Human imprinted ducklings rehoused

[birdsqueezer]

You should keep them until they're old enough to not rely on you, the law isn't exactly the bastion of morality and is more so for companies and large scale operations rather than one off cases

 

[NatJ]

You should keep them until they're old enough to not rely on you, the law isn't exactly the bastion of morality and is more so for companies and large scale operations rather than one off cases

OP kept them at least until they were 4 1/2 months old.

Here's a thread that has more recent images, and mentions their age at the time:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/new-behaviors-normal-and-loss-of-head-feathers.1499733/