mallard ducklings

Hello, There is a Mallard nesting on the third floor of my apartment building near Portland, Oregon. I know it is illegal to interfere with the nesting Mallard. She is very safe and secure in a planter box, where she nested the past two years. We were able to relocate the ducklings to a nearby...

I’ve raised mallard ducklings from hatcheries before and I have hatched my own from eggs I bought from hatcheries. I know that mallards are supposed to be marked either with a hole punched out of their webbing or by removing a toe. I’ve always removed the right back toe when they are a few days...

(Hopefully that is viewable and its a little wet because it went into its water bowl and is drying off now) It hatched out 7th June perfectly with its sibling and its eating and drinking fine but notice how weird it toes look and how it walks. It is a mallard crossed with a runner duck, so...

:D I am a new mallard duck momma and I wanted to post a thread on this topic as it was really difficult to find any info online when my two females started laying and I was really stressed out not knowing if their behavior was ‘normal’ and if I should intervene. *spoiler - everything turned out...

Two mallard eggs were orphaned when the mother died... I rescued them, incubated them, and hatched them. They have imprinted on me. They are currently 3 weeks old. I found out that even though they have never been in the wild since they were hatched here, they are still considered wild. So I...

I have four mallard ducklings and want more, I'm wanting them to hatch fertilized eggs but don't know if there siblings. If they are brother and sister will the eggs not get fertilized? Or is there any way to tell if they are siblings.

I have three mallards (that I have had for two days) and they let met pick them up but they often run away from me too. I want them to be more domesticated, will they ever be not so scared.

I have half Cayuga and half mallard ducklings just hatched this morning. Will have full blooded mallards some time in the next week hatching also. Plus our borbon red turkey is on a nest of half her and half bronze breasted . I'm located 10 min north of Mansfield Ohio. For info please call Jen...