Three ducks, what are they??

[CarinaRose]

Hello all!

I found these three amigos at our local park, they only hangout with each other, what kind do you think they are?

 

[fatty and friends]

all drakes. 1 ancona and two buffs

 

[EverythingDucks]

Yep, an Ancona drake and two Buff drakes. Beautiful colors.

Is there any way you could rescue these poor babies?

 

[Fuchsia]

Yes, I agree, one Ancona drake and two buff drakes. They are beautiful!

 

[CarinaRose]

Yep, an Ancona drake and two Buff drakes. Beautiful colors.

Is there any way you could rescue these poor babies?

No, not at this time, I currently just live in an apartment. I think they’re wild now.

 

[EverythingDucks]

No, not at this time, I currently just live in an apartment. I think they’re wild now.

Some animal rescues will take in ducks.

These three are domesticated, and we're likely dumped after Easter or someone realized they were too much work. Sadly, these domesticated ducks often die, and the ones who live really aren't thriving the way they should.
Domesticated animals don't know how to survive on their own and depend on humans for their every need.

Is there any way you could contact someone to help them?

 

[GranderTheGander]

Might be drake dumping. That happened at times at the duck park I used to go to. It was infuriating! As if there wasn't enough violence going on during mating season already, without more drakes being added. The man who owned a horse farm a couple of miles away even once said to me that some of his drakes lived in the park! It's so nice how people get rid of their own problem birds by making them problems somewhere else.

 

[3xhhheather]

Might be drake dumping. That happened at times at the duck park I used to go to. It was infuriating! As if there wasn't enough violence going on during mating season already, without more drakes being added. The man who owned a horse farm a couple of miles away even once said to me that some of his drakes lived in the park! It's so nice how people get rid of their own problem birds by making them problems somewhere else.

Met a woman recently who was over hatched with drakes, she claimed they weren't good for eating--like okay, I get that's a choice people aren't always comfortable with, but then her answer was to just dump them on a random pond?!

 

[CarinaRose]

Aw man, this makes me sad! I don’t think anyone will take them in, but they aren’t the only domestic ducks at the pond, there’s also an entire flock of (what I assume) pilgrim geese.

 

[CarinaRose]

There’s 10-15 geese, a handful of random ducks and a bunch of mallards.