[SustainableTompkins] caring for baby ducks?

[Patricia Haines]

thanks - I'm letting Mama take care of her baby (only one so far, though there are many eggs) since she's just lost her mate and baby seems quite content -

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--- On Fri, 6/13/08, goodsell <deerfarm6 at frontiernet.net> wrote:

> From: goodsell <deerfarm6 at frontiernet.net>
> Subject: Re: [SustainableTompkins] caring for baby ducks?
> To: "Sustainable Tompkins County listserv" <sustainabletompkins at lists.mutualaid.org>
> Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 2:01 PM
> Caring for baby ducks is only slightly different than caring
> for baby 
> chicks. You should be able to get a game bird starter at
> your local feed 
> store. You might have to shop around if you're looking
> for organic feed in 
> particular. But game birds require a higher protein level
> than chickens.
> 
> Keeping the chicks fed, watered, warm, clean, and safe are
> your priorities 
> especially with the threat of a predator eminent. I'm
> not sure if you're 
> planning on letting "mom" brood out her chicks or
> taking the chicks and 
> brooding them yourself. Your situation and your decisions
> on how you wish to 
> raise these little ones will depend how you should proceed.
> 
> --Martha
> 
> Martha Goodsell
> Fallow Hollow Deer Farm, LLC
> 125 Williams Road
> Candor, NY 13743
> 607-659-4635
> email: deerfarm6 at frontiernet.net
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rebecca" <rlm at bluefrog.com>
> To: <levelgreeninstitute at yahoo.com>;
> "Sustainable Tompkins County listserv" 
> <sustainabletompkins at lists.mutualaid.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 1:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [SustainableTompkins] caring for baby ducks?
> 
> 
> > How 'bout contacting the vet school?  You go
> through the main number, wait
> > for the "wildlife" option which puts you
> through to the switchboard who 
> > can
> > get you in touch with the Wild Animal Health Center -
> they may be
> > able/willing to help.  They helped me to rescue an
> injured ruby throated
> > hummingbird several weeks ago.
> >
> > ~Rebecca
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Patricia Haines <
> > levelgreeninstitute at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Our mama Muskovy's eggs are starting to hatch,
> and Agway hasn't been too
> >> helpful with instructions on what and how feed and
> take of brand-new
> >> ducklings. Any advice you can share would be very
> welcome!
> >>
> >> Our Papa duck died yesterday, after being savaged
> by some kind of
> >> night-time animal, and we're very sad. These
> babies are even more 
> >> important,
> >> since muskovies mate for life and Mama would be
> even sadder than we are 
> >> if
> >> we can't keep the babies alive.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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