OMG!!! Duck born without eyes! ***UPDATE!! 11/01 with pics***

[katharinad]

I would call him Radar or Sonic. He now needs radar or sonic sound to navigate. He will be fine, perhaps he sees some light and shadow. You never know, plus he can hear and use that to navigate. Animals can sometimes deal with such a thing better then humans. Especially once he gets used to his surroundings and knows where his things are. You will love him regardless, and he will give you all his affections to thank you. Keep us posted.
Katharina

 

[HenPen]

Quote:
Good suggestion. lol

Love it!
ETA: Magoo for a boy and Maggie for a girl

 

[ilovechickens]

I like Mr. Magoo also,

 

[bantybev]

Bless you for being so compassionate! I would have done the same thing. I am so happy to hear he is doing so well. You are a special person

 

[b.hromada]

I love Mr. Magoo too!

I'm so happy the little one is doing so well.

 

[katharinad]

Here is my husbands scoop on a name. Daredevil Duck after the comic hero Daredevil who is blind and uses his powers to fight evil. Or in short DDD or "Triple D". Dare Devil Duck.
Katharina

 

[Bedste]

need a new pic of the three blind birds......... Can you post pics of your parrot and your chicken along with the latest pic of your little Magoo

 

[kaddidle]

I agree with those who have said to watch it and see what happens. If you were just raising the ducklings to be pets in the first place, then it might not be a problem if it can still eat, drink, and swim normally and you can provide it with a safe place to live. I've known plenty of blind pets that got along fine.

If you were planning on raising ducks to breed or can't supply it with a predator-proof place to live, or if it can't eat and drink normally/shows other signs of weakness, then culling is more humane than waiting for it to die on its own or get picked of by a predator.

 

[thndrdancr]

I have a chicken that I discovered was mostly blind, my guess would be that she mainly sees shadows, and has about 15% vision in my estimate.

I had her with the other chickens, and once the weather got nicer, I realized she was always up at the house by herself. She was awfully hungry and terrified of the other chickens. She got to where she would hang out under the porch all day to stay away from her coopmates.

So I started really watching her...and I could tell she is mostly either blind, or her depth perception is way off, as when I would feed everyone, she kept "missing" the stuff on the ground. She would peck to the left, to the right, in front..finally give up and walk off or another would come up and scare her away.

I took her inside and gave her a good meal, and after one night, she would hang around and not even think bout going to the coop at night. So we named her "Claire". Dont know where that came from, but all we have to do is make sure she gets her breakfast, then let her out, and in the eve, call her. "Claire, you ready for bed?" and she will come running, we give her a good supper and put her to bed.

She does NOT like staying in all day on bad weather days, so she gets antsy. Loves being out during the day, but at night, no way is she going anywhere near that coop again.

She has turned into a very loving chicken, and a real sweetheart. And she will be a looker too, a splash orp pullet.

Sorry that was so long, but I agree quality of life can be good. He will develop other skill sets and you will always probably need to keep an eye on him when outside, but he sounds like he is doing great.

Good luck with him and hope he does great!

 

[SilverPhoenix]

Awww, he's so cute!

Best of luck with him, he sounds really sweet and like he's adjusting to his condition just fine. When they're born missing something, they don't know they're missing out on anything and often live great lives. Kudos to you for deciding to keep him. I'm sure he'll be a great friend for years to come.