mallard

My neighbor found this little one in their yard and since they know I have ducks, they brought it to me 🥺 My own ducks are currently 9 weeks old and I’m keeping them separate from this one. I have a female Rouen and a male Chocolate Runner. I’m not sure on age, guessing around a day old...

This is Becky, my mallard. She has always had a very spirited and sassy personality, but lately, she has been very stand-offish, doing some very gruff quacking and hunching her neck down/ruffling her feathers every time she sees me. In the picture, you can see that her neck is hunched down—I...

Yesterday I hatched some domestic mallard ducks and I’m super excited to join the community! This is the first time I’ve hatched anything in over a decade lol

I managed to hatch some domestic mallard eggs yesterday and I want to make sure I have done everything I can to make sure they aren’t mistaken for wild types. I already clipped the right toe, is there anything else I need to do?

My nearly three year old Mallard bantam still won't allow the blue fawn drake I introduce to them two weeks ago to breed any of the female ducks. He breeds the mallard hen he came with, and attempts to force the rouen hen to copulate (this rouen is the absolute best friend of my dominant mallard...

So, I briefly posted in my introduction that I'm hoping to raise mallard ducklings on a small farm pond. Let me provide just a bit of background: The property where this would be happening is roughly five acres. There is a climate controlled garage that would be the location for the brooder to...

Hi everyone! I am in need of immediate assistance. I rescued a mallard duck egg that she had kicked out of the nest and cracked. I put wax over the crack and started incubating it just in case he was still alive. Well, we are on day 30 and he’s moving, etc. I believe he may have pipped...

I have a three year old mallard hen that proved multiple times she can sit and brood for a while, multiple times. This was before I purchased my new blue fawn call drake, I was considering letting my hen go broody on live eggs, thus breeding the two. Not completely sure I want to do this yet...

Hello. I know that mallard ducklings have a black bill that changes to orange w/ some black when they get their feathers in. I am wondering if the bill continues to change after adulthood. Does some of the black fill back in sometimes? I took a picture of a female mallard at 4 months old (left)...

Hi I have a mallard duck egg that internally pipped on match 2nd (3 days ago) I started the incubation on February 2nd (so it was on day 24). I was worried because the air sac was smaller then normal, I think from too high of humidity during the whole incubation, between 55-65, other then the...

Hey all, hatching my first ducks, and egg pipped yesterday morning, and not much progress has happened. Using nurture right 360, I'm on day 27, temp has been dropped to 98.5 at lockdown, and humidity is at 78 percent. I'm attaching some pics from first pip to now. Sorry if this has been asked 5...

Can you help me identify the gender and breed for some of these ducks please? I am mostly concerned about the gender of the big 4 ducks. I hope they are not all males or I would have to separate them from my mallard and blue Swedish. Also if you can tell the gender of the black blue Swedish. I...

I just got three new white campbell (drake and two ducks) and put them together with my two mallards (drake and duck). They were doing fine together outside, but I noticed that the campbells, especially the drake, is picking on the mallards. Nipping and biting them They are together for 2 days...

My drake looks normal in pretty much every other way besides the bill colour, are they not all bright yellow?

Couple questions because my internet search is leaving me confused. 1. I think my Cayuga hen mated with my Muscovy by the looks of the foliage. I thought she had mated with the mallard. Will these babies be mules if the Muscovy is the dad? 2. Can Muscovy ducks or any domestic ducks do second...

We got some ducks that are all supposed to be female, however this one is confusing me. She has a brown beak but she doesn't really have a quack. Recently she's been changing colour, but she hasn't molted her first time yet. What could this be, and could it be a male? Also should I be worried if...

Okay here’s the short of it: I ordered and paid for two Mallards in April with my two Pekins. I have my Pekins but my Hatcher has been struggling to successfully hatch my two mallards. He keeps offering swap outs, which I’m holding out on for the mallards, but today he says he has some Swedish...

Hello all! Got some welsh harlequin, Cayuga, and mallard ducks. They went all broody and I let them. The male welsh and mallard were schtuping everythingwth a feather and a welsh and Cayuga female each were sitting. I was just going natural with the hatching until I found a dead duckling. So I...