Does anyone know where i can get a baby duck in ohio?
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Do you have any feed stores close to you?
Ducklings are a seasonal kind of animal when they're up for sale; they're sold mostly in the spring months, and perhaps in the summer for a little bit if you're lucky.
Anyway, sometimes feed stores carry catalogs that you can look through that have contact information for breeders of different kinds of ducks. You can contact the breeder and specify the amount of ducklings you want to purchase, and they'll be shipped to you.
Another option is to go the adoption route. It's pretty rare, but sometimes shelters will pick up ducks/ducklings from homes that can't care for them.
Go to http://www.petfinder.com to search for shelters in your area, and see if they carry any fowl for adoption...
If there is a Tractor Supply Company anywhere near you, they get baby ducks in sometimes.
Our local feed mill sells them in the spring. If you lived close by I could give you one. My husband and I hand raised one last year. Mama kicked the egg out of the nest. We removed the egg from around the baby. He was barely breathing and we figured that by morning he would be dead. We gave him some mash and water mixed in an eye dropper and put him to bed in a box with some old flannel. Didn't think to put a light for warmth in the box and was so happy the next morning when we heard this LOUD peeping(sounded like screams to me).
He stayed in the house at night (in a box) and we sat with him during the day. One of us was always with him during the day. I'd put an old towel on my lap while watching tv and my cat and the duck would both lay on my lap. We even took him along with us to fish at the river.
At 6 weeks we put him out in the pen with his Mama and siblings. People told me that he would never be accepted by his family but he proved everyone wrong. he not only was accepted but now rules the pen.
He follows me everywhere and walks to the mailbox with me. Recently when he couldn't find his best friend (another duck that's the love of his life) he came on the porch and pecked loudly on the patio door. We went out to see what was wrong and found that his love was under the porch and couldn't get back out. He was worried sick about this. Once my hubby opened a place for her to get out, he was as happy a can be.
Ducks make great pets. I'd advise you to get only one. at the start. One will bond with you. After it has bonded well with you and comes to you when called you should be able to get a companion for it.
He has now made us the proud owners of 14 babies. We are going to let her sit one more time this year and then I'll start pulling the eggs. The last time at market the (14 ) 6 week babies fetched $41.00.
Try your local feed mill or go online and type in buy ducks.
Good luck and enjoy.
PS. If you decide to get one and you want to keep it in the house there are websites that sell Duck diapers. You have to start wearing them on the duck when they are really young and small but the people that use them swear by them. There are some people that let their ducks sleep in bed with them and of course they are using the diapers. I have to say that will never happen at our house.
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