Shipping Your Duck

In the best interests of our waterfowl, we ask that all adopters residing within 8 hours (one way) of the sanctuary put in the effort to make that drive to adopt their new family members.

If an adopting family cannot manage the full trip to our sanctuary on their own, we will occasionally meet them part way, but usually not more than halfway. We rarely drive more than 2-3 hours unless three or more birds, hard to place birds, or a special needs bird is being adopted. In addition, the adopting family must cover our gas/toll expenses and also be willing to make a donation for our time (suggested donation: $10.00 per hour for the entire roundtrip).

We RARELY ship our ducks to new homes, and whether or not we will even consider shipping a duck depends largely on the duck's medical history and emotional state. Since we are dealing with rescued animals who have often experienced a great deal of trauma prior to coming to us, suffice it to say that there are very few ducks who we feel are up to this kind of trip.

We only ship ducks to the absolutely best of homes; homes which would otherwise be out of our reach. In order for us to even consider shipping ducks to you, you are simply going to have to amaze us with your adoption application and photos of your predator proof pen. Shipping ducks is very stressful for us and we lose a lot of sleep, so we are very particular when it comes to this option.

We do not ship geese.

We will ship qualified ducks via Express Mail to residences in the continental U.S. only if they can be delivered within one day from zip code 06249. You can verify if you are in range though Express Mail. 

Water and bedding will be in the carton to comfortably sustain your duck while they are on their journey to you.

Shipping of live birds is costly

Please keep in mind that the cost of shipping a live animal is costly. In addition to the adoption fee, you will need to purchase and ship an Economy NEST carton to our sanctuary. The cost of shipping your duck to you can cost up to $55.

Important Information About Shipping

We are willing to ship ducks via Express Mail outside of months of extreme weather conditions and temperatures. This service has the following provisions:

1) The adopting family must pay for and arrange for a Natural Environmentally Secure Transporter (NEST) to be shipped directly to our Sanctuary. Adopters can purchase an Economy NEST through Horizon. Once your carton arrives here we will contact you to make vital shipping arrangements.

2) The adopting family must prepay all shipping costs and adoption fees. We will not ship birds C.O.D.

3) Adopters must notify their local Post Office both verbally and in writing of the date the waterfowl will be shipped out from our Sanctuary and the expected arrival date of the waterfowl at the post office PRIOR TO ACTUAL SHIPMENT.

4) Adopters must provide their local post office with their local and/or cell phone numbers and contact information IN WRITING & PRIOR TO ACTUAL SHIPMENT, so that their Post Office can reach the adopter toll free, without charge.

5) Adopters must provide us with their local and/or cell phone numbers to list on the Horizon shipping carton in the event the postal service needs to contact the adopting family toll free, without charge.

6) We only ship waterfowl on Mondays during non-holiday weeks to avoid birds getting trapped in a postal warehouse. A tracking number will be provided to you via email the same day the duck leaves the sanctuary.

7) Adopters must be available to pick up the waterfowl from their Post Office within one hour of Post Office notification that the duck has arrived, so the duck can be quickly removed from their carton and provided with fresh food and water.

8) Once the duck has been attended to, adopters must call Majestic immediately to let us know the bird has arrived safely.

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