Gosh, don't come around for a week and have 10 pages to go through.
Yeppers, those sure look like wood ducks to me. Wood ducks require a different diet and can be VERY hard to feed. Watch them very closely to see if they are eating: . If they don't, you may need to add some live food, such as small mealworms or crickets to their food dish. If that doesn't get them to eat, you may need to force feed them since they will starve to death.
If you have access to any domestic ducklings, or at the very least chicks of about the same size that can also help as the wood ducklings will mimic their behavior and eat. Wood ducks are a wild species and may havea rough time adjusting to a grain based diet.
Also, unless raised by a wildlife rehabber....most ducks can never be safely released back into the wild. If not raised by their parents or in a natural environment, they won't have the skills to fend for themselves or avoid danger. I am not trying to be a jerk, but If you raise them, you are going to need to keep them. Otherwise, they should go to a rehabber or someone who can raise and keep them. As has been mentioned these do require special permitting to keep legally as well. I believe the fine can be fairly stiff if the wildlife people catch you with them. You know...no good deed goes unpunished....
Yeppers, those sure look like wood ducks to me. Wood ducks require a different diet and can be VERY hard to feed. Watch them very closely to see if they are eating: . If they don't, you may need to add some live food, such as small mealworms or crickets to their food dish. If that doesn't get them to eat, you may need to force feed them since they will starve to death.
If you have access to any domestic ducklings, or at the very least chicks of about the same size that can also help as the wood ducklings will mimic their behavior and eat. Wood ducks are a wild species and may havea rough time adjusting to a grain based diet.
Also, unless raised by a wildlife rehabber....most ducks can never be safely released back into the wild. If not raised by their parents or in a natural environment, they won't have the skills to fend for themselves or avoid danger. I am not trying to be a jerk, but If you raise them, you are going to need to keep them. Otherwise, they should go to a rehabber or someone who can raise and keep them. As has been mentioned these do require special permitting to keep legally as well. I believe the fine can be fairly stiff if the wildlife people catch you with them. You know...no good deed goes unpunished....