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    Fostering a baby duck and want to return it to the flock someday

    That sounds like an excellent idea! I think if he can hide around me, he's not going to adapt to them as well. Thanks for the tip!
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    Fostering a baby duck and want to return it to the flock someday

    Update. He is six days old now, and running around the house fine. He has a head tilt, but is not circling. He still flips his head back to drink, but lays down to keep from flipping over backward. He is eating duck/chicken crumble like crazy, but not growing much. I suspect this is because the...
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    Fostering a baby duck and want to return it to the flock someday

    Thank you so much for your advice. There are two mama ducks in a large pen with a roof on part of it and wire on the other part. There are seven other ducklings. This one was being trampled when I pulled him out. He still doesn't drink right, and flips over backward when he does drink. I'm...
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    Fostering a baby duck and want to return it to the flock someday

    We rescued a poorly doing ten hour old duckling from our duck nursery pen. He (no idea if it is a boy or girl yet) has some motor skills issues, but is rapidly improving. He is three days old now, and doing well. Of course, he thinks we are mommy. We want to return him to our very small flock of...
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