Ok so I’m in a weird situation. I have three wild mallards that I hatched under my broody hens. A friend found an abandoned nest (mama duck left with seven successfully hatched babies) and she brought me three live eggs. I didn’t know it was against the law.
Now I have three that I would LOVE to surrender to a wildlife sanctuary. They’re just living with my other birds. Still too young to fly. But with avian flu, nowhere is accepting waterfowl this year. These three have been raised by me and I don’t think for a second they could survive in the wild. My local department of wildlife basically said just find a lake and let them go. I feel like that is basically a death sentence, but I could be wrong. Anyone have any ideas what to do with these guys? Was genuinely trying to do a good deed and now I’m at a loss.
Now I have three that I would LOVE to surrender to a wildlife sanctuary. They’re just living with my other birds. Still too young to fly. But with avian flu, nowhere is accepting waterfowl this year. These three have been raised by me and I don’t think for a second they could survive in the wild. My local department of wildlife basically said just find a lake and let them go. I feel like that is basically a death sentence, but I could be wrong. Anyone have any ideas what to do with these guys? Was genuinely trying to do a good deed and now I’m at a loss.