Comments on: Easter ducklings & chicks pose environmental & health hazards

By: kassidy

kassidy — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:09:07 +0000

thats exctly what happend to this poor little duck in fornt of my house on a lakefront i took her under my wing and take her down to the water every day i tought her how to walk down the stairs so that she couled go down to the water when she or he feels like it you now and i try to rarley feed her bread but you know .

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:21:26 +0000

While this is all intelligent, important information for those who haven’t yet fallen victim to impulse chick acquisition, for the sake of the fowl, it would be great if you could also provide resources for those who have. There is a gamut of options for puppies and kittens – the resources for what to do with your chick or duckling are nonexistant. Making this information readily available would go far to reduce the duck pond abandonment rate.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:43:23 +0000

It still amazes me that people who understand that you don’t acquire kittens or puppies on impulse will impulsively scoop up a chick or baby rabbit. Or maybe they DON’T understand, and the kittens and puppies of the world have just been lucky enough not to meet them.

How hard can it be to understand that CRITTERS NEED CARE? This is not rocket science!

My parents lived on a man-made lake in the central valley, which had lots of mallards and coots. I remember seeing ducklings following mama across the lake in the spring. Then we’d watch, sadly, over the next few days, as the ducklings dwindled, the missing ones caught by predators. Even mama duck couldn’t protect her children from the violent side of life. Mind you, mama fox and mama coyote had their young’uns to attend to, as well. That’s how nature works.

But I can’t understand a human deliberately putting a baby critter in such a situation. Idiots.