Lone Duck Needs a Friend

scooterward

Songster
12 Years
Apr 13, 2010
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Lenoir City, TN
We lost one of our two ducks about a month ago so we just have one duck now. She is doing ok at the moment but I've been looking daily for a duck friend for her (she's got us and the chickens but I still want her to have her own duck friend). I am having no luck in finding a female of a similiar age and of a breed we are interested in. We keep seeing tons of ducklings available everywhere though. If we brought home a duckling, would our current 3 yo be ok with that? How does that work? Will she raise it? Ignore it? Hurt it? I am looking for duck experts out there to chime in!
 
We found a friend! Woohoo! So excited. Gabrielle's new friend is Claudette and she is a two year old Rouen. We brought her home last evening. :)
 
Oh, that's wonderful news! I love Rouens - they're so big and chubby!
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Where did you get her from?
 
Happy to report that Gabrielle and Claudette are BFFs!

I saw an ad on Craigslist about ducklings for sale. I inquired if any older ducks were available and he responded yes (Claudette). They are the next town over so it wasn't that far from my house. I stayed about half an hour, had a tour, chatted with him about his ducks/chickens/geese, etc. I wanted to check things out. Very nice man, nice place (clean, secure). Claudette is a cutie. Similar in size to Gabrielle. And they instantly bonded and now are inseperable. We are all happy campers! :)
 

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