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These are the group of adults that the goslings came from. The goslings still have down but are starting to get gray feathers.

My daughter has been begging me for a "house duck." I am hoping when my mandarins hatch a clutch this week that I can get a baby and have it imprint on her.

This is awesome!

Ooh I like that. That would be neat for my pheasants too! Well done!

You may be right. The female mandarin duck is small but cranky. All seems well now thankfully

Usually, I just scoop them off of the perch and guide them into the little building to be double secured during the night...

He is in with a female and 2 mandarin ducks. They usually have a routine. The ducks go in the house to their cubby on their own... the pheasants usually are side by side on the perch in the evening. Tonight, the female went in without him and he was sitting in the back of the pen hiding in an...

I am probably worried over nothing, but I have never seen him not go up to his perch in the evening ... then I scoop him up and lock him inside the building in the pen.

I actually love Emus too. I adopted an older one in need of a home years ago. Her name was "Emuly" ...lol To be honest, I wouldn't mind another. ;)

A friend gave me a pair of mandarins.

I've had chickens and peafowl for years, but a few weeks ago I was given my first pair of red golden pheasants and I am in love. Such sweet birds.

She is adorable!

Peas like to belong to a bevy. I would keep a pair at the minimum. I have 2 males and 3 females that stay together all the time.

That is so cute. My white peahen also adopts baby chicks. I came out one night to close the coop and everyone had gone inside except for her. She stayed outside on the silkie chicks, keeping them warm until I corralled everyone into the coop. It was heart warming.