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Mallards and clipping wings
Hi all just wondering at what age mallards wings should be clipped? We have a large pen for my 3 mallards but I like to let them forage around the main garden when I'm home. On Monday I looked out the window to find them flying over the fence, I assume something scared them as they are only 9...- Downey0001
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Mallard Ducks
Hello, on May 30, 2024 I received 8 baby mallard ducklings. They were about 2 weeks old at the time. We have three large 1 acre ponds. It is now August 1, 2024 in PA. When should I release them to the ponds? Currently, I have been keeping them in a small barn barn and letting them into a run... -
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Ducks needing a new home.
Drakes looking to find a new home. With a heavy heart, it's come time to rehome my sweet drakes bc they won't leave my sweet chicks alone. They have 3 hens they can't seem to get enough of, so it's unfortunately time for this to happen. I have 2 white fawn runners, a mallard, and a Swedish Blue...- BrittanyG73
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Drakes looking to find a new home.
With a heavy heart, it's come time to rehome my sweet drakes bc they won't leave my sweet chicks alone. They have 3 hens they can't seem to get enough of, so it's unfortunately time for this to happen. I have 2 white fawn runners, a mallard, and a Swedish Blue, who is absolutely gorgeous! I have...- BrittanyG73
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Mallard Duckling.. Drake or Hen?!
Hi everyone! I was given this Mallard duckling to care for about 3 weeks ago. I was just curious if there’s a way to tell if will grow up to be a Drake or Hen? Below is a photo at 1wk & then 3wk- Anidanoodle
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Help broody mama left her nest overnight after 28 days, should I try incubating eggs?!
Hi everyone! My mallard duck has been broody for 28 days and yesterday into last night she seems to be done being broody and abandoned the eggs. It got down to about 50°f last night. Would that be too cold to try to salvage the eggs and attempt to hatch them in the incubator? Thank you- donahuefamilyfarm
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Mallard Duck Egg Suddenly Has Bruising, Advice Needed!
Hello all! Yesterday I had posted about this duck egg and today will be the same but a new discovery, as I noticed a new appearance of bruising on my ducklings egg (I have not taken it out of the incubator as of yet). The only thing is, it's where the membrane is (the pointy end). This...- mews
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Help Needed‼️ Mallard Duck Egg.
Hello all, I was hoping to find someone who could help me understand what's going on with my Mallard duck egg, as it has yet to hatch and I noticed it some new changes today. To start off, I had gotten this egg a while ago (about roughly two weeks ago) after finding that my mallards had been...- mews
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- duck hatching help hatching hatching duck eggs help help asap mallard duck mallard duckling
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cutting mallard dewclaw
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... -
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Help Mallard eggs day 32 and no hatching
I rescued some Mallard duck eggs and they are at day 32 and not one of them are hatching. I have them in a incubator I got from Amazon. I candle them and see some movements but no progress. I don’t know what to do with them. I’m afraid if I don’t help them some how they they will die.- Norak
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Ill mallard?
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...- mallardpondzzzzz
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Call duck or Mallard?
Hi I have 8 ducklings about one month old. They were sold to me as call ducklings but I never seen the parent stock and I have lost contact with the person. what do you think ? Call ducks or domesticated mallard? Or something else Help me out please- mybackyardhobbyfarm
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Help! Rescued mallard drake, need female duck
Please give advice. We have a full house with 10 hens and 2 roosters and dogs and cat, kids. Reacued a sweet mallard drake yesterday from an overcrowded coop with chickens and ducks that were attacking him. Brought him to a safe 8x8 enclosure in our yard (surrounded by our free range flock... -
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My female mallard flew away, please help :(
4 months ago my cat brought in a baby mallard duckling only a few days old, it was very late at night at we assumed she was abandoned so we kept her (she was unharmed) She grew up healthy and attached to me and my two cats (she bosses them around!), staying with me at all times and sleeping in... -
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Southern CA: 2 mallard ducklings
Please check out this thread for context... https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...cklings-needing-a-home.1480310/#post-24669326 I have 2 mallard ducklings that have human imprinted and are 3 weeks old. I am considering rehousing them if there is an experienced duck owner who can give them a...- AlyssaB4
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Broody duck eggs
So I have had two mallards that have gone broody one after the other. The first one I got rid of the eggs bc they weren’t fertile but she got so depressed after I did that that I didn’t mess with the eggs for the second one. These ducks are a year old and my first experience with ducks. The... -
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Mallard duck as pet?
Got a question about keeping a wild mallard duck. This duck showed up in our yard about a year ago. We were confused as to why a mallard duck showed up and never flew away when we approached it. It only walked away or did little flaps to getaway. We put her with our other ducks at the time to... -
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My ducks girlfriend died
I have a bonded pair of mallard ducks. Howard and honey they used to go everywhere together. If one of them got lost in the yard they would yell for each other. This morning Howard and honey did their morning flight around the farm and honey got hit by a car. She went out quick but it was still...- Chickenmom99
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Duck Help
Hello again, I’m worried about my duck, as she’s suddenly acting strange. I was trying to help her legs/feet become less dry last time I was here. I got a humidifier and some source of vitamin A. I also learned because of the dryness and other factors, she started to get bumblefoot. Since...- Kerya
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Female mallard suddenly very irritable
Hi everyone, I have a year old female mallard who I raised from an egg and she is very much imprinted in myself and my family. We got her another female runner duck of similar age to be her friend in our backyard. Recently our mallard has started acting very irritable and making a loud, hoarse...