Looking for 6 week old duckling in MO

[Sally the duck]

This is my first time raising ducks. My original plan was to raise them until their adult feathers came in and take them over to my son’s godparents farm. They had recently lost one of their adult ducks so they needed some friends for him. I got the ducks at 1 day old from a farm that raises animals to sell. The first week we lost one and I blamed myself, thinking I didn’t have the temperature correct and that it got cold and died from shock. I was holding it while it died. Heart wrenching. The next one died a week later over night. I did a ton of research (as I had before getting the ducklings) on what could have happened and all I could think of was possibly it had choked. About a week later the third one died while sitting in its bed with its last brood mate. I am a huge animal person and at this point I was not only devastated but felt extremely guilty. The next day Sally couldn’t really stand so I called a biologist that raises ducks. She said that the ducks had parasites that had infected one or more the day they were born. She looked at my set up and said I had done nothing wrong and told me how to treat Sally. I disinfected an entire room to treat her and sent my son to my parents house and disinfected the entire house, and prayed she would survive. Not only was I able to save her but she is thriving and healthy. My son is 8 and she has made such an amazing mark on our lives and in our hearts we decide to keep her as a house pet. My son is doing online schooling so Sally sits with him every day during class. She is so sweet and loves to cuddle and asks to be picked up all the time. I lost my cat in feb and decided to do this between cats, but Sally has turned out to be our new cat. We take her everywhere we go. Do you ever travel this direction? If so we could have play dates with them and talk. Sally is a true part of our family now. It’s just me and my son so she is definitely treated like royalty here.

I didn’t realize that some farms can be like “puppy mills” in respect to breeding and selling animals. Nieve I know, I honestly just felt I was saving them from being bought for meat.

 

[bernie131]

This is my first time raising ducks. My original plan was to raise them until their adult feathers came in and take them over to my son’s godparents farm. They had recently lost one of their adult ducks so they needed some friends for him. I got the ducks at 1 day old from a farm that raises animals to sell. The first week we lost one and I blamed myself, thinking I didn’t have the temperature correct and that it got cold and died from shock. I was holding it while it died. Heart wrenching. The next one died a week later over night. I did a ton of research (as I had before getting the ducklings) on what could have happened and all I could think of was possibly it had choked. About a week later the third one died while sitting in its bed with its last brood mate. I am a huge animal person and at this point I was not only devastated but felt extremely guilty. The next day Sally couldn’t really stand so I called a biologist that raises ducks. She said that the ducks had parasites that had infected one or more the day they were born. She looked at my set up and said I had done nothing wrong and told me how to treat Sally. I disinfected an entire room to treat her and sent my son to my parents house and disinfected the entire house, and prayed she would survive. Not only was I able to save her but she is thriving and healthy. My son is 8 and she has made such an amazing mark on our lives and in our hearts we decide to keep her as a house pet. My son is doing online schooling so Sally sits with him every day during class. She is so sweet and loves to cuddle and asks to be picked up all the time. I lost my cat in feb and decided to do this between cats, but Sally has turned out to be our new cat. We take her everywhere we go. Do you ever travel this direction? If so we could have play dates with them and talk. Sally is a true part of our family now. It’s just me and my son so she is definitely treated like royalty here.

I have been there a lot. My cousin lives in Camdenton and my good friend in Laurie. Where do you live? Did you see the picture of Winnie? She looks like Sally but she is a pekin and Mallard mix. She can fly a little so her wings have to be clipped because she has been raised inside and not savy enough to

 

[bernie131]

I have been there a lot. My cousin lives in Camdenton and my good friend in Laurie. Where do you live? Did you see the picture of Winnie? She looks like Sally but she is a pekin and Mallard mix. She can fly a little so her wings have to be clipped because she has been raised inside and not savy enough to take off on her own. She usually stays close but I have enclosed her pool to be predator proof because I am still devastated over losing her brother and Mom. I have an acre of land and so do my neighbors so we do have foxes and coyotes, possums, raccoons and I was inside for a minute with them right by the back door and I can't forgive myself for not doing more. I know she needs another duck but a house duck is rare and anyone close is even more rare. I wanted to either get her another female or possibly find her a perfect home with accommodations she is accustomed too.
Let me know where you live and I can send pictures, videos also. I have posted several also.
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[bernie131]

 

[bernie131]

This is Winnie, in front and her brother Roxy, right and Mom is the white pekin