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    this pretty yellow baby

    Yeah it's funny watching them change. To be honest they look kinda rough there for a little while :) I don't get to see them grow up though. A few moms will stick around a few days or keep coming back because I keep them a low bird bath and baby food. (Ok I lied a tiny bit about not feeding...
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    this pretty yellow baby

    This is the view through my office window more or less. The feral ducks are fond of my yard and have several batches of eggs here yearly, always different moms. I don't feed them or anything, they just like it here. Anyway they're always gold and brown, with a gold belly, and about 90% have gold...
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    Angel wing, attempt #5

    Would a vet wrap job like above stay on for the full 7 days? I assume if you're paying a vet you'll want to leave it on. I do have some vet wrap left, but I can't quite follow the instructions in the image above. Is there a name for the technique so I can try to find a YouTube video?
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    Angel wing, attempt #5

    I sacrificed my favorite long sleeve t-shirt in an attempt to make something that will stay on through the night. Ducky in a T-shirt with leg holes, wheeeeee!! My daughter drew an anarchy symbol on it in appreciation of his uncooperative spirit, lol. Keeping him inside for the night because...
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    Angel wing treatment, attempt #3

    Aaaaaand he already shook it off in the yard somewhere and I can't find it
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    Angel wing treatment, attempt #3

    This is my third try to get baby to sit and chill and spend the night with his wrap on. The first day I tried several times with some cloth strips, but once I'd leave him alone he'd run back and forth until it fell off. Yesterday I got some vet tape, and it seemed like it was on good, but this...
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    my sweet little orphan hanging out with his mom

    The photo is a little crummy through the patio screen, but that's a mom duck sitting on a nest and the duck on the bottom is her 6 week old orphan that she abandoned right in that nest, so I've been taking care of him. I left the empty nest alone, and about 4 weeks later the mom came back and...
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    guess who's back

    The gate always stays closed, so she's fine for now. I mean once they hatch I have to open the gate to let them out, or else they stay stuck in the yard. So once I let them out I'm considering leaving it open for a couple days to see if they come back. Although I've been reading more and it...
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    guess who's back

    No I haven't done that.. I followed her and the dozen ducklings down to the pond where she was immediately overtaken by aggressive males while another male stood over the babies.. it was pretty upsetting, and I couldn't do anything about it, so I left, and I didn't see her again until a week or...
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    guess who's back

    Side note, I'm pretty sure this is the same duck that hatched a bunch of babies 6 weeks ago, but I've never seen any of them. Are they weaned already, or is it more likely she lost them all?
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    guess who's back

    This feral mom is back again with another dozen eggs behind my heat pump. I have a question though. I know when the chicks hatch, the mom will walk them down to one of the ponds, because I followed them once, but will they come back? The thing is I have a serious privacy fence, so the duck has...
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    Small coop advice

    Here's a sketch of what I had in mind. It's the same patio wall from outside the patio and from inside the patio, and a giant vent at the top of the back wall of the coop that I can see through via patio screen, and it could be relocated left and right along the wall. It would have to be...
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    Small coop advice

    I need to build a small coop or the duck version of a doghouse really. Ideally it will be portable-ish. I was thinking 2x2 or 2x3 feet (~30 cm in a foot) of floor space, maybe 3/4 feet high. Do they like a raised floor or on the ground? I'm planning for a single duck but they don't always use...
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    need some advice

    This neighborhood lady duck heard the baby chirping and got real interested, so I let her in and offered a snack, and they kinda bonded over food for a few minutes.. it's a start?
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    need some advice

    Wow, nice setup. I definitely don't have that much cardboard, but that's a pretty good idea that I'll keep in mind. That hay or shavings or whatever they're in looks nice too. I need some of that.
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