Hello everyone,
This is the story: I raised a duckling wood duck in summertime ( his entire family was ran over by cars and he was the lucky survivor). As he got older I got him a female mallard from a duck farm as a companion. As they grew up the male grew into a handsome wood duck and the female grew into a mallard. Originally I thought he was a mallard because I couldn't tell when he was young so they made the off couple. I couldn't stand the guilt of keeping them penned in and I didn't feel right clipping there wings. I live in a very nice area so they were save in the yard and just stayed in their pool happily all day. I was hoping that since they had everything they need, they wouldn't listen to their instincts and fly south. However, on the evening of October 26th thy finally left. I was devastated and searched local ponds but I knew they had went south for winter.
After they left I joined Backyard chickens. One member posted a thread about how a wood duck flew to his farm with a female mallard. I saw the pictures and I swear on everything that my ducks ended up on his farm. The member has been very nice in exchanging photos to compare. He also described their behavior which is the wood duck is very domestic and friendly while the mallard is skittish but follows him around, He is in Mississippi and I am in Connecticut.
This brings me to my question...how far and fast can ducks migrate? It would have been 5-7 day flight for them
This is the story: I raised a duckling wood duck in summertime ( his entire family was ran over by cars and he was the lucky survivor). As he got older I got him a female mallard from a duck farm as a companion. As they grew up the male grew into a handsome wood duck and the female grew into a mallard. Originally I thought he was a mallard because I couldn't tell when he was young so they made the off couple. I couldn't stand the guilt of keeping them penned in and I didn't feel right clipping there wings. I live in a very nice area so they were save in the yard and just stayed in their pool happily all day. I was hoping that since they had everything they need, they wouldn't listen to their instincts and fly south. However, on the evening of October 26th thy finally left. I was devastated and searched local ponds but I knew they had went south for winter.
After they left I joined Backyard chickens. One member posted a thread about how a wood duck flew to his farm with a female mallard. I saw the pictures and I swear on everything that my ducks ended up on his farm. The member has been very nice in exchanging photos to compare. He also described their behavior which is the wood duck is very domestic and friendly while the mallard is skittish but follows him around, He is in Mississippi and I am in Connecticut.
This brings me to my question...how far and fast can ducks migrate? It would have been 5-7 day flight for them
