Alfalfa (named after his little cowlick) went home with his new family today! They were lovely people with a history of owning/caring for ducks and chickens so we trust that he’s gonna be in good hands! Here’s some photos of him from the past week
He’s been doing really well today, we got an industrial tub that he’s been in and out of all afternoon with some purina duck pellets and a little bit of watermelon since we had a fresh one. We have a shed so we set it up so that he wouldn’t get into anything dangerous and he’s staying in there...
We don’t have any neighbors who keep them so I think it was someone taking him to the lake nearby, right now he’s in our backyard and we dont have any outdoor animals so we’ll get some feed and a safe little area for him to stay and swim
We have a vet friend who happens to own a farm so he may be able to take him or know someone who can. Later in the day we’ll get him some feed and a safe area to swim and sleep
So at around 8:30 pm i was on a walk with my family and we noticed a duck in someone’s yard. This isn’t uncommon since our neighborhood backs up to a lake but it was odd because this duck looked a lot different than our usual (black and white, splotchy) and seemed very friendly. He followed us...