Skip to contentThis article on how to care for wild baby ducks pertains to wild Mallard ducklings only. Domestic breeds of duck require different types of care.There is information on feeding domestic ducklings here.Mallard ducklings are more likely to be found in the first 24 hours after hatch as the mother may have to lead them a fair way to water resulting in a few getting left behind. During the first week, out of a clutch of 12, she is likely to lose most of them. Most mallard mums will end up with 2-4 ducklings surviving to adulthood.Although ducklings get straight onto the water...…Skip to contentThis article on how to care for wild baby ducks pertains to wild Mallard ducklings only. Domestic breeds of duck require different types of care.There is information on feeding domestic ducklings here.Mallard ducklings are more likely to be found in the first 24 hours after hatch as the mother may have to lead them a fair way to water resulting in a few getting left behind. During the first week, out of a clutch of 12, she is likely to lose most of them. Most mallard mums will end up with 2-4 ducklings surviving to adulthood.Although ducklings get straight onto the water...WW…

Skip to contentZoe Brodie-James investigates the ethics and law of releasing domestic ducks into the wild on the local pond and finds some sad and sometimes illegal scenarios that go on there.As a child I vividly remember visiting our local park and feeding the ducks and geese and swans. Thinking we were doing a good thing, never once did it occur to my mother or myself that some of those ducks and geese should not only not be there but should not be eating the bread we were feeding them.Now I am going to excuse my own behaviour as I was less than mentally competent being just a few years...…Skip to contentZoe Brodie-James investigates the ethics and law of releasing domestic ducks into the wild on the local pond and finds some sad and sometimes illegal scenarios that go on there.As a child I vividly remember visiting our local park and feeding the ducks and geese and swans. Thinking we were doing a good thing, never once did it occur to my mother or myself that some of those ducks and geese should not only not be there but should not be eating the bread we were feeding them.Now I am going to excuse my own behaviour as I was less than mentally competent being just a few years...WW…