They went with the wrong family and it was some serious pecking. I don't know where the mother is because they just appeared out of nowhere. I tried to pick one up and calm him down like I did with the previous rescue duckling, but he just scratched and pooped on me Is it too late to try to...
OK, so I've previously posted on this forum asking for help on taking care of a muscovy duckling I rescued. His mommy came back so he's living happily ever after. Today one of the muscovy ducks appeared with two extra ducklings (who of course were being pecked). After grueling long hours of...
Thank you all so much! I'll try to find feed for him as soon as I can. I keep him next to me (in the box) while I'm on the computer and pet him whenever he chirps. I don't know if I should keep him or release him into a reserve when he's older? But thanks for the info anyways. here's a pic of him
Theres a duck that lives around my neighborhood (Hollywood,FL) with 7 ducklings, but today she showed up in my backyard with 10, 3 were clearly not hers. They seemed to be the same type of duck species (Muscovy) but were a lot smaller than her own ducklings. She kept pecking at them obviously in...