Hey Guys! It's Cliff with Helping Hands Ranch. We raise ducks and longhorns. Located in Honey Grove, Texas. Last year we started raising Ancona ducks. We have about 20 now. We also have about 30+ Mallards.
So my brother recently got 4 mallards that have been given to me to care for. They’ve been doing quite a lot of “flying” around and he’s worried that they’ll fly away in a few weeks if we don’t clip their wings. So I just have a couple of questions about clipping.
1. Is it ethical?
I feel bad...
I have a drake and hen mallard that have been living in a predator proof large outdoor pen for 3 years. Today my hen escaped when I was taking her latest egg. I searched for 12 hours on my property which is on a salt marsh. We almost caught her a few times but now it is night and she has never...
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.
Yesterday only one pair of wild Mallards were swimming in our semi-natural pool…
Today there were four, two pairs:
That means: Spring can't be too far away! Mallards know…
Hello, I have been leaning on BYC for over a year now since "jellybean" came into our lives. His mother and other ducklings were hit in the highway, in front of my husband June 4th 2017. I received a surprise visit at work from my husband with this tiny little animal in his hand. Hardly...
My grandson - and therefore myself by default - are raising an orphaned mallard hen. She is 4 months old and seems lonely. Because of dangers from predators and well-meaning or ignorant neighborhood children we've given her a 12 x 24 foot enclosure with two small ponds, but she's worried a path...
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A couple of months ago we rescued a one day old Mallard duckling who we confirmed was abandoned. We nursed (heat lamp, grass shavings, duckling feed, then premium duck feed, kiddie pool, enclosed yard to rummage in, etc...
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Hola. I am a waterfowl breeder and exhibitor from New South Wales, Australia. I first showed ducks as a junior in 2017, and have continued since going to a greater range of shows throughout NSW today. In recent years I have had a fascination for duck...
I have 3 mallards (2 drakes and hen) and since the summer both boys mate with the hen in the pool. The strangest thing happened today and this is the first time that we’ve seen it happen. One of our male mallards got on top of the other male in the pool and did exactly what he usually does to...
i have about 20 mallard ducklings (this is my first time with ducks) that are 4 and 5 weeks old. The older ones are almost fully feathered. The low here is about 60 degrees at night. Can I move them outside to a covered chicken coop yet?
Also, i've put a baby pool in with them in their pen...
I raised chickens once before and they lasted a while until one of our horses fed them ant poison.
Currently I have a 2.5 to 4 month old mallard (at least i think bc he is small), 2.5 to 4 month old pekin, 6 to 8 week old Khaki Campbell, and 2 nearly 4 week old Cayugas. And 8 chickens of...