The world seems better now somehow.
Any farming store should have them, call them up and ask to see if they will have ducks in spring and what breeds they carry. Usually you can't pre-order anything under 5 or 10 ducks, so find out the date they come in and buy them right when they put them out so nobody buys them out.
. With only one duck you won't have to spend much on food though.
They're like 3 bucks a duckling. Your first bag of food will cost more than the duck...
I just used a cardboard box with old towels and stuff for the first month. Do not use newspaper, this will screw up their legs permanently because they will slip on it so much. As long as the ducks are in the grass and not on pavement the crap won't barely be noticeable, the rain will wash it away and fertilize the grass. I don't have much crap where I live because my ducks walk down to a lake down the road and swim there and sleep there most of the time. They come back every morning for food and to see me, once I've been with them a bit they walk back to swim again. The only problem is when I go fish at the lake they always come to see me and scare away the fish.
I just used a cardboard box with old towels and stuff for the first month. Do not use newspaper, this will screw up their legs permanently because they will slip on it so much. As long as the ducks are in the grass and not on pavement the crap won't barely be noticeable, the rain will wash it away and fertilize the grass. I don't have much crap where I live because my ducks walk down to a lake down the road and swim there and sleep there most of the time. They come back every morning for food and to see me, once I've been with them a bit they walk back to swim again. The only problem is when I go fish at the lake they always come to see me and scare away the fish.
