Duck dilemma (please help)

[animalloverducks]

It kind of looks like this-

 

[animalloverducks]

It kind of looks like this-

Just larger with orange with feet

 

[Broody Bist]

I’ve been doing some research, the only ducks I can come up with are domesticated. @Pyxis is right, someone might have saw the crowd of ducks at our place and dumped their pet.

 

[Broody Bist]

Our black runner ducks look just like that.

Just larger with orange with feet

 

[animalloverducks]

Our black runner ducks look just like that.

Would it harm the duck to keep on letting it live with the others? And would you recommend to stop feeding them?

 

[bluemerle]

To answer your other question - I live in NV & we still have mallards sitting on the river here, too. It seems not all ducks migrate.

 

[MissChick@dee]

If you’ve been feeding them now they’ve became dependent on that feed. People may disagree with me but what I would do is feed them thru the harsh part of winter. As seasons change and we head into spring they’ll go where they normally would to raise young etc. The large duck could be a pet that flew away with others this past spring. It happens. I used to feed migrating birds. I stopped because of the biohazards they bring with them. In my waterers and yard where I keep my chickens.

 

[animalloverducks]

Should I leave the duck with the others?

 

[Pyxis]

Would it harm the duck to keep on letting it live with the others?

Well, being a large domestic breed, it can't fly, which means it can't migrate and also can't get away from predators well, so it's not a good idea to let it try to live with wild ducks. It would be best for it if you can either find where it came from (hopefully it just wandered off from a neighbor's house) or if not, catch it and give it to someone who keeps domestic ducks so it can be properly cared for.

 

[animalloverducks]

Well, being a large domestic breed, it can't fly, which means it can't migrate and also can't get away from predators well, so it's not a good idea to let it try to live with wild ducks. It would be best for it if you can either find where it came from (hopefully it just wandered off from a neighbor's house) or if not, catch it and give it to someone who keeps domestic ducks so it can be properly cared for.

I just flyed. It seems to be able to do the stuff that our wild ducks can too.