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Anyone raise ducks as pets?
Posted on 5/5/20 at 9:58 am
Posted on 5/5/20 at 9:58 am
Do they fly away once they reached maturity or hang around forever if they are raised by people?
We had a nest in the neighbors yard where the hen left with several of the ducklings the previous day and another egg hatched and it was abandoned.
Nearly 6 weeks later, I have this mallard drake that will sit by your feet all day outside.
We had a nest in the neighbors yard where the hen left with several of the ducklings the previous day and another egg hatched and it was abandoned.
Nearly 6 weeks later, I have this mallard drake that will sit by your feet all day outside.
This post was edited on 5/5/20 at 10:45 am
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Posted on 5/5/20 at 9:59 am to LSUAlum2001
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Nearly 6 weeks later, I have this mallard drake that will sit by your feet all day outside.
needs another year and a roux
Posted on 5/5/20 at 9:59 am to LSUAlum2001
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Nearly 6 weeks later, I have this mallard drake that will sit by your feet all day outside
It wants food.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:01 am to El_Tigre94
Even if you have food elsewhere where it can get to it, it’ll sit by anyone who is outside.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:01 am to LSUAlum2001
Farms clip wings so they can't fly
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:02 am to LSUAlum2001
I did, they will stay if you keep feeding them
They will wonder around but if you put out some corn every evening, they'll come back and stay by. Especially if you have a pond
They will wonder around but if you put out some corn every evening, they'll come back and stay by. Especially if you have a pond
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:03 am to LSUAlum2001
It will probably hang around till other ducks pull it away in the fall.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:04 am to mylsuhat
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They will wonder around but if you put out some corn every evening, they'll come back and stay by. Especially if you have a pond
Huge lake lot.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:05 am to LSUAlum2001
I did as a kid. My dad got us three
The ducklings naturally took to my dad, so they followed him literally everywhere. Well, one day the followed him while he was cutting the grass on his riding lawnmower.........
Then we had no more ducks
The ducklings naturally took to my dad, so they followed him literally everywhere. Well, one day the followed him while he was cutting the grass on his riding lawnmower.........
Then we had no more ducks
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:05 am to LSUAlum2001
That's a live decoy baw.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:08 am to White Bear
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That's a live decoy baw
There are plenty of mallards and Canadian geese on the lakes. No decoy is needed.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:11 am to LSUAlum2001
That’s cool that y’all have bonded.
Are you sure it’s a drake? Looks more like a hen to me.
Are you sure it’s a drake? Looks more like a hen to me.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:11 am to LSUAlum2001
When I was a kid, my uncle had a pet Muscovy named Disco Duck. He was clipped and kept in the backyard by a high fence. I left the gate open one day and disco duck was no more
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:13 am to Bigfishchoupique
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Are you sure it’s a drake? Looks more like a hen to me.
You can see the top of his head in the sunlight glistening green.
If you go inside, he will cry until someone comes outside or lets him in the house. If he's in the house, he will just post up by your feet and sleep or nibble on your toes.
Also, I have a bunch of fertile eggs in a incubator, so in 3-4 weeks, I may have some ducklings to give away.
This post was edited on 5/5/20 at 10:17 am
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:18 am to LSUAlum2001
I love ducks. But they make a mess. They like to wet everything when theh eat it, messy shits, just tough to own. But in your situation if you have lake/pond those things are not nearly as big of issue
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:21 am to oleyeller
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They like to wet everything when theh eat it, messy shits, just tough to own.
Kept him in a large clear container with food & water with pine shavings to prevent it from making a mess until he was old enough to run around outside.
The dogs don't mess with him, either.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:41 am to LSUAlum2001
One of my French Marans Black Coppertop hens hatched 3 chicks the other day.
I don’t know how to post pics but please Google them. They are beautiful chickens.
Hopefully this Covid crap will end soon. I want the grandkids to make pets out of the next batch.
Sometimes when I’m outside sitting down one of my hens will hop in my lap.
Having animals around is a lot of fun.
Please keep me in mind for the ducklings. I have a good home for them on the water.
They will be well taken care of.
I don’t know how to post pics but please Google them. They are beautiful chickens.
Hopefully this Covid crap will end soon. I want the grandkids to make pets out of the next batch.
Sometimes when I’m outside sitting down one of my hens will hop in my lap.
Having animals around is a lot of fun.
Please keep me in mind for the ducklings. I have a good home for them on the water.
They will be well taken care of.
This post was edited on 5/5/20 at 10:45 am
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:50 am to LSUAlum2001
I have 6 day old mallard hens arriving from California this week. Of course they won’t be a day old by the time I get them. We have a 1 acre fishing pond and my neighbors down the street have their own private pond too. We have had as many as 36 or so flying back and forth. Mallards will usually stay, but they can be traitorous assholes and some have flown off about 3/4 mile down the road to another private pond with an automatic feeder. Hens are vulnerable during breeding season. Right now we have a 2 week old orphan and she’s still friendly and imprinted on us, but her instincts are kicking in more and more each day. When she and the others I ordered from CA are able to fly a little, they’ll be released. 13-16 weeks.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:59 am to SuwMwf
Send em up in this In November. Had some tough luck getting mallards where I have been hunting during duck season.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 11:02 am to LSUAlum2001
A friend had five and a safe enclosure for them at night. Days they wandered the yard, ate bugs, swam in her small pond that was spring fed. They were friendly. Then four wild ducks joined them. For the amenities. Always kept about three feet from my friend and always followed the tame ones.
My friend ended up calling the wild ones the Riff Raff.
My friend ended up calling the wild ones the Riff Raff.
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