sarahfortcollins
Hatching
- May 17, 2019
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I have 6 3-week old Pekin's who are beautiful, healthy and calm. Because I have ducks I had a friend reach out to me about a day old mallard duckling whose mother left her
. They tried for a full day at the park to reintroduce the duckling back to the momma with no success. The duckling fairly listless and cold when I got her, in the last 24 hours she's completely turned around and is amazingly energetic (especially compared to my girls who are only really energetic at bath time every night, or when we do treats). I know she shouldn't be by herself, but everywhere's out of ducklings. Since my ducklings are so mellow, can I integrate her? I kept my ducklings at 90 degrees the first week and we're down to about 78 degrees currently. I read somewhere wild mallards only need 75-80 degrees. She's literally almost jumping out of the box I have her in and I'm trying to spend time with her but don't want her to imprint on me in case I can ever release her. Also, could she potentially get my ducklings sick? She seems super healthy but I don't know if wild ducks can carry diseases that maybe domestic ducks don't get?
