Thank you! I don't know the proper duck vernacular yet! I will change the title of my post.
Six ducks total were dumped, but these were the only two we were able to catch and rescue, and yes, they are a duck and drake. My husband's family had chickens growing up, and I grew up behind a farm...
We have one male and one female Cayauga that need re-homing. They were dumped in the retention pond behind our home. The female just started laying in February, so they are about 11 months old. They are beautiful and healthy. We can't keep them because Town of Cary only allows 5 backyard...
Thanks for your offer to help! We have been put on the schedule to meet with our town council representative as a first step. We will present our case and see if they would even entertain introducing an amendment to the Town of Cary Code of Ordinances and Land Development. After that, I will...
Hello NC folks,
We are in Cary, NC, and are looking for a temporary or permanent home our ~11-month-old male and female Cayugas.
They were dumped in the retention pond behind our house, and we rescued them. We've had them for nine months, the female just started laying, and they are quite...
Hi Chris. I just read your post and wondered if you ever got your ducks. We rescued two Cayuga ducks that had been dumped in the retention pond behind our house in Cary last June, only to find that the Town of Cary only allows 5 backyard chickens, and expressly prohibits ducks.
But we've found...
I am facing the same problem with trying to keep a couple of ducks in a town that allows 5 chickens per home only, and was wondering if you were successful in changing your town's ordinance. I would greatly appreciate any help you might be able to provide as we embark on this process. It would...
Hi, I know it's been 6 years, but I was wondering if you were able to get that ordinance passed? We find ourselves in exactly the same situation as you- 2 rescued ducks we're now attached to, but our town only allows 5 chickens, no ducks.