I realize most people here are hobbyists & or raise chickens & ducks for eggs & or for meat. I do not. All of mine are rescued from ponds & parks. They are my pets.
IF you know of people/places in NJ or nearby in Pa. that would take in unwanted chickens, roosters & ducks but do NOT eat them...
How long should I be giving the Calcium Gluconate? My domestic mallard girl had some soft shelled eggs & fairy eggs then nothing & now after doing .6 ml Cal. Gluco, .5ml Meloxicam, warm baths before bed & the usual unlimited oyster shell & her own egg shells for the last 3 days she is laid a...
Hi, Here's how I successfully rescue dumped domestic ducks: it is several person job, using collapsible fencing I set up a semi-circle on land & coax them with food. Once they are on land I make the people keep them there with their arms outstretched so they don't go back in the water & herd...
Seasoned & serious duck people only please--I am a very cautious duck Mom who does a home visit first & will ask a lot of questions prior. I am willing to travel to find them placement. They are young, probably born this past Spring & not yet laying eggs. I rescued them off a pond in a city park...
No, I am trying to place 2 rescued Welsh Harlequins. Google & contact farmed animal rescue groups if need be & offer a hefty donation to take them if you can not find a regular home.
I hope so but the people have to really know ducks and be responsible. My last 2 posts I ended up keeping but now with several elderly ducks who need special care, I must place and not keep.
They were found wandering the street of a NJ shore town...? Most likely they were dumped. How cruel. They are safe at the Associated Humane Societies Shelter in Tinton Falls, New Jersey right now. My flock is full and I live in an area where I am not really even allowed to have ducks but I do...
I live in Central NJ & "the inn is full". Someone brought me a tiny, tiny newly hatched Muscovy baby (too little to know if male or female). Baby belongs with other Muscovy ducks once older. I want a forever home with a seasoned duck person who does not eat their ducks and brings them inside...