Texas

[Auntiejessi3]

I am looking for 6 bbs wheaten or lavender marans eggs... anyone?

 

[NagemTX]

Hello everyone I've missed! Also a picture of the English girls after a slight bath.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Hello everyone I've missed! Also a picture of the English girls after a slight bath.

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They look thrilled, lol

 

[LadyOfDuckness]

Hi guys, I am in Austin and need some advice, please. I am considering rehoming my two rescue Muscovies... it's a difficult thing to consider and I'm struggling to make up my mind. I found them abandoned over a year ago in Indiana and have brought them with me in our cross-country move but unfortunately this period of duck ownership has coincided with significant family and health upheavals so it's been really stressful to look after them: it's a male and a female so I have manage their together time and keep them separate but in proximity, etc.

I guess I am just wondering if you have any suggestions of the best way to go about this? It looks like there are no rescues or sanctuaries that would take Muscovies around here, and I admit I'm hesitant about giving them to someone who mightn't take good care of them. We were going to buy a house with enough land to have a proper duck set up, but husband's work has become increasingly erratic and uncertain so that's off the agenda, and I feel like trying to take care of two indoor ducks (all the duck diapers!) is really taking its toll, but I can't seem to find a good solution...

 

[janiedoe]

Hi guys, I am in Austin and need some advice, please. I am considering rehoming my two rescue Muscovies... it's a difficult thing to consider and I'm struggling to make up my mind. I found them abandoned over a year ago in Indiana and have brought them with me in our cross-country move but unfortunately this period of duck ownership has coincided with significant family and health upheavals so it's been really stressful to look after them: it's a male and a female so I have manage their together time and keep them separate but in proximity, etc.

I guess I am just wondering if you have any suggestions of the best way to go about this? It looks like there are no rescues or sanctuaries that would take Muscovies around here, and I admit I'm hesitant about giving them to someone who mightn't take good care of them. We were going to buy a house with enough land to have a proper duck set up, but husband's work has become increasingly erratic and uncertain so that's off the agenda, and I feel like trying to take care of two indoor ducks (all the duck diapers!) is really taking its toll, but I can't seem to find a good solution...

I hope you'll find a new home for them. I'd love to have ducks but I'm not set up for them and we have too many wild ducks and geese around our pond. It shouldn't be hard to rehome them since you have a pair, but I know where you are coming from, wanting a good home for them. Good luck!

 

[NagemTX]

Hi guys, I am in Austin and need some advice, please. I am considering rehoming my two rescue Muscovies... it's a difficult thing to consider and I'm struggling to make up my mind. I found them abandoned over a year ago in Indiana and have brought them with me in our cross-country move but unfortunately this period of duck ownership has coincided with significant family and health upheavals so it's been really stressful to look after them: it's a male and a female so I have manage their together time and keep them separate but in proximity, etc.

I guess I am just wondering if you have any suggestions of the best way to go about this? It looks like there are no rescues or sanctuaries that would take Muscovies around here, and I admit I'm hesitant about giving them to someone who mightn't take good care of them. We were going to buy a house with enough land to have a proper duck set up, but husband's work has become increasingly erratic and uncertain so that's off the agenda, and I feel like trying to take care of two indoor ducks (all the duck diapers!) is really taking its toll, but I can't seem to find a good solution...

I'm not set up for ducks.

 

[RUNuts]

Hi guys, I am in Austin and need some advice, please. I am considering rehoming my two rescue Muscovies... it's a difficult thing to consider and I'm struggling to make up my mind. I found them abandoned over a year ago in Indiana and have brought them with me in our cross-country move but unfortunately this period of duck ownership has coincided with significant family and health upheavals so it's been really stressful to look after them: it's a male and a female so I have manage their together time and keep them separate but in proximity, etc.

I guess I am just wondering if you have any suggestions of the best way to go about this? It looks like there are no rescues or sanctuaries that would take Muscovies around here, and I admit I'm hesitant about giving them to someone who mightn't take good care of them. We were going to buy a house with enough land to have a proper duck set up, but husband's work has become increasingly erratic and uncertain so that's off the agenda, and I feel like trying to take care of two indoor ducks (all the duck diapers!) is really taking its toll, but I can't seem to find a good solution...

Don't take them to a rescue center. They are considered invasives and may be euthanized. Check your county.

This is not the first time Muscovy ducks—which hiss instead of quack—have been at the center of controversy. Though the birds have a natural habitat in South Texas and are protected in several counties along the U.S.-Mexico border, they are considered an invasive species elsewhere and have been linked, mostly because of their profuse droppings, to property damage, diseases that can harm bird populations, and habitat destruction, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/muscovy-ducks-houston-suburbs/

https://www.federalregister.gov/doc...isions-to-the-waterfowl-permit-exceptions-and

 

[NagemTX]

Don't take them to a rescue center. They are considered invasives and may be euthanized. Check your county.

This is not the first time Muscovy ducks—which hiss instead of quack—have been at the center of controversy. Though the birds have a natural habitat in South Texas and are protected in several counties along the U.S.-Mexico border, they are considered an invasive species elsewhere and have been linked, mostly because of their profuse droppings, to property damage, diseases that can harm bird populations, and habitat destruction, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/muscovy-ducks-houston-suburbs/

https://www.federalregister.gov/doc...isions-to-the-waterfowl-permit-exceptions-and

We have them at city, county and state parks here in Brazoria County Texas.

 

[RUNuts]

We have them at city, county and state parks here in Brazoria County Texas.

Same in Harris & Chambers. They won’t be rehomed from a rescue.

 

[Kiki]

Hatchlings coming up on 3 weeks old and 2 out of 6 have the pinkish combs already. These are the boys. If we stop at just 2, we beat the odds.

Stay tuned, I'm sure more are coming.

They were all yellow? I forgot.