Need Help In Odell, Oregon

[DuckDuckJuice]

Someone posted these poor guys on Reddit yesterday. She said they are all living on a local pond in Odell, Oregon. She has room to try and take in one or two of them and is going to try and get the Welsh Harlequin tomorrow, as it seems to be injured. She’s contacted local rescues and animal resource centers and no one seems to be too concerned. Is there anyone near that area or within a decent driving distance that wants to save what seems to be an entire farm of birds someone dumped? She said several of the geese looked to be sitting on nests. I can try to get more information from her for anyone who wants to help out. I would, but I’m all the way in Ohio.

 

[Isadora]

Oh, poor babies.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@DuckDuckJuice go here and post this
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/oregon.48/

They all need rescued

 

[ruthhope]

It's such a shame that people do things like this. I see ducks and occasionally geese abandoned in Florida all the time. It breaks my heart that domestic birds are left to fend for themselves in the wild when domestic birds have had the ability to stay safe from predators and adequately feed themselves bred out of them.

I think it would be very difficult to catch them all and then find homes for them. There is no description of the pond -- how large is it? does it have small fish? are there frogs and other amphibians around?

Although all deserve rescuing and should be in safe barnyard or backyard homes, if I found a flock like this near me, I would only attempt to rescue the injured duck. We have a fabulous wildlife rescue organization here. The rehabber cares for rescues in her own back yard [her whole lot, like mine, including the house is only 0.18 acres]. Taking in a huge flock of adult birds isn't possible. "She’s contacted local rescues and animal resource centers and no one seems to be too concerned." It seems to me the Odell Oregon folks would be overwhelmed and cannot take the flock.

We are already getting abandoned ducklings this year. With ducklings, they can be reared in a brooder in the house and one has some weeks to find prospective homes. We still have a lot of last year's juveniles to rehome and I suspect the Odell folks may have too.

 

[ruthhope]

@DuckDuckJuice go here and post this
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/oregon.48/

They all need rescued

The all deserve to be rescued, but possibly the only practical solution is to take daily Mazuri to them -- feeding them on the water rather than having them gather on land when they will be most vulnerable to predators.

 

[DuckDuckJuice]

@DuckDuckJuice go here and post this
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/oregon.48/

They all need rescued

Will do. She said she put a post on a local Facebook group, asking for help, and got chewed out by several people. They all said the ducks are kind of a “local secret” and should be left where they are. Totally absurd.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well those of us that have rescued domestic waterfowl know that isn't true. Hopefully, the members on the Oregon forum will help or know someone who will.
What would be ideal if people could adopt a few or many that way no one would have the whole lot.

Many years back there was a group of people who got together and rescued a bunch of geese someone had dumped. It was out in Northern Cal. I believe. They posted on BYC and they got them all. Formed human fences to get them loaded into large crates for transporting. People working together can do amazing things. I have only done this 2X and it was just a few thank goodness It would be overwhelming for someone working on their own to rescue as many as in that picture.

 

[DuckDuckJuice]

Well those of us that have rescued domestic waterfowl know that isn't true. Hopefully, the members on the Oregon forum will help or know someone who will.
What would be ideal if people could adopt a few or many that way no one would have the whole lot.

Many years back there was a group of people who got together and rescued a bunch of geese someone had dumped. It was out in Northern Cal. I believe. They posted on BYC and they got them all. Formed human fences to get them loaded into large crates for transporting. People working together can do amazing things. I have only done this 2X and it was just a few thank goodness It would be overwhelming for someone working on their own to rescue as many as in that picture.

I can’t imagine trying to get all of those alone. I wanted to tear my hair out after trying to catch just one of ours the other night (built a new ramp for them that she refused to use, so I needed to pick her up and place her in bed). The woman in Oregon said they are all very comfortable around her, and presumably other people, so that will hopefully make it easier.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Please keep us updated if you hear updates

 

[Huntmaster]

what seems to be an entire farm of birds someone dumped?

They look at home to me not dumped. Sounds like the locales know and have known them to be there. Kinda looks to me like you will be stealing someone's birds. I would be making darn sure before I would remove any of them.