WhatTheDuck420
In the Brooder
- Apr 23, 2020
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A few months ago a bird rescue organization, ASAP, was presenting at Petco when I went for cat food. They had all sorts of birds there, including a duck that my 2 year old fell in love with. Obviously, it was not a good idea to adopt a duck on impulse, so we did not get it. However, we had been planning on getting chickens for several months. After seeing how ducks are very good pets and livestock, we decided to raise ducks instead.
So we built a duck house, got supplied and ordered 4 chicks. 2 Muscovy, 2 Golden 300. All arrived 6 days ago. Unfortunately, with the stress the USPS has been under, they arrived 2 days late. So 3 day old chicks who never had water or food. 1 Muscovy was DOA, the other Muscovy died shortly after arrival. Both Golden 300 seemed healthy, until 1 suddenly died 2 days ago. The day after the first batch came, we went to a country store and got 2 Khaki Campbell's to replace the Muscovies. We also decided not to order anymore ducklings for now, since it seemed cruel to put more ducklings through such an ordeal.
So now we have 3 ducklings. Tim, Eric, and Flip. We are very proud and happy with our new ducklings. Also very worried since the Golden 300 was our strongest chick. We will be getting about 3 more ducklings in about a week, when they will be available in my area.
My household consists of me, my husband, our 3 children, 6, 2 and an infant. We also have a kitty named Tesla.
We have an urban homestead in the Salt Lake City area.
In the past week or so that we've had ducklings, my husband and I have gotten a lot of good info on this site. We're excited to join the community.
So we built a duck house, got supplied and ordered 4 chicks. 2 Muscovy, 2 Golden 300. All arrived 6 days ago. Unfortunately, with the stress the USPS has been under, they arrived 2 days late. So 3 day old chicks who never had water or food. 1 Muscovy was DOA, the other Muscovy died shortly after arrival. Both Golden 300 seemed healthy, until 1 suddenly died 2 days ago. The day after the first batch came, we went to a country store and got 2 Khaki Campbell's to replace the Muscovies. We also decided not to order anymore ducklings for now, since it seemed cruel to put more ducklings through such an ordeal.
So now we have 3 ducklings. Tim, Eric, and Flip. We are very proud and happy with our new ducklings. Also very worried since the Golden 300 was our strongest chick. We will be getting about 3 more ducklings in about a week, when they will be available in my area.
My household consists of me, my husband, our 3 children, 6, 2 and an infant. We also have a kitty named Tesla.
We have an urban homestead in the Salt Lake City area.
In the past week or so that we've had ducklings, my husband and I have gotten a lot of good info on this site. We're excited to join the community.
Glad you joined.
