably will get slaughtered, Holding ducks or chicken isnt really that popular in Germany ) getting a male just cant be it.
So the plan is to find a female, same Kind (shes a mallard, i believe thats the english word for it, they are really common in the lakes and rivers here) BUT we are concered that because of all the time isolated from other ducks she wont be able to socialize. Once i got another female duck i wont sell her again since i know the only place ill find is a slaughterer. But we also dont have the space for a whole coop / barn / big Cage for her to live in + free range just for the other duck. Also then we would have 2 Ducks who are lonely and then it would get even worse.
So if we get this duck i have to be sure that they will socialze some way or another and live together. My biggest concern is the spring when they start laying. We dont eat duck eggs so we just let her lay them until the breeding Season Ends and she automatically stops. It was Always fine this way so far but if we would do it with 2 female ducks (atm i have like These Little Rabbit Barns ( https://www.bing.com/images/search?...einer+hasenstall&selectedindex=8&vt=0&eim=1,6 )
Looks like the one on the link. and i would just get another one and place them in the Corner where the hay and stuff is so they could both have a laying place.
Would they still attack each other, Maybe even to death, if they would Encounter while breeding Season when getting Food for example ?
Also would they socialize for sure or is there a high Chance that it wont work ?
Can somebody give a total noob please some help with this and tell me if it works with 2 female ducks, if there are any alternatives if not and how to help them socialize, especially with an duck who never had any social interaction with other ducks since her first weeks of life.
She is probably human imprinted and may not like a duck companion. Provide her with a large mirror to gauge her reaction to 'another' duck.
