Is it okay to raise ducklings in the city?
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Sat in the bird hide we were lucky enough to catch a flock of geese coming in to land. We heard them first and had just enough time to raise our cameras. I’m considering cropping these.
Question by LeiLei: Is it okay to raise ducklings in the city?
our backyard is mostly concrete and tiles. we have a swimming pool.. theres not really much grass. we have grass in the frontyard but no fence . does this sound like an okay environment to raise ducklings? theres a duck pond in the park close to our house. should we let our ducklings live there when they grow up?>
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Do you want your concrete tiles to get dirty?? You see, as ducks get older, they get extremely messy. They poop a lot, and it’s deadly for a duckling to swim in a swimming pool because the chlorine in the pool can kill them. Young ducklings need warmth, and older ducklings need grass, but at the same time they need protection from predators. I would suggest NO at this time.
Graceface
September 17, 2013 at 7:25 am
I answered your other question about ducklings. Why would you want to keep a duck in such an environment? If you use the swimming pool presumably its chlorinated which is no good for ducks to swim on.
You can’t raise a breed of domestic duck and then release them onto a pond in a park, this is how cross breeding occurs which does the wild duck population harm. Why don’t you just go to the park and appreciate the wild ducks? Much easier.
Kisses it better ♥
September 17, 2013 at 7:59 am