How do you find a humane home for ducklings?

[Emmaxx]

Also think about when and where to advertise. Don't adertise ducklings around Easter even if you have them available, etc. Advertise places like here, poultry groups on Facebook rather than general sale or pet sales ones, adverts in feed stores that aren't selling their own, or maybe even garden centres would work if you can talk about the benefits they can have to a garden, that way you are likely to attract the right sort of buyers in the first place, or at least attract less of the bad ones that you will need to weed out later.

I'm with DuckLover88, wish I could have a couple but I don't know if they have even made it to British soil yet!

 

[lomine]

Also think about when and where to advertise. Don't adertise ducklings around Easter even if you have them available, etc. Advertise places like here, poultry groups on Facebook rather than general sale or pet sales ones, adverts in feed stores that aren't selling their own, or maybe even garden centres would work if you can talk about the benefits they can have to a garden, that way you are likely to attract the right sort of buyers in the first place, or at least attract less of the bad ones that you will need to weed out later.

I'm with DuckLover88, wish I could have a couple but I don't know if they have even made it to British soil yet!

Great points! I just got my new ducklings last week and they spent the day at work with me (long story but it was to reduce shipping time). One of my coworkers made a comment about remembering getting chicks and ducklings as a kid at Easter, "..the ducklings never made it and the chickens always mysteriously disappeared..." She's mid 50s I would guess so I didn't educate her on how wrong that was but it made me mad and sad.

 

[Happy Quack]

Well I don't know how much you should charge. I would say don't charge any less than you paid for your ducklings. I paid $7 each for Saxony ducklings from Holdereads. I may sell ducklings in the future and if I do I plan on charging no less than $8, maybe more since they are rare and can't be found locally. I had to get a minimum order size and had to pay shipping too after all. Any local buyers won't have to worry about that aspect. I've also seen other rare breeds for sale at similar prices.

Asking questions is good to. If someone comes to you not knowing a single thing about raising ducklings you know they didn't do an ounce of research. Even a quick google search will give the basics on care. If they can't do even that, they aren't going to be motivated to properly care for the ducks.

You should be prepared with the idea that about half the ducklings will be males and probably end up as someone's dinner. It's totally fine that you want to ensure the ducklings don't end up being neglected but if all of them must go to homes as pets you may want to rethink your plans.

I thought they would make great single serve ducks but did not really want to say so because it can be a touchy subject.

 

[Happy Quack]

Thank You everyone!