- Apr 8, 2013
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Hi Everyone,
I work on a farm with a few animals, and we've got this one poor female duck who gets way oversexed by the male ducks. We've tried to keep her separated, but she manages to get out of the pen or the other ducks manage to get in with her. The drakes are not interested in any of the other female ducks we have, just that one. Poor thing's neck is stripped bare!
We've been trying unsuccessfully to find someone who already has ducks to take her, and I've considered taking her home as I live on a different farm and my housemate keeps about a dozen chickens... so theoretically this duck would have space to sleep in the large coop (probably 10'x20', totally enclosed). We typically let the chickens free range during the day. I've been doing some reading, though, and it sounds like ducks do really poorly alone... would it be a terrible mistake for me to bring her home? I recognize that it's possible the chickens could beat up on her too and I'd of course keep her separated until she heals up... but part of me feels like it couldn't possibly be worse than how things are for her now. And if I chose to get a second duck to keep her company, how would/could that work?
Just looking for a little advice. I can keep searching for a home for her, too. I just worry that it'll be impossible to get other ducks to accept her, and that her little life will never get better.
I work on a farm with a few animals, and we've got this one poor female duck who gets way oversexed by the male ducks. We've tried to keep her separated, but she manages to get out of the pen or the other ducks manage to get in with her. The drakes are not interested in any of the other female ducks we have, just that one. Poor thing's neck is stripped bare!
We've been trying unsuccessfully to find someone who already has ducks to take her, and I've considered taking her home as I live on a different farm and my housemate keeps about a dozen chickens... so theoretically this duck would have space to sleep in the large coop (probably 10'x20', totally enclosed). We typically let the chickens free range during the day. I've been doing some reading, though, and it sounds like ducks do really poorly alone... would it be a terrible mistake for me to bring her home? I recognize that it's possible the chickens could beat up on her too and I'd of course keep her separated until she heals up... but part of me feels like it couldn't possibly be worse than how things are for her now. And if I chose to get a second duck to keep her company, how would/could that work?
Just looking for a little advice. I can keep searching for a home for her, too. I just worry that it'll be impossible to get other ducks to accept her, and that her little life will never get better.