rescue ducks

  1. E

    Pekin Ducks Suffered Neglect - Looking to help them heal

    I picked up some mature ducks from a large established farm the other day and when I brought them home (they put them right into the carrier for me) found that they have some significant skin issues. I was pretty surprised by the state of them to be honest. They were caked in mud and are missing...
  2. Q

    S. Fl Orphaned ducklings need homing

    I’m in south Florida (palm Beach county) and I’m looking to home 12 orphaned ducklings, appx 5 weeks old, Muscovy- that someone dropped on my doorstep (they have been properly quarantined for several weeks). I have a trapping service/rescue, but no room for this many ducks. I’ve reached out to...
  3. A

    Rescue ducks part 2

    Hi again, I posted earlier about four ducks I rescued and worried about the silver appleyard. Just tonight I was holding her and noticed that 75% of her feathers are broken off. I’ve only just had them for a day and she actually let me pick her up. I realize ducks molt and I was hoping someone...
  4. A

    Rescue ducks

    Hello everyone, Couple questions for you please.. I just rescued four pitiful ducks and I’m concerned about the silver appleyard. Her wings are in terrible shape, and I’m wondering if it’s normal to molt wings this time of year, or maybe over mating is the problem. I’m just not too sure but...
  5. Kariann

    Need advice for rescued ducks and eggs!

    Hi! Tonight, I was given 3 duck eggs from a woman who is removing ducks from a hoarding situation. Momma was sitting on them, but we have no idea when she laid them. They're dirty, I gently wiped the best I could, and they are now in the incubator. They're either Pekins or Indian Runners, we...
  6. Z

    Help! Rescued mallard drake, need female duck

    Please give advice. We have a full house with 10 hens and 2 roosters and dogs and cat, kids. Reacued a sweet mallard drake yesterday from an overcrowded coop with chickens and ducks that were attacking him. Brought him to a safe 8x8 enclosure in our yard (surrounded by our free range flock...
  7. S

    Rescuing Ducks

    Hi, We just recently rescued some ducklings from some irresponsible teenagers.. We are raising them until they are old enough to live outside.. I would appreciate any help we can get.. We are looking to re-home them once they are a little older.. They look to be under 2-3 weeks right now.. I am...
  8. C

    Ocular degeneration?

    We took in another injured duck yesterday, only this one also has eye concerns. He had an appointment Friday but just seeing what y’all think! Has anyone seen anything like this?
  9. A

    Rescue Duck- still having neck problems.

    I posted about these two ducklings a friend brought to my house after she found them at a lake. While she was there someone left them and drove away. They seemed malnourished (weak, bent legs) and so I started them on B vitamins in addition to their chick food and nutritional yeast and greens...
  10. WannaBeHillBilly

    Rescue Duck[lings] need some advice

    Hi Friends, you likely remember that i gave away six of my duck's fertile eggs a while ago to my neighbors whose broody hen hatched six cute ducklings. They are about six weeks old now, the surviving five are too much of a burden for their owners and they asked me if i would take them back… On...
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    Help/advice: rescuing wood duck eggs

    Hello there, I've been searching for help online to figure out how to help some wood duck eggs and I noticed that there are people here who seem to have experience hatching duck eggs. Here's the situation: we had a mother wood duck lay and incubate eggs in our screech owl box. A raccoon...
  12. K

    Eggs bleeding under shell?

    Can anyone help me out? I’ve got rescued eggs in an incubator, and since we’ve had them, they’ve slowly started bleeding under the shell? And it started with one and it’s happening to more and more. We’ve had to throw out 5 eggs already. I can’t seem to find anything on Google. Is it something...
  13. superduckrescue

    young ducks in need of homes near austin.

    We have two rescued muscovy ducks one is around 2 mo old named sunflower {male} and was abandoned with his sister at a neighborhood he is really tame and loves to be petted and would make a good show duck. The other one was rescued too named pine {male} he was found sick and had a broken wing...
  14. superduckrescue

    young ducks in need of homes near austin.

    We have two rescued muscovy ducks one is around 2 mo old named sunflower {male} and was abandoned with his sister at a neighborhood he is really tame and loves to be petted and would make a good show duck. The other one was rescued too named pine {male} he was found sick and had a broken wing...
  15. Astirya

    Breed Identification Help?

    One of my rescue ducks hatched friday and I was thinking they might be at least part Khaki Campbell, but I wanted to get some second opinions! (plus I get to show off how cute they are)
  16. IvanK

    Just rescued a wild Mallard duckling...looking for insight on raising it.

    Hi! Ok, so I've got loads of chickens, turkeys and muscovy ducks on my farm but about an hour ago mother nature threw me a curve ball...one of my cats showed up with a baby duck in it's mouth! I was horrified and at first thought it had somehow gotten into one of my brooders but it was clear it...
  17. bsides2007

    Updates & Questions (Gollum & Smeagol rescue ducks)

    Updates: Well, I'm sad to say that my little Smeagol did not make it :hitI tried to do all I could for her, but I think she just hatched "wrong." She ended up passing last Wednesday overnight, after having been "fine" for her situation. I don't know what happened but I suspect her little heart...
  18. S

    URGENT HELP NEEDED! ASSISTED HATCH MUSCOVY.

    I read the assisted hatch page in its entirety four times. After my rescued Muscovy internally pipped, we waited 24 hours before assisting by making an external pip. I then waited, per the instructions turns, 12 hours (no activity) before creating the zip line and opening the air pocket. After...
  19. bsides2007

    Mystery illness (Smeagol the rescue duck)

    Smeagol and Gollum have finished their course of antibiotics and I have seen no consistent results. I have NO idea what this could be. Gollum seems fine 99% of the time except for bouts of panting heavily. No other signs that anything is wrong. Smeagol on the other hand is a mess. I have no idea...
  20. bsides2007

    UPDATE on rescue ducklings Smeagol & Gollum + new questions!

    Hello everyone! Well, Smeagol and Gollum are now about 5 or 6 weeks old approximately. The last I left off, Smeagol had some pretty labored breathing which was not getting better so I decided to give them oregano oil every day as a natural antibiotic. I did this for about 5 days with no...
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