New Duck Mom in CT

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Welcome to the coop! I use the Forums and Articles tabs at the top of the page to do research. You can get lost for hours. It's nice to know you are minutes away from getting help with questions and emergencies! I always check in the "What's New" section as well at the top of this page. This way I can read how I may have a similar question or help give some advice.
 
DucksandGoats said:
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.
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