Duck parent gift guide

Last Updated on December 17, 2024 by Susan von Frank

Are you a duck parent looking for the perfect gift for your spoiled pet ducks or backyard ducks? Or are you shopping for someone who loves their ducks more than they love you? (Don’t take it personally, it’s hard to compete for heart space with a duck.)

If so, this gift guide for duck parents will help you come up with thoughtful gifts perfect for both spoiled ducks and their human slaves/parents alike.

How do we know these fowl presents will be a hit? Because we’re duck parents ourselves, and we either own or covet every item in our duck parent gift guide.

The ultimate duck gift guide for people who love ducks

The 30+ items listed in our duck gift guide span a wide price range. That means you can find the perfect gift regardless of your budget. The items are NOT listed in any particular order, so don’t assume the first thing on the list is the best or most/least expensive.

Pippa Luckinbill is not on the gift list, but if you’d like to send her gift treats, her shipping address can be provided.

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Click on any of the links in this gift guide to learn more about the product (current prices, color variations, etc.)

1. Egg-cellent duck gifts 

We have an entire article extolling the many virtues of duck eggs. Here are some gifts that other duck egg fanatics will love:

a. Egg basket. Perfect for collecting duck eggs in the morning… assuming your ducks aren’t hiding their eggs from you. 

b. Egg spiral. Once you get those magical duck eggs back to your kitchen, this contraption is a great way to store them. Nope, you don’t have to put your eggs in the fridge. IF you don’t wash the protective “bloom” off, duck eggs will last for weeks at room temperature out of the sun.

An egg spiral will also help you use the oldest eggs first. (If you refrigerate your eggs, you can also write the production date on the shell with a pencil.)     

c. Egg timer. Want to make the perfect boiled duck eggs to the exact texture you prefer? Pro tips: 1. Add a splash of vinegar to the water; 2. Use eggs that are at least two weeks old so the shell comes off cleaner; 3. Use an egg timer. 

Just drop the egg timer in the water with your eggs and it will show you exactly when your eggs are perfectly done. 

d. Egg rings. Ever see those perfectly shaped fried eggs or eggs that fit just right on a sandwich or English muffin? You can do the same thing at home using egg rings. 

• Egg rings for adults (not made with teflon):
• Fun-shaped egg rings kids will love (not made with teflon): 

e. Dash Rapid egg cooker. Full disclosure here: we’ve never tried a Dash Rapid egg cooker, but we’ve heard amazing things about it. And the customer reviews describe it as positively miraculous. This could be the perfect gift for someone with lots of duck eggs who, ahem, struggles in the kitchen.

2. Clothing for duck parents 

Duck parents should also publicly display their devotion to their duck masters via the clothing they wear. That’s why it’s recommended that duck parents only go out in public wearing clothing with ducks prominently displayed on them. Thankfully, we’ve got you covered here. 

We created Duck My Life™, a brand on a mission to do good and help more laughter fly into the world. Our line of humorous, stylish clothing and accessories is guaranteed to duck up your wardrobe and make people laugh. Plus, 10% of all proceeds go to waterfowl rescue operations who help save domestic ducks that have been abandoned at ponds and parks by their owners.

A few samples from the Duck My Life product line (including Aaron showing off a couple of the originals on the bottom left). You can shop all Duck My Life products at our online Tee Spring store!

3. Duck-themed coffee and tea mugs

Another great way to be-fowl yourself in public is by drinking from duck-themed mugs (while wearing duck clothing of course). We’re partial to the “Duck It” mug in our Duck My Life brand collection.  

4. Duck jewelry

For women who want to take their public duckery to the next level, there’s duck jewelry:

a. Duck infinity pendant necklace for those whose love for ducks spans infinity:

b. Duck earrings. If you’re away from your ducks and you’re feeling slightly panicked that you can’t hear your feathered darlings, you can at least take comfort in wearing their effigies on your ears with these duck earrings (unfortunately, the earrings don’t quack):

5. Duck pillow 

When you lay down on the couch to nap after a long day of ducking, there’s no better place to rest your head than a duck or duckling pillow to ease you into a dream about ducks.

(Full disclosure: The night before writing this gift guide I actually had a dream of thousands of diapered ducks landing in our yard on parachutes. Unfortunately, it wasn’t real.)     

This 18×18 cotton-linen duckling throw pillow cover will do the trick 

6. Duck supplements 

In case you don’t know, a duck is basically a mouth and stomach with feathers on it. If you think you take great pleasure in food, you’ve never seen (or heard) a duck around its favorite treats… 

A few great treats to keep pet or backyard ducks healthy and happy include:

a. Dried black soldier fly larvae. Our ducks went bonkers for BSF (black soldier fly) larvae in our compost a couple summers back. Any duck will also love dried BSF and benefit from all the extra macro and micronutrients. (BSF have even more calcium in them than mealworms.)

b. Dried Mealworms. Our ducks also swoon for dried mealworms, and were once so addicted to mealworms that a shake of their mealworm bag would bring them running at full speed in our direction, quacking loudly with excitement. Just don’t regularly overdo it with high protein snacks (mealworms or BSF), especially with young ducklings. 

c. Kelp supplement. Ducks don’t just love greens, they need greens to be healthy and happy. Adding a bit of Coop Kelp to your ducks’ feed is a great way to help ensure they’re getting the nutrition they need. This supplement is especially helpful if you don’t have the resources to regularly feed fresh greens to your ducks. 

7. Indoor pet duck food & water dish 

In addition to diaper harnesses, another indoor essential for keeping your house clean while having indoor ducks is a Neater Feeder. Designed for dogs and cats, a Neater Feeder can also drastically reduce the mess your ducks make while eating and drinking indoors. (Yes, we know this from experience.)

9. Duck university 

When you’re not taking care of ducks, thinking about ducks, or dreaming about ducks, you should decompress by reading about ducks. Or reading children’s books to your kids about ducks. Our recommendations: 

a. Books about raising ducks 

The impractical guide to keeping pet & backyard ducks: How to joyously produce the world’s most expensive eggs from the world’s most adorable animals. Yes, this is the duck keeping book we wrote, so we’re a biased. However, we don’t think there’s a better book out there for helping people understand and prepare for what’s involved with raising pet and backyard ducks. Plus, it’s not just based on our experience – it also leans on knowledge from some of the country’s top avian vets, waterfowl rescues, and other expert duck keepers we know. 

The ultimate pet duck guide book. Other than our own duck book, Kimberly Link’s book is our top recommendation for other pet and backyard duck parents. Since she runs a large waterfowl rescue, it’s chock full of good advice for diagnosing and treating a wide variety of health conditions and injuries in ducks.

b. Duck children’s books

• All of Tad Hills’ Duck & Goose books are awesome for kids… 
• A cuddle for little ducks by Claire Freedman: 

c. Egg cookbooks. Think scrambled eggs, fried eggs, and omelettes are all you can do with duck eggs? Think again. There are thousands of amazing egg recipes to explore. These four egg cookbooks will help you (or your gift recipient) rediscover the magic of cooking with eggs:   

• The Perfect Egg, A Fresh Take on Recipes from Morning, Noon, and Night
• Egg: A culinary exploration of the world’s most versatile ingredient
• The Egg Cookbook, The Creative Farm-to-Table Guide to Cooking Fresh Eggs
• The Good Egg: More than 200 fresh approaches from breakfast to dessert (a James Beard Award winner!)

10. Making more ducks to fuel the addiction 

As we’ve detailed in our article 10 things you should know before getting ducks, ducks are the most addictive substance on earth. (The experts at Tyrant Farms all agree on this point.) 

What can you get for someone who is hopelessly addicted to ducks? A duck egg incubator so they can make more ducks. This one has an automated egg turner and can be set to ideal humidity levels needed for duck eggs (which have different humidity requirements than chicken eggs). 

11. The ultimate DIY duck gift… a self-cleaning duck pond

Let’s say you want to give your pets the ultimate gift in order to create extreme duck happiness. Or maybe you and the other humans in your household want a beautiful backyard pond for you and your ducks that doesn’t require constant maintenance or turn your backyard into a mud pit… 

Use our step-by-step guide and detailed materials list to create your own self-cleaning backyard duck pond! (Nope, it won’t freeze in the winter if you follow our instructions.)

Our ducks enjoying a morning swim in their pond on a freezing cold day.

We hope the gift ideas in our duck gift guide have helped you find the perfect gift for your ducks or the special duck parent in your life! 

If you or someone you love is a quackaholic, do NOT seek outside help. Instead, this simply means you need more ducks, duck resources, or duck paraphernalia. 

KIGI,

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