New Duck Owner

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal community! Best wishes and have lots of fun!

 

[LUNA5]

@TwoCrows has given you a link to the best place to get advice but I would either re-home the lone duck or get him some company. The construction project you mentioned, is that a duck house?

Sorry for your losses, those are always hard. Best wishes!

Yes - excellent reading on the link!

I’ve kept him solo for 6 mos and he is free to leave but I feed him daily, have a floating dog house on his 30’ pond, and he seems happy now (no longer scruffy looking like he looked when his buddies died-molting, perhaps?). I do not have plans to try to pen him in (1.can’t catch him, 2.don’t want to set him up to be eaten by the fox, coyote, occasional roaming loose dogs in the area). I would, however, build a secure area in the barn near the pond to raise some ducklings if I thought they would eventually ‘get along’ with the solo guy. Hence my joining here to begin the learning process!

 

[LUNA5]

ALSO I don’t know a lot of duck psychology but I’m hoping that when I introduce my new flock, he may join and come willingly into their safe space at night.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Sorry to hear of your losses. Glad to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC! Best wishes to you and your "lone survivor".

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[ValerieJ]

Hi! Welcome to BYC! So sorry to hear you lost a couple of your ducks! That's rough. I hope you are able to get some good advice for the remaining one from the duck forum!!!

 

[drumstick diva]

So glad you joined us at Backyard Chickens, the pulse beat of the chicken community

 

[BullChick]

Welcome to BYC! It’s heartbreaking to lose birds. I’m glad your survivor seems to be doing okay for now.
I had a pair of Pekin, and added some ducklings. The drake pecked a duckling to teach it manners, and THE DUCKLING WENT AFTER THE DRAKE! I swear, I’ve never seen anything funnier. The baby was probably three-weeks old!
Good luck in the spring, and keep in touch. Oh, and please post some pictures so we can ooh and ahh over your animals.

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

So sorry you lost two

 

[DiYMama540]

Welcome to BYC! Thanks for joining our flock! We would love to see some pics of your duck Best of luck this winter!!