Thank you! I am happy! The last few years of my life have felt reckless and aimless and I never thought meeting a duck would change my life this much for the better. I’ve made a lot of adjustments that have improved not just their lives but mine too, and they inspire me to keep trying and to...
Last August I adopted Coach the duck from an animal shelter in my city. She was all by herself held in a little concrete room in the back where she probably spent all day. I fell in love on the spot and adopted her without hesitation and posted about her on here to learn all about my new duck...
Update:
I think she’s gonna lay her first egg soon. Might be wrong but her pelvis feels like it might be kind of wider and she’s been acting extra demanding for attention. I’m going to go ahead and get oyster shell for her but I also don’t want to encourage her to lay too much. Honestly...
For the moment I’m feeding her a mix of fruits and vegetables such as kale, peas, tomato, green peppers, apples, strawberries, broccoli, and other stuff, based on what I’ve could learn about duck nutrition.
I also feed her occasional treats of tofu for calcium, pieces of shrimp (she doesn’t...
Oh I should say that the point of this thread is that I just want to understand Coach more so I can give her my best care and know what to look for or expect. I can barely find any resources for this particular kind of case with a human imprinted duck that doesn’t know other ducks and is no...
This is my friend, Coach Bombay (the name she already had), the khaki Campbell
I adopted Coach Bombay 2 weeks ago from a local shelter in the city that I live in.
The shelter had her listed as 6 months old at the time of adoption but they didn’t know her exact age.
I figured since she was...