An injured duck has found a new home near Okotoks.

Daisy the duck was brought to the Calgary Human Society (CHS) in mid-November after she was found by a member of the public.

Having sustained puncture wounds on one of her wings, she was sent to recover in a foster home before returning to CHS and being made available for adoption.

As far as how she was injured, Community Support & Engagement Manager with CHS Anna-Lee Rieb says we'll likely never know.

"With animals such as Daisy, we don't always have the luxury of a microchip, tattoo, or identifying collar. With domesticated farm animals and most of our exotic animals that come through, there's not always that identification piece that would help us connect them with their previous owner, so all we can do is speculate... it's a mystery, that's Daisy's secret, I suppose."

She says the team instantly took note of Daisy's sociable demeanour.

"She was very used to being handled, extremely comfortable being around people, so this was a pretty good indication to us that wherever she came from, she was used to being around people and enjoyed the companionship of humans."

Finding homes for ducks and other farm animals is often hard for CHS, since there aren't many places within Calgary that are appropriate for animals suited to rural settings.

"We're frequently looking for adopters for a variety of either farm animals, barn cats, or sometimes we have dogs that need a rural placement. If people are considering adopting or have room for an animal or a working animal, keep Calgary Humane Society in mind and cruise our adoption website to see who's available because sometimes being buried inside the city, we do have a hard time finding rural homes for animals," says Rieb.

Luckily, CHS was able to find the perfect candidate to take Daisy in.

Sharyl Malin, who lives on a family farm near Okotoks, had adopted ducks from the CHS before and already owned six of them.

She came across Daisy one day when browsing the adoption page, and instantly knew she wanted to add Daisy to the flock.

Daisy has been living the farm life for a few weeks now, and Malin says the other ducks are showing her the ropes.

"She's learning how to be a duck. I don't know how much she knew about that before, I think she was possibly in someone's house, it sounds like. She didn't know about swimming and picking up green stuff, they really like lettuce and peas and picking in the grass. It sounded like she didn't know a lot about that beforehand. Now she's learning all about that just from hanging out with the other ducks, she picked some of that up."

It sounds like Daisy has held on to her sociable nature though.

"She's so funny and she's very vocal. As soon as she hears somebody talk, she's chatting right back. She follows me around, I think she's enjoying life on the farm," says Malin.

As far as Daisy's daily routine, Malin says she's in and out of the house, spending her nights indoors and going out to enjoy the sun with her new friends during the day.