Found baby ducklings without mother! Help!

[lesander]

All of my muscovy ducklings of they are a light color like the single one in the pic always had a light pink/beige beak too. I know its tough but if your not keeping them, you should not be hand feeding them or getting them used to people. 2 years ago we rescued 12 mallard ducklings, there mom was found dead. we kept them in a dog run blacked out on the side they would be able to see us and faced the other side tongue woods. We successfully released them at a small lake nearby that doesn't allow boats on it. We checked on them every week or so til the fall, they seemed to do okay, but every mallard looks identical here. We had them for a couple weeks til their feathers grew in. I know its vvery hard cause they are so freaking cute, but it is for the better if your not able to keep them safe.

 

[Miss Lydia]

lesander your ducklings are precious. I am still thrown by the lighter one in BirdieLoves group, sure makes me think Scovy look at the bill in the pic she just took.

 

[BirdieLove]

10 little happy ducklings in the water.

This morning I decided to let them play outside for a bit since it was hot in the garage.....didn't turn out too well. I got my dog playpen and thought the bars were too small for them to fit through but I tried the smallest one in it first and sure enough she for through! So then I put a kiddie pool in our garage and filled it with some water, after a minute I found out it was starting to leak out from somewhere lol so I have these hot ducklings in this small cage(Just one that I put them into to clean they're bigger cage) and they're all panting and I have leaking water everywhere! Lol So I quickly cleaned out they're cage and put some nice cool water into it and they are now loving it. Plus it has a locking lid on it so I don't have to watch them every second.

 

[BirdieLove]

How long should I let them play in the water like that? They have no food in there of course and they've been out here for about 30 minutes and still seem very happy and chirpy but I don't know how long I should keep them without food and dry ground. The water isn't very deep, they can lay on the ground and they're head still be alot above water.

 

[Miss Lydia]

10 little happy ducklings in the water.



This morning I decided to let them play outside for a bit since it was hot in the garage.....didn't turn out too well. I got my dog playpen and thought the bars were too small for them to fit through but I tried the smallest one in it first and sure enough she for through! So then I put a kiddie pool in our garage and filled it with some water, after a minute I found out it was starting to leak out from somewhere lol so I have these hot ducklings in this small cage(Just one that I put them into to clean they're bigger cage) and they're all panting and I have leaking water everywhere! Lol So I quickly cleaned out they're cage and put some nice cool water into it and they are now loving it. Plus it has a locking lid on it so I don't have to watch them every second.

They are adorable, and you are doing such a good job, what are your plans for the littles?

 

[BirdieLove]

They are adorable, and you are doing such a good job, what are your plans for the littles?

I'm going to try and find them homes rather than let them go because I know they're gonna be really tame.My cousins boyfriend has a farm with a few animals(no ducks though) but he's going to talk to his parents about taking all the ducks and putting them in a pond that has nothing in it by theyre house and feeding them and everything.

 

[BirdieLove]

There's a video of them

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'm going to try and find them homes rather than let them go because I know they're gonna be really tame.My cousins boyfriend has a farm with a few animals(no ducks though) but he's going to talk to his parents about taking all the ducks and putting them in a pond that has nothing in it by theyre house and feeding them and everything.

Love the video, as far as leaving them in the water the only thing you don't want them to chill, so very important you pat them dry then put them either under a heat lamp till they finish drying or a very warm room. They sure look very healthy, I hope it works out about the farm and pond. They'll need to be pretty good size before going on a pond though or they will get picked off by flying preds, and also there is the possibility of snapping turtles in the pond which love to eat ducklings and will even snap feet off young ducks and adults. So many things to think of when they are old enough to be on their own. Yep they look very tame and spoiled. Do you still think they are Woodies?

 

[Shikoba70]

that would be much nicer, specially if they are Muscovy they do get so tame x

 

[Miss Lydia]

that would be much nicer, specially if they are Muscovy they do get so tame x

I swear they make me think Scovy.