Devastated.... Must re-home my babies.

[DuckyDonna]

I am in Georgia and I will take those babies if you can get them to me! I hatched 8 babies this spring. Gave 4 away to my neighbor across the street and kept 4. I LOVE them. They are my little babies although now they are almost as big as their parents. I hold them, talk to them, love on them and they follow me everywhere. But now I only have 3 + their 4 parents. One of my little sweet babies got ate by a HUGE snake (who is now as dead as my baby). I cried for weeks and have tears welling up as I write this. She was the littlest one who I had to help out of her shell. I didn't think she would live but she did. She grew, played and was a happy little duck. I wish I could unsee the horror or the snake thing it but it is in my brain for life.

These are my 4 sweet babies:

These are my 3 sweet babies all grown up. Aren't they so beautiful! They grow so fast! They have a wonderful place to live. We have 10 acres, they are fenced in and overhead net so the hawks can't get them. We are in Georiga so we actually are allowed to have guns to protect them if predators try to get in.... like snakes or coyotes! Their pens are so secure that humans would have trouble getting in! Of course you have to shit the doors which I didn't do and the death of my little Ranger was my fault and I'll never get over it.

 

[TSOWOATNKC]

If you are in (or were in) the military, you could contact JAG for free legal assistance.

 

[Noellereagan]

Unfortunately no, a lawyer is not really a possibility. My husband, cousins, parents, siblings, friends, and other neighbors are telling me I should just get rid of them and be done with all of this BS. I can't do that, they mean the world to me. I can't just "let them go" because those ignorant people don't realize that domestic ducks CANNOT survive if you just "let them go". Once a domestic, always a domestic. They just dont get it. They're like "theyll learn how to defend themselves eventually" im like..... they'll be killed first or starve to death...or be hunted.... theres so much that could go wrong.

That’s right. They’d have to pry them from my cold, dead clutches. I relate to how you feel. I love my turkeys more than most people love their dogs and because they’re widely known as good people don’t get the bond one can have with a bird. I wish you were close by. I’d attend those meetings with you and set them metaphorically on fire. Call the news. If it’s a small town and not much is going on they may cover it. Tell them they’re violating your rights. Give them hell. What’s happening to you is wrong. So wrong. Research what others have done successfully to ward off orders like this. It’s your property. Your dogs are doing nothing wrong. The neighbors dog is. I would start by saying you insist that the neighbors get rid of their dog. It’s their pet but the ducks are yours. Don’t let them push you around.

 

[BantyChooks]

I’d attend those meetings with you and set them metaphorically on fire.

...I'd sit just outside the door and literally set them on fire, if you need a backup plan?
OP, good luck with finding homes or fighting your idiot neighbour. I'm really sorry.

 

[Noellereagan]

...I'd sit just outside the door and literally set them on fire, if you need a backup plan?
OP, good luck with finding homes or fighting your idiot neighbour. I'm really sorry.

Ha. I like you. Good thing you’re not close by me. We’d get in trouble together.

 

[BantyChooks]

Ha. I like you. Good thing you’re not close by me. We’d get in trouble together.

Not if you're a fast enough runner

 

[Noellereagan]

Not if you're a fast enough runner

Ohhhhhh I am. I am. We could be like robinhood for the rights of bird people. I always wanted a partner in crime.

 

[BantyChooks]

Ohhhhhh I am. I am. We could be like robinhood for the rights of bird people. I always wanted a partner in crime.

You just got yourself one! It's a deal, then: you do the figurative burning, I do the literal. WeTheWey's ducks are as good as saved. Provided we aren't laughing too hard to run afterwards.

 

[thumper650]

Just thinking out loud, you might call one of those news station people like 7 on your side, maybe they coild help you cause a stink. Also, who told you to get rid of them? Every town in MA has an animal inspector, I would talk to them if you haven't.

 

[Noellereagan]

You just got yourself one! It's a deal, then: you do the figurative burning, I do the literal. WeTheWey's ducks are as good as saved. Provided we aren't laughing too hard to run afterwards.

No way. I want in on the literal burn! Lol