Pair of ducklings

Kansas City MO

Description

We've got two babies left to find another home. The parent drake is a cayuga/mallard call-duck and the parent hens are cayuga crosses. Both babies will probably be black with white chests and lay silver/grey/bluish eggs. I think it's a hen and a drake or possibly two hens, but they're too young to reliably tell. To take them home, you need to bring a bag of duckling food to show me that you have the necessary food. Chicken food will have a niacin deficiency and two of my hens were raised by someone that didn't feed them the right food, and they have messed-up wings. I'll also ask you a few questions to make sure you're ready for ducks. No fee, just a good home. These are definitely pets at this point, and will cheep if you are out of sight and nibble fingers and talk at you when you are around. They'd be okay out on a farm without a lot of human interaction but at this point, they'd also be nice suburban lawn ornaments! If you do not want holes in your yard, these are not the birds for you. Any damp area will have a hole dug in it! They are semi-nocturnal and one of the more fun things to do with them is to grab a flashlight and take them worm-hunting after dark. They MUST have a container of water big enough to dip their heads under, preferably big enough to bathe in, and you must change the water AT LEAST once a day. In the winter, you'll need a heated bowl to keep the water liquid for them. They are far more weather-resistant than chickens, and just need a sheltered place out of the wind with some bedding. I will show you my ducks and their set-up. They are about 10 days old, will be full grown in less than six weeks, and lay an egg a day as adults probably starting around September/October. They're big enough now to get out of any box with sides less than a foot tall, so please bring an appropriate container to take them home, and don't forget to show me the bag of duckling food. You can get it at Tractor Supply Company, Feldman's, and other local farm stores. We're a block from the intersection of Bannister and Blue Ridge Blvd. Please EMAIL OR TEXT and we can set up a time for you to come pick them up and I will send the precise address. We're needing the cage for our broody hen, so we'd like them to go to a new home Sunday if at all possible.