DucksandGoats
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- Feb 22, 2023
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Hi backyard bird friends!
I want to give a quick, but somewhat detailed introduction on how I became a duck mom, how I found this forum, and what I’ll be posting about next.
4 months ago, I adopted one of my good friends’ 3 drakes; two Swedish Blue clutch brothers & one Giant Pekin. Sometime in the spring they will be a year old. The more dominant Swede brother picks on the Pekin like it’s his mission in life. I’ll make a separate post about that if I can’t find a helpful thread. - but as for right now we separate them, hoping it will lighten up in time.
I found this forum 3 weeks ago, when I rescued a female Khaki Campbell from a farm that wanted to cull her because of a hawk attack. She had puncture wounds on both sides of her head, right where a duck anatomy chart would tell me that her brain sat. She had a crooked neck, and balance issues, one cold & one hot foot... and the farm owner after 24 hours of assessment said “she’s not eating, she is off balance. She clearly has neurological issues. She’s done.” - I asked if I could take her and give her a chance, because I had a feeling that she was in shock and needed time to heal. I was right. I found a post on this forum that was an identical attack, identical duck, posted on the same date but different year of when I happened to be looking at the post. That duck completely recovered, and so did our female. We named her Clementine. We rehomed her to our friend who had a lonely solo duck who also survived a brutal attack. She happened to be named Pineapple. So now Clementine and Pineapple are living their new happy lives together and are inseparable!
As of two days ago, I now have another rescued female Pekin with a mystery issue, so I’ll be making a separate post about her shortly.
I guess I became a rehabilitation station for the injured, but very happy to do it. As long as I can continue successfully rehoming.
I really appreciate the chicken community accepting us duck people into their “flock”! Very happy to be here and I know I am about to learn so much.
I want to give a quick, but somewhat detailed introduction on how I became a duck mom, how I found this forum, and what I’ll be posting about next.
4 months ago, I adopted one of my good friends’ 3 drakes; two Swedish Blue clutch brothers & one Giant Pekin. Sometime in the spring they will be a year old. The more dominant Swede brother picks on the Pekin like it’s his mission in life. I’ll make a separate post about that if I can’t find a helpful thread. - but as for right now we separate them, hoping it will lighten up in time.
I found this forum 3 weeks ago, when I rescued a female Khaki Campbell from a farm that wanted to cull her because of a hawk attack. She had puncture wounds on both sides of her head, right where a duck anatomy chart would tell me that her brain sat. She had a crooked neck, and balance issues, one cold & one hot foot... and the farm owner after 24 hours of assessment said “she’s not eating, she is off balance. She clearly has neurological issues. She’s done.” - I asked if I could take her and give her a chance, because I had a feeling that she was in shock and needed time to heal. I was right. I found a post on this forum that was an identical attack, identical duck, posted on the same date but different year of when I happened to be looking at the post. That duck completely recovered, and so did our female. We named her Clementine. We rehomed her to our friend who had a lonely solo duck who also survived a brutal attack. She happened to be named Pineapple. So now Clementine and Pineapple are living their new happy lives together and are inseparable!
As of two days ago, I now have another rescued female Pekin with a mystery issue, so I’ll be making a separate post about her shortly.
I guess I became a rehabilitation station for the injured, but very happy to do it. As long as I can continue successfully rehoming.
I really appreciate the chicken community accepting us duck people into their “flock”! Very happy to be here and I know I am about to learn so much.
Glad you joined.
to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
