I have no idea what I am doing

[Steven Mazzo]

I was curious about weather or not it was safe to let my duck have free run of my yard once it is old enough to go outside because I did fertilize and lime the grass in early spring. I didn't plan on the duckling and now I'm not sure What to do

 

[Ravynscroft]

I was curious about weather or not it was safe to let my duck have free run of my yard once it is old enough to go outside because I did fertilize and lime the grass in early spring. I didn't plan on the duckling and now I'm not sure What to do

If it was a month or more ago, it should be safe by now...

 

[WVduckchick]

Something like this ?

There is a whole thread of duck housing in the Duck 'stickies' at the top of the forum!

I'd like to see that pool after a couple weeks of a few rowdy ducks.

 

[Steven Mazzo]

I'd like to see that pool after a couple weeks of a few rowdy ducks.

I'm sure my pond will be trashed in a day. I'm thinking I need to take all the water lilies out. Momma duck didn't seem to be bothered by them but this little one will probably eat them and get sick

 

[Tlmcq]

was this one you hatched, found, rescued??

It is a domestic mallard from hatchery...Gotten at TSC actually. When it was 3 days old

 

[Tlmcq]

I'm sure my pond will be trashed in a day. I'm thinking I need to take all the water lilies out. Momma duck didn't seem to be bothered by them but this little one will probably eat them and get sick

Lil Lucky will most likely try to eat them at very least. Mine do, anyway...they tear them up more than eating them tho..Lol.

 

[Tlmcq]

The mallard is smallest duck of my bunch but definitely the spunkiest too. She is definitely a character.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Evening all. We tried for a little splashing fun but as with everything Lucky does it was way more than I could handle. With only about half an inch of water I held his little feet in it to get him used to it and he wanted out of my hands I put him in and he seemed ok and was splashing a little with his beak so I let him go and he dove head first under the water and zoomed from one side of the Pyrex dish to the other. I grabbed him and let him relax for a min and tried it again and he did the same thing. A bit too much for my taste. Not sure if he wanted to do that or just freaked. My guess is he meant to lol. I can't believe the energy

Blahhhh ha ha I had that same experience with mine. Two of them paddled around nice and easy while the third totally disappeared under water torpedo style and circles the cat litter pan three times before coming up for air! I was so shocked I couldn't stop her if I wanted to. She looked at me like what? You never saw a torpedo duck before? I had no idea they would dive that deep and stay under so long!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

View attachment 1025163 Look who had too much playtime tonight

That is SUPER cute!!

As far as fertilizer and lime, lime should be fine (it is a naturally occurring rock) and I asked my vet about fertilizer and she said after a couple good rain storms or heavy waterings- you don't want to see the fertilizer pellets in the grass

 

[Steven Mazzo]

Blahhhh ha ha I had that same experience with mine. Two of them paddled around nice and easy while the third totally disappeared under water torpedo style and circles the cat litter pan three times before coming up for air! I was so shocked I couldn't stop her if I wanted to. She looked at me like what? You never saw a torpedo duck before? I had no idea they would dive that deep and stay under so long!

I got so scared I took him out right away lol.