Help! I found a baby duck!
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Comments (8)We got 2 baby Mallards 4 days ago--may 4 days old. I read all the posts on this forum to figure out what to do. One died w/in 12 hours--it kept getting in the water and then was all soggy. The one left seems ok but now I'm worried that he is not eating enough. He has starter and greens, water and a heat lamp. I hold him an hour a day right next to my skin. Tomorrow we get 6 Buff Orphington pullets and I'm going to try to put them together so he has some company. I don['t know what else to to do for him....See Morehelp found baby ducks
Comments (1)They'll know how to swim. It's your job to offer a diet similar to what they'll be eating in the wild, supplementing with store-bought. Chances are when they get older they'll couple up with a wild one and learn from them. Imprinting may be a problem, I'd minimize contact with them as much as possible, and when they have feathers start to really let them out, free-range, instinctual feeding habits will kick in quickly. They'll probably return home for a while until they find a mate, a nice pond, or not. Make them a safe pen when they are older, maybe something like a chicken tractor you can move around while they eat grass or bugs? They'll need some type of heat source until they get some feathers (where are you located? is it still cold?). Protection from predators (a weasel can get in a 1x2" opening), water & of course what natural food you can scrounge up, and shade. If they survive in captivity when young I think they'll cope & adjust well. Sometime wild animals just don't do well in captivity, so be forewarned. That's all I can think of for now. Brendasue...See MoreHelping baby ducks
Comments (1)Leave them alone, and try to stay as far away as possible. Every time you approach the nest and she flees, you make it more likely that a predator will discover them and kill them. They will only stay in the nest for about 24 hours max, then she will lead then away to a grassy area near a water source with cover. A mile is nothing to them, they can cover that distance in about an hour. Just leave well enough alone and nature will take care of it....See MoreHelp! I found a baby!
Comments (1)Thanks Elly; I'm going to pass this along....See Moredaniel194
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