Thanks everyone for your replies. :)
I double checked today when i finally remembered, and they all still have their back toes on both feet. We put a tarp over the top of the kennel where they are penned up to keep them in till i can get hubby to help me clip wings. We will be building a new...
And as far as the flying issue... Ive searched on here for clipping and feel like i can do it well. But when and how often does it get done? Ive read once a year, but about what time of year does it need done?
Thank you!!!!!! :) that was a huge help! I didnt realize it was only the right toe, i will have to double check now.
And they were hatched the first week of march, so they are far beyond six weeks old, ;)
Haunted, my limited understanding was that keeping mallards as pets is illegal unless you can prove they were hatched at a hatchery, usually denoted by removal of hind toes? I am new to this, so please bear with me, i am trying to learn but also cover my bases. I dont want any trouble.
Thank you.
No reciept left from the transaction. Hubby usually keeps that stuff for the farm accounts but since we bought them off the account, he didnt keep it. What other ways could they be identified as hatchery?
I dont want to butcher them, dont get me wrong. But i also dont want any legal...
We bought ten duckings from tsc last march. We weree aware that it would be possible to get mallards or mallard mixes, tho i was hoping for rouens.
It seems we have mallards. Yesterday they each began flying out of their ten foot high kennel and all around my yard. I will also add here that...