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Wood ducks are usually great with others, mandarins would work well with wood ducks. A 10x10 area is what is recommended per a pair but the more area the better. The height of the fence should really matter if your not covering it as long as they can't get out. I do recommend barriering the...

So for your first question if the they can free range, the problem with them free ranging is that they are wild birds not to say that they can't get attached to you but they are not like demestics that you can let them go and they will come back at night. I would definitely make some type of...

Trio of wood ducks $120 Split pair of mandarins (white female regular male) $100 Located Butler PA. Can ship but prefer pick up PM me for more questions or email me at [email protected]

Anytime, hope you enjoy them!

Look at there beak color if it's pinkish it's a male if it's dark or grey it will be a female

There feet look different from a wood duck duckling. I'm not sure what they are

To answer @broody rooster question, I am currently working on an add-on to the aviary to house the offsprings till the are sold and will be able to open or close it of from the aviary so when the offspring are sold I can open it up to the ducks I keep. As of right now I will be putting them in a...

For the filtration I have a skimmer with a filter pad and a UV clearifier, it works amazing! And it kills algae so the water is more clear. I have cleaned the filter pad every other day which is fine but I have recently started cleaning it every day which is just a quick spray down on it and it...

For the floor I put down newspaper so weeds can't grow then river gravel about 2 inches deep then sand 2-3 inches deep. This keeps the floor very clean and you are still able to plant some plants. For the shade my aviary is more in the back with trees so the only time it doesn't get shade is...

The best feed will be mazuri waterfowl starter. I have some mandarin ducklings that I will be selling if you are interested.

Are you able to upload a picture? My mandarin started molting already so he could just be molting

Yea she has time to lay another clutch. My Woodie hen only sat on 2 eggs and hatched one of them, now she is laying more eggs again for another clutch.

Hey everyone. I'm sure this question comes up a lot but is there any tips for caring for mandarins ducklings? I have 13 ducklings and I want them to survive. I had a wood duck duckling and it died after 4 days. I know to use muzari feed but is there anything else I can do to help them?

They first few eggs are not always the best, they can have soft shells or not be fertile. Make sure she is getting enough calcium so she can lay eggs too. You can either get oyster shells or I know some feed will have oyster shells in it. Give her sometime too, she will probably start laying...

I would give it another day. Hopefully it makes a small hole in the shell tomarrow. You can help it if its having trouble getting out but other than that I'd let the duckling do it itself. If you do help it just be careful were you pull, sometimes the egg shells can stick to the duckling.