My neighbors that live down by the water have mallards in their yard all the time. Last spring they brought me a lone drake that wasn't integrating into the wild herd and I named him "Jeeves". I.recently sold all of my males except Jeeves and have been scheming on how to get some new ones. This is not as easy as it seems because most of the male mallards in town came from my eggs! Well, this morning the same neighbors called me.....they had an immature drake that had been abandoned by its mother. It had disappeared for a few days and this morning finally showed up, injured and starving! It somehow made it up to the food dish and they were worried that it wasn't going to make it on its own, so they gave me a call to see if I wanted it. YES! So, meet "Lucky"...
He is the luckiest duck in the world....food, water, shelter, protection from predators, company (when he is ready for it), a chance to rest and recover from his injuries in a private suite, and about 7 females all to himself next Spring (unless I find some more drakes!!)
Rest up little buddy!
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