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@yeldman, Are his breast feathers plucked or in rough shape? The treading you mention is usually caused by poor feather condition on the breast. Could be caused by a variety of factors... DT

Go for it. "Cuz" what do I know...

No, no, no. They dropped mandarins and wood ducks 100 years ago. Order a bag of mazuri duck starter online, offer it in a dish near the water and sprinkled in the water itself. Don't kiss/ snuggle/ play with them. Keep them calm, quiet and secure. They can climb well for the first few days- use...

Pull the eggs before they hatch and hand raise them. They usually do not do well being parent raised in a small enclosure with other birds. Anticipate high mortality if you leave them. You can pull the eggs after they pip. Don't wait for the ducklings to hatch as you'll risk imprinting on the...

Nice calm birds are also the product of how they were reared, how they are kept and where they are housed. The demeanor of the owner also helps, as does a regular routine and feeding items the birds like - lettuce, millet or whatever. Ducklings with a lot of human exposure - people coming and...

SilverWoodDuck: Great photos of very well cared for birds in a nice facility! Congratulations. DT

Not split to white mandarins (sigh, I wish, NO LUCK with them this year ) but here's a clutch of bufflehead and a Baer's pochard teacher duckling. Boring, I know. My apricot wood ducks haven't hatched yet. Fingers crossed!

Thanks Boggy! I think I found some on page 50 of the migratory waterfowl thread in the ducks forum (if anyone else is wondering too). Too bad you didn't take more photos. Must have been too busy selling thousands of ducks! How did you market so many birds? DT

BoggyBottom: I sold thousands every year Could you post pictures of the thousands of ducks you used to have and sell???? I'd love to see the awesome collection you must have had! How about we go photo for photo! I'll go first: DT

Mike L: The white ones aren't rare at all...some might even call them 'junk' (NOT ME)! Capt. Destin: I wish you had kept those apricot Mandarins alive, I think they were the FIRST in North America which would have been awesome. On my next import from Europe I'm going to do all mutations...

AHOY Captain Destin! Congratulations on what sounds like an awesome hatching season. 80 MANDARINS, holy cow! Don't flood the market!!!!! That deserves two DT