DUCK HELP PLEASE

[liv22]

Ok thanks for the feedback I will find them a new home.

 

[casportpony]

Ok thanks for the feedback I will find them a new home.

Contact your local animal control and ask if they know of someone that can help you find new homes for them.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Introduce yourself here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/248345/pennsylvania-unite

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

And here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/16182/animals-in-need-of-free-re-homing

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Another resource:
http://bird.rescueshelter.com/Pennsylvania

-Kathy

 

[liv22]

I also have another question for you guys if I get female mallard ducks next spring and raise them can I release them since they're not domestic or can I not? For the new people I have a pond near me and I know the owner of the pond and I'm not just dumping them their i will let them get used to the pond. Will they get along with the pekin duck? They'res already 3 males at the pond.

 

[Amiga]

Seems to me that when a duck - even a mallard - is raised to be fed and kept penned, that they aren't equipped to find food for themselves or stay out of harm's way.

 

[Amykins]

Seems to me that when a duck - even a mallard - is raised to be fed and kept penned, that they aren't equipped to find food for themselves or stay out of harm's way.

^ THIS.

 

[jtn42248]

I also have another question for you guys if I get female mallard ducks next spring and raise them can I release them since they're not domestic or can I not? For the new people I have a pond near me and I know the owner of the pond and I'm not just dumping them their i will let them get used to the pond. Will they get along with the pekin duck? They'res already 3 males at the pond.

For some reason you are intent on getting ducks onto that pond. Pekins are large ducks. The male pekin that is already there is going to attempt to mate with any females you release. Unless they are a large breed there is the strong possibility that the Pekin will injure or kill a smaller female. Mallards are not just order and release ducks. Please note this quote "A permit is not needed to own or sell Mallard ducklings. All domestically hatched Mallard ducklings are required to be identified by US Fish and Wildlife." So, while you will not be required to obtain a permit to purchase and release Mallards on the pond the ones you do purchase MUST be from a licensed hatchery or breeder that marks the bird in some manner (often by amputation of a toe) so that you can prove that you did not take wild birds and place them on the pond. Mallards will, as they mature, fly away, be hunted and killed during duck season. If that is your goal fine. They will have a slight advantage at survival than a purely domesticated duck. But they are significantly smaller than a Pekin and may be injured or killed by the existing Pekin duck on the pond.

 

[liv22]

Ok so "jtn42248" which type of duck is the best duck to release to the pond? Also will the mallards come back if they fly away if they are not killed by hunters? Or should I just wait until the other wild 3 males die on there own up the pond and then get new ducks so they won't fight over territory? Also I love my ducks very much and I don't want you guys to just think I'm just like whatever and don't care about my ducks because I really do care I spend everyday with them and I feed them treats and everything like they're my own kids I thought that them and the wild ducks would just fight at first and then get along but I guess not so that's how I got stuck and yes I think I should have done some more researching before I made the descion to get more ducks let alone domestic which I did not know but I just missed the babies that the mother mallards would have and my neighbors loved the ducks pretty much the whole neighborhood and now everybody kinda misses them including me so that's why I got them but now I have to find them a new home.