mallard

Hi guys I haven't been here in a while but google has NOT been much help so I wanted to reach out to other duck owners for their opinions/experiences. Sorry the title is so dramatic, but that's pretty much the gist of what I am asking. Some information, I have a female mallard named Billy, she...

I am raising two mallard ducklings from McMurray hatchery along with my other farm ducklings. I know that the farm ducks can free range because they have lost most of their flight ability, but mallards can fly well. So far, they stick around with the farm ducklings and do not really leave them...

We lost our "Squeaky"-duck to a predator in early January. She was a feral escape that walked cross-country onto our place one afternoon. Initially very skittish, but we became close friends and she loved to race me and our kayak around the pond. She was small-to-medium in size, and not heavy...

Good morning! I have one female Black Swedish, two male Black Swedish, and one male Mallard. This is the second time my female has hatched eggs. This go around, she has five yellow ducklings, two Black Swedish ducklings, and one to be a mix of Mallard and Black Swedish. Curious as to what...

Hey y’all. I’ve got a mallard duckling, about 2 months old, and he’s got a funky behavior. I notice it mostly when they’re outside but playing in the water, but he’ll open and close his mouth a few times between splashes. He’s also done it outside of the water. It’s not panting, I know what his...

Hey y’all! Long time chicken, first time duck owner here. We have 5 mallards in our brooder right now. They are 2 days shy of 5 weeks old. They have been growing and thriving beautifully but as we near moving them outdoors I have a few questions. We still have a heat plate in their brooder...

Hi so basically I found a lone duckling on Tuesday around 8 PM in my in ground pool. It was just swimming back and forth. Whenever I would go out to grab it, it would jump out and run around the yard away from me. It was weird since we live in the suburbs and none of our neighbors have ducks...

Hello. I am looking for trout Indian runner ducks or eggs to hatch out. I would like some genetic diversity in my flock. Please message me if you have some or know someone who does. Thank you!

We’ve had at least three pairs of mallards visiting our yard/ducks for the last few weeks. They swim in our pond and hang around most of the day. We’ve enjoyed having them around, but I’ve been concerned they might get too comfortable and try to nest here (one of our dogs eats every egg he...

We got to pick up our ducklings from the post office this morning. I was thrilled to find all happy, noisy, spring-loaded babies when we opened the box. We ordered from a hatchery and it looks like the babies were packaged with great care. We ordered 5 anconas and 2 cayugas and received 6...

I have a large flock of mallards and 4 successful mothers that raised ducklings this past spring. It is now the end of September, and my dog has recently been sniffing around the back porch. Little did I know another hen had a nest of 10 eggs hidden under my staircase! I saw her sitting on them...

Hi all, I have been taking my runner duck and mallard to the bird vet every 6 months for checkups - especially because my runner suffers from low calcium and needs an implant every 6 months to stop her laying eggs. However this is not the only problem, it seems they both always have something...

Is it too late to cut off my mallards dewclaw? i hatched her from an egg and wasn’t sure if she was a mallard or rouen, since i had 2 other rouen’s hatch in the same clutch, so i just never cut it. but now she’s 4 months old and i know she’s 100% a mallard. would it hurt her if i cut it off...

I’ve had this mallard since a couple days old. The whole time I have thought female, but have noticed 2 small curled tail feathers and the head has a green sheen. This duck is now 17 weeks old. Please tell me I don’t have another drake bc the sexes are really starting to show now that I have...

Hello there! 👋🏻 Recently my ducks started laying eggs! We are so excited because my chickens are slacking lately. lol I'm curious to know what everyone's opinions are on this. I have (1) female Blue Swedish, (2) female Mallards & (2) female Cayugas. I also have a "mutt". She's a very dark...

Hello all, I am in a desperate situation. There is a wild mallard with a heavily broken beak. She also has a duckling, which is why I haven’t taken her to the vets or contacted the wildlife centre as I think catching both will be beyond impossible and extremely distressing. Plus I think they...

: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...

A wild mallard flew into my yard before and was eating the bird seed. She went over to my ducks and seemed very interested. My ducks seemed to like her. My mallard especially. The duck ended up flying away but for the last hour my mallard has been looking around the yard for her. She wants her...

Helloooo! Years ago I had someone come to my house and ask me if I could take 3 ducklings because they saw that they were standing on the side of the road with the possible mother that was hit by a car right next to them. I took them and we had bought other ducks like Pekins, Magpies, Rouen...

We have a pond in our garden and mallards like to stop off and have a feed or take a dip in it. I’m recent weeks a single mallard male has been visiting the pond and he has feathers missing around his neck, a limp, He sits next to the pond most of the time, poops extremely frequently, and sits...