We are on the brink of publication!

Unlike other duck books that are loaded with unwanted "for table" references, or guide books that will advise you to destroy your sick pet as if they are untreatable or unworthy of veterinary care, our Ultimate Pet Duck Guide Book will give you all the advice and information you need to care and protect your beloved feathered friends.

You've asked for a book written by a duck enthusiast rather than someone who views ducks as a commodity, and this is it! Filled with color photos and inspirational anecdotes about the ducks who have come through our sanctuary, this is the one guide you and your darlings simply cannot be without.

With chapters on:  Preparations, Ailments, Considerations, Enrichment & Rescues, we are sure you will find everything you ever needed to know in this handy and duck-friendly guide book.

Ordering information will be available soon!

Sanctuary Improvements

After years of managing our sanctuary's cement ponds, we invested in preformed pond liners for our flock members!

For years we have refaced cement our small cement ponds, sealing cracks every spring to prepare for the warm weather. Because these smaller, hand made ponds would crack as soon as the ground froze, the ducks and geese were not able to use them on warmer winter days, and they couldn't use them in spring until each of the ponds were refaced.

Our Blue Ribbon Fundraiser helped bring in some of the funds necessary to purchase eight new pond liners. We have been hard at work with sledgehammers, removing the old cement ponds and then fitting the new ones into the ground. It has been a very labor intensive project, but it will benefit the animals in the long run. In addition to eliminating the expense of bags of concrete every spring it will also save us an incredible amount of time, which we can direct to other projects. These ponds are very low maintenance and can instantly be reopened in winter, when warmer days happen upon us and immediately in spring. All of our ponds are stream-fed with a main pump circulating the water throughout the pens. This keeps all of our ponds fresh and cool.

In addition to upgrading five of our existing ponds, we have also added three new ponds to pens that were previously without swimming accommodations. In prior years we have been utilizing a misting system to keep these three pens cool, but now that they have their own ponds, the misting system will be set up in Abby's Goose Run.

In addition to installing ponds, we have also completed the project of tilling our soil. We have very rocky soil, so every pen needs to be turned over by hand with shovels. Once turned, we have to collect any rocks that surface to keep our grounds soft under delicate webbed feet. This is a strenuous and time-consuming project, and thankfully, it is now complete. Grass is rapidly growing and establishing itself throughout our pens and will remain underfoot until winter when it tends to die out from tread.

And finally, the last of our new shade trees have been transplanted from our forest into Abby's Goose Run and Louisville (a.k.a. "The Bachelor Pad"). Russian Olive trees are the perfect trees for our pens. They have shallow root systems and are easy to transplant, they grow very rapidly and can be easily pruned into shapes that work best for the area.  Remember, geese will kill trees, so always surround saplings with a circle of protective fencing.