The birth and death of a "good" idea

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You're absolutely right about my generalizations ignoring some exceptions. One minor point though:
Mallards are not legally considered a domesticated breed in the US. They are considered captive wildlife. The Fish and Wildlife Service just make exceptions for mallards when it comes to federal regulations over the possession and transfer of them.
 
I am not criticizing you (the original poster) for wanting to do this. It's a noble idea, but I am a diehard invasive species fighter, and doing this could have had disastrous impacts on the local ecosystem. many people have done things like this, and it has mutated the natural scheme of things. A few examples of this happening are dandelions (introduced from europe), Asian carp, snakehead fish (introduced from china), the rhodedendron plant, and perhaps the most dangerous and problematic of all, the introduction of the eurasian wild boar. These are a few (just a few) big invasives I can think of. Also the muscovy duck (already mentioned in this thread) is becoming a problem. I thank you for doing research first, full marks for that
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. Thank you for being cautious.
 
Leahin, hats off to you for researching this first & thank you for being responsible. As for your original motivations (educating the children and letting them experience raising ducks) I think it's a great idea and may still be possible. How about locating a permanent home for the ducks before getting the ducklings? Maybe post an ad on Craigslist and find a responsible person that already has ducks and would like to add to their flock... get them to agree to take them in a couple months and maybe even visit them in person to see the ducks will get a good home. You would still get to raise the ducklings and their new owners would save on the first couple months of feed... it could still be a good idea. As far as the feed store people, I doubt that they told you that just to make a sale... they probably don't know the laws further than what the requirements are to sell them. Most of the feed store employees that I deal with are just employees and never raised a chicken or duck in their life... the only thing they will ever know about raising them or the actual laws are what the feedstore owners (or others) tell them.
 

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