can you release ducks after raising in captivity?
Question by Contagion S: can you release ducks after raising in captivity?
I would like to incubate and hatch ducks. In the past I’ve successfully incubated and raised chickens, but I think ducks would be a fun new experience.
I live on a large property with lots of woods, ponds and a swamp. I’d like to release them after a couple months in hope that they’ll come back each year (I live in Upstate NY, USA.) I’ve read articles online about how you can and can’t release ducks after raising them in captivity, so I’d like to know your opinions. Also, if you have any advice for raising ducklings I’d like that too.
I’m getting fertile eggs from local people who raise ducks. I’m not “being God,” I just want to raise some ducks because they’re fun, cute and would be a good summer hobby, but don’t want to eat them or keep them for laying when they’re older so either selling them or releasing them are my only options.
I’ve looked, and it seems to me that it’s legal to release captive raised ducks in privately owned ponds as long as it’s not for game purposes and you’re not in Florida. If anyone can find information contrary to this for NYS, please tell me.
Also, I live in a part of upstate NY where we get four feet of snow in the winter. It isn’t feasible to keep them year long — they would freeze in their shed. They have to migrate or get sold. I’ve raised chickens and sold them, but now I want to raise ducklings and, if possible, release them. Keeping through the winter is not an option. If I put them with other wild ducks, would they teach them to migrate?
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5 Responses to can you release ducks after raising in captivity?
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You aren’t God so stop trying to be. where are you getting these eggs from?
Vibram5
June 19, 2012 at 2:48 pm
i would not suggest releasing them after you have raised them in captivity because most of all animals that are raised in captivity can not fend for themselves because they are so used to being taken care of and have never really had any type of freedom outside in the world. i would say don’t do it.
here is a website on raising ducks, finding breeds, feeding, watering, housing, buying, diseases, produce.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/sustainable-farming/raising-ducks-ze0z10zhir.aspx?page=2
hope this helps
Al
June 19, 2012 at 3:19 pm
yes you can.you can leave in a pond and pass by eveyday if you want and instead of him doing everything in your house its on a pond or lake
omar
June 19, 2012 at 3:45 pm
It is illegal to release captive raised animals in some places. I would be cautious, since animals raised by people don’t know how to be wild. They aren’t as wary of predators and can get hurt easily. Baby ducks are cute, but it’s better to be responsible. If you raise them, then you should be able to keep them. Maybe if you fenced in your property, they could be semi-released there, but I wouldn’t fully send them off into the wild, especially if you could get in trouble with the law for it, or your cute ducks could get slaughtered by wild predators. Make a responsible decision.
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June 19, 2012 at 5:14 pm