Mandarin Duck thread ( for posting pictures and discussing)

[Buck Oakes]

Can somebody post a pic of a female blonde mandarin, I found a private seller who is looking to get rid of one since she doesn't have a mate

 

[BYC-user-174785]

Blonde can be used synonymously with white. So the hen will look like a white mandarin.

 

[Buck Oakes]

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[Buck Oakes]

So in this case blond wouldn't be the light buff color like elsfieldchickens

 

[Buck Oakes]

Some new pictures of my blonde mandarins.Any guesses on sex.Im thinking the one in the middle is a drake and the other 2 are hens. Thinking this one is a drake. and this one is a hen?

Like these

 

[BYC-user-174785]

No, because to my knowledge we do not have European equivalent of the Blonde Mandarin in the U.S.

 

[Buck Oakes]

okay thanks Blue creek XD

 

[BYC-user-174785]

No problem. If you do happen to find any new color mutation Mandarin Ducks then let us know, but I bet it's just a white one.

 

[Buck Oakes]

Like could I take the eggs when my female lays them? Or would it always be better to take them halfway through the incubation?

 

[Buck Oakes]

No problem. If you do happen to find any new color mutation Mandarin Ducks then let us know, but I bet it's just a white one.

The female the guy had was whitish, it was more cream but still white, not yet the European blonde yet a tad tanner than white, but he wanted $300 for just her, and since my male is the wild type color, her genetics wouldn't have really passed and then I would have to find another duck with similar genetics so I didn't take her, she wasn't anywhere near tame and didn't even come near the woman ( the mans wife) who had apparently hand raised her soooo... But it was a really nice place and a huge aviary for just 10 ducks (mandarins, and wood ducks) the wood ducks were so pretty! they had silver, apricot, wild type, and I think they said that they had a platinum male, but I'm pretty sure it was just silver. They were cute