I have the 56 ex and I've had poor results with my waterfowl and pheasants. I stored it under my bed and fired up my old spirtsman gqf again. I'm hand turning 40 some hooded merganser smew etc and having better results. Though i will say last year i got a 100/ hatch in mearns quail from the...
here's an idea of my Mandarin ducks aviary. I personally like to make their pen as natural as possible with plants etc but sgt.p i have heard of folks doing well in a concrete and metal type aviary..... but their feet get really sore on concrete all the time. And as far as trios. Yea they do...
I just bought a storm wigeon the other week from s guy here in Mexico. So noe I'm looking for a female wigeon. He's a lot prettier than my other male..... at this point I have two males no female...
Mandarin ducks are flighty and stress easy but I'm sure you can convince them to eat out of you hand. Move slow around them and always wear your same color feeding shirt when feeding them. Then change into that nasty colored shirt you never wear to catch them or clean the pen. They aren't color...
Good evening. I have Mandarin ducks and they get along perfectly fine with my pheasants. Over the years I've had red golden lady Amherst and swinehoe pheasants in with rhem at different times. And never had any problems. As far as nest size I make my nesting boxes 11 -11 inch square. 20 inches...