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I don't have much experience--but I have read that if you could run into trouble if you try to introduce drakes and they could hurt the smaller ducks when trying to breed.

We are moving to the greater Las Vegas area.

Will do!

Thanks Farm316--I have posted there as well :)

We are moving out of state in a few months. I am looking to rehome my 1 Drake and 3 Ducks. We are in northern California (about 1.5 hours north of Sacramento. They are sweet ducks with fun personality about 5 months old.

Besides mowing--what are your tips, tricks, and bits of knowledge for cleaning up feathers around the yard with your freerangers?

My girls are not yet laying but over 5 months old. I've noticed the male starting to mate with them and are wondering where they will end up nesting? I do have an enclosure that they were raised in, but they don't spend much time there now. Currently, they don't fly out of my yard but will...

Are you wanting ducklings or full grown?

I just thought of this...what about making them their own perch? Would that maybe help them to not seek these higher places in the yard?

Hey all~ I have raised 4 Muscovy ducks since they were 3 weeks old (they are now 14 weeks). They initially kept to the lawn and their duck habitat. I got them to help with the tick problem so I have wanted them to be free range during the day. Now, they are coming on the deck and they are...

This site says that for snakes hardware cloth should be 1/4 inch mesh.-- "The fence should be made of heavy galvanized hardware cloth, 36 inches wide with a 1/4-inch mesh. The lower edge should be buried six inches in the ground and the fence should be slanted outward from the bottom to the top...

Like I said, I'm very new at this. But I found this site helpful! http://www.muscovyduckcentral.com/gender.html

I'm interested to know too. My ducks are similar. Black and white parents with chocolate and green sheen.

I'm fairly new at this, and could totally be wrong--but based on beak size, I'd say the one in the foreground on the third picture is a drake. Maybe the next one back too? I could tell a lot better on mine at about 7 weeks.

OOooo, I need some of that electric netting. Where is the best place to get it?