nmorris
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- Apr 4, 2016
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Hi,
I have a small flock of Mallard Ducklings growing... or more accurately outgrowing my office right now. I started with 11 tiny ducklings in a super large tupperware bin and now they have taken over my dd baby crib and are fast out pacing that! We've lost 2 so far, the first only a few days after we received them, looked to be having issues from the start, and the second one just the other day from a fall, only about 3 feet but she must have broken something and was gone within 10 minutes. That was a much harder loss for all of us, 5 weeks old. Now I am even more nervous about letting them out...
One's got a bit of Angel Wing that I have been failing miserably at wrapping, someone just suggested using paper tape and wrapping it but I ended up getting the poor thing all stuck, luckily he's pretty used to me messing with him so he's not too upset...
We just moved last year and now have a 1/3 of an acre pond that fills with pond weeds and I am hoping these guys and galls will help keep it cleaned out without me resorting to a bunch of chemicals... the wild mallard come in and will clean out a corner but then fly away, hopefully these guys will stay
Thanks,
Natalie
I have a small flock of Mallard Ducklings growing... or more accurately outgrowing my office right now. I started with 11 tiny ducklings in a super large tupperware bin and now they have taken over my dd baby crib and are fast out pacing that! We've lost 2 so far, the first only a few days after we received them, looked to be having issues from the start, and the second one just the other day from a fall, only about 3 feet but she must have broken something and was gone within 10 minutes. That was a much harder loss for all of us, 5 weeks old. Now I am even more nervous about letting them out...
One's got a bit of Angel Wing that I have been failing miserably at wrapping, someone just suggested using paper tape and wrapping it but I ended up getting the poor thing all stuck, luckily he's pretty used to me messing with him so he's not too upset...
We just moved last year and now have a 1/3 of an acre pond that fills with pond weeds and I am hoping these guys and galls will help keep it cleaned out without me resorting to a bunch of chemicals... the wild mallard come in and will clean out a corner but then fly away, hopefully these guys will stay
Thanks,
Natalie
