A duck followed me home..?

Question

i was playing guitar and this yellow duck comes over and then follows me home. how do i take care of it and what do i feed it?

Answer 1

ask it if it wants to start a band with you then go on tour and feed it beer and drugs.

Answer 2

awwwwwww

Answer 3

ahhh thats so cooll!!!

lol i found this online

Do I have enough space to keep several ducklings happy? Ducks are social birds and should not be raised alone. You will need at least a minimum space of 10 feet per adult duck.

Is my yard good for ducks? Ducks will need shelter and a place to swim.

Can I keep my pet ducks safe? Ducks have several predators: owls, hawks, foxes, snapping turtles, dogs, etc. Providing your ducks with a large source of water can help protect them during the day. Locking them in a secure shelter at night might also be necessary.

Do I have the time and resources to take care of the ducks? Ducklings take considerable care in the beginning. Make sure you're up for the challenge. Also, make sure you can easily obtain the right food for the ducklings. Make sure you have everything prepared before purchasing your ducklings.

Housing your pet ducks:

Keep ducklings inside for the first four to five weeks. If the weather is warm, they can move outside when they are two to three weeks old.

Ducklings raised without a mother will need an artificial heat source. A heat lamp positioned in one corner of the cage works best. Position it so the ducklings can escape the heat if things get too hot. If you find the ducklings huddled underneath the lamp, they are too cold. If they are crowded away from the source, they are too cold.

An old playpen is perfect for housing young ducklings. You might need to wrap the sides with screening to prevent them from escaping. You can use a plastic children's pool (not the inflatable kind). Line it with an absorbent material (such as sawdust) and suspend a heat lamp over one corner. You can use a cat-litter scoop to clean up duck droppings daily. The pool can then be used for the ducklings later on.

Make sure the flooring isn't slippery when wet and allows the ducklings good footing to move.

Ducks should always have some type of shelter that will protect them from sun, rain, snow, a hail. An inexpensive lean-to can be constructed by propping a piece of plywood up on two logs.

Adult ducks can survive in temperatures below zero as long as they have liquid water.

Feeding your pet ducks:

Ducklings need a feed with 20-22% protein for the first three to five weeks. After that, they do best on a feed with 16% protein. Adult ducks need about 14-16% protein when they aren't laying, 16-18% when they are laying.

Game bird starter feed is a good source of feed and can be found at most farm supply stores. After five weeks, game bird grower should be fed to the ducks.

Do not feed chick starter; it does not have the right nutrients. It can cause deformities in growing ducks.

Ducklings also need a source of fresh chopped vegetable greens, especially when they are kept inside. You can feed them weeds from your garden or purchase mixed greens from your grocery store.

Never feed your ducks without providing them with plenty of water. Ducks use the water to help them wash down the food and clean the vents on their beak.

Mix the feed with cracked corn when the ducks are adults, especially in the winter. Cracked corn is easier for ducks to digest than whole corn.

Bread, popcorn, and chips are not healthy for ducks. Consider them "junk food" for ducks.

Ducks can also be fed chopped hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, bugs, garden snails, worms, night crawlers, mealworms, bloodworms, and floating coy food.

Water for your pet ducks:

It shouldn't be surprising that ducks love water. Water can be deadly to ducklings. Use specially designed bird waterers (which can be found at any farm supply store) or a very shallow dish in the beginning for your pet ducks.

Always make sure the ducklings are capable of escaping any water source you place in their cage. Overturned terracotta pots placed in their pool or water dish provides the perfect "escape" for your ducks should they be tire and be unable to climb out.

Expect your ducklings to play in their water dish, especially if no other water source is available. Positioning the dish at the other end of the cage from their heat source will keep the area under the heat source dry. Ducklings usually sleep under the heat source.

Ducks tend to tip their water dishes and get them very muddy. Be prepared to wash their dish quite often (at least twice a day).

Swimming and pet ducks:

Ducks can survive without water to swim in, but not happily.

Ducklings are unable to produce the oil that waterproofs their down until they are 3 or 4 weeks old. In the wild, the mother duck will oil their feathers for them. Careful consideration should be given to motherless ducklings who are allowed to swim before then to insure they do not become chilled or drown.

If you do not have a pond in your yard, consider purchasing a plastic wading pool. You will need to construct some means for the ducks to get in and out safely, especially when they are young.

Any artificial pond will need a good filtration system. You'll want to change the water if it gets too cloudy or dirty.

Answer 4

i'm terrified of ducks, they always chased me in the park when i was a little kid

you should probably bring it somewhere where they can take care of it

but they eat bread

Answer 5

go to a feed store like mfa or orschlen's and get some duck or chicken feed. if u ask they will give u what u need just be sure it is not medicated. i presume it is a baby, so keep it warm with a heat lamp or light of some sort. also be sure that it has plenty of water. this should pretty well do it. (the water should be change often, and they will get into it, so just allow enough space for it to get in and out without much work) hope this helps u

Answer 6

Pluck and roast it.

Answer 7

Robyn says:oh HOW SWEET IS IT CUTe!?!!?!!?!?!?!?

Lindsey says:Random much??

awwkwwarrddd

Answer 8

take it to the humane society, it could have a disease and you don't want to catch it! they will safely release it back into the wild. but how cute!

Answer 9

is it a baby or an adult?  if its an adult it might just leave after a while...  if not, feed it cracked corn, which you can get from a farming supply store or an agway, you can also just feed it leftover produce if you can't find the corn...  :)  it will be fine outside as long as an animal doesn't get it so i wouldnt worry about taking care of it really it might not even need you to feed it...  :) good luck!

Answer 10

i would take it to a vet and then keep it

Answer 11

just find a pond close by and take it there like 3 times a day and you can feed it bread,grass,sometimes even hay

Answer 12

I agree with ***. You should do that, because that duck may have a disease, and you want to make sure he is healthy. But that is adorable!

Answer 13

If it is a chick (baby duck) it will die without its mother.

Answer 14

haha silly ducks

take it back to the pond or a wild life place

Answer 15

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Answer 16

lol aww thats too cute

Answer 17

Ignore it, it might be diseased, it's not safe to keep it.  If you really want too, take it to a vet.  Feed it some worms or bugs at the moment.