would start by spraying a light bleach solution on the ground in your pen,And keep pools and pond water changed every 3 days for a couple weeks.Either way this is good and wont hurt as old food particles in the groud is where they can pick it up from.Sounds like a bout with botulism or something...
Just been outta the loop. lol.Im back. been having a bugger of a time with logging back im here. Grrr, Hopefully it lets me stay on and not having to keep asking for a password again, Frustrating. Anyways Hello Lydia and CASportpony.Hope lifes been treating yall kind,
Sorry Just sold the last mine 3 weeks ago for 150 a pair and my extra male 2 year old. Sorry you thought the price was too high but thats what I get for 2 year old or better birds. good luck finding some though.
If you mean mature as in to breed and make ducklings they will be ready to go next spring. Hovabators are fairly cheap and pretty reliable for what you would need. However with the questions you ask ( being new to this) I think you should let the hen raise them herself. Google mandarins and...
FIRST Give em a couple weeks to settle in. Then just spend as much time out with them as possible.Especially when feeding, That is all! AlsoThe bigger the pen the easier they get used to you. All Mandarins will become as tame as a domestic if you do this,I have to watch out for all my wild type...
They do best paired up because they tend to lay around the same time so you may get infertile eggs and also the drake is loyal to the hen he is with. However once his hen is setting he may service another. So 2 ....tops and thats providing if all went as planned, haha.
All my mandarins have bred their first year. I dont know of any of the feeds nowdays made with harmful medication. That was in the olden days. If your drake is losing feathers its because he is molting.No big deal. They all do that shortly after breeding. Sometimes it happens even a bit...
No point in putting his mate in since you are trying to heal him. Sounds like you done everything right, If I have a deep wound I use neosporin. It gets dirty looking but That has always worked best for me. Sure keep an eye on him but also dont keep on messing with him too much cause stress can...
Chicken layer pellets in 15 -16 percent protien and you can bump up the protien for breeding with some gamebird maintainence or gamebird breeder. I still use the Mazuri waterfowl starter for ducklings but gave up that Mazurii as the main diet years ago. Too expensive and I got the same results