post ducks please

Had some nice mallards visiting but my neighbors dog ate the male and the female stopped coming

>>5011732 (OP)

Here's one. I actually literally just picked him up
>get call from neighbor
>kid found two ducklings
>mom nowhere to be found
>sibling got swooped up by a raven
>asked me to take care of the survivor
Currently looking into the permits I need to raise him. Enclosure has some tap water, horse oats for bedding, and a cardboard box full of paper towels for a sleeping spot. Food for the next few days is gonna be some mashed bananas, chopped spinach, and whatever bugs I can catch outside. Ordered some mealworms and proper bedding so that'll be in tomorrow. I'm gonna whittle him a wooden duck friend since his family is gone. What else do I need?

>>5011873

>>5011873
>permits

>>5012004
do you not need them? i just don't wanna get my chode chaffed because of nosy neighbors

I raise call ducks

>>5011873
Heat source, a way to get in and out of the heat, enough water to dip down to his nostrils, but not so much he drowns.
Grit.
Food.

Please make sure you take good care of him.

>>5011873
Ducks need niacin over other poultry. Easy to provide. Peas. Just give him peas once in a while once he is a little bigger.

He is always going to be lonely. You should really consider trying to find him a home with other ducks or consider getting more ducks and slowly introducing them in a controlled safe way (through a fence or cage).

Depending on age and imprinting, he is going to be really fucking annoying and high pitched and loud. He will be frustrating because ducks don't give a fuck about your sleep cycles or schedule. They have their own.
Ducks love routine and if you ever get him used to doing something he will expect it and get frustrated if you break routine.

I really do strongly encourage you to try to find him a safe home, you will never be able to fulfill his flock need and social requirements.

>>5012041
>>5012047
tragic news. The duckling passed away the next morning. I was up with him all night, but I gave him too deep of a water pool, and he wound up starting to drown. He had stopped breathing, so I gave him light chest compressions and the best gentle rescue breaths I could by plugging his nose holes and forming a seal around his bill with my lips. That got him breathing again, so I placed him next to a space heater on a towel and tried to get him dry. He began cheeping again and seemed to have some energy, so I placed the space heater next to his enclosure, partially covered it to keep the heat in, and slept for a few hours. When I woke up, he had passed. Pretty torn up about it. The whole ordeal has me looking into veterinary first aid training so I never have to let this happen again.

I already bought all the supplies for raising a duck though, so I'll be properly ready for next time. I think I'll raise a flock of my own too, since they make good garden critters.

>>5011926
Newly hatched baby ducks

duck in gamestop

>Y'all got any bread?

>>5013724
My roommate once saved a baby bunny from some dickhead ravens in the park. He spent the afternoon making things ready to raise it, similar to you. The next morning, the bunny was dead. Sad, but that's life. Would be interesting to know exactly why they died

>>5014238
it's called an egyptian goose but yes technically it's a duck

duck bump

>>5013724
Bro..... Yea too deep of water they will drown. It should of been no deeper than the nostrils on his bill till he was feathered.

Rip little guy.....

>>5011732 (OP)
My duck hatched out 7 ducklings like a week ago. Pretty cute lil bastards.

I forget if we got this duck or it just showed up, but she hangs out on our property and hasn't left for a good while now.