One of my mallards is having babys and we are hesitant to let her join back with the rest of the flock because we don't know if she will be able to protect her babys from them as she is significantly smaller than our other ducks. (The flock is of mixed breeds that lives at the pond) her nest is...
I have a duck that got an injury a while ago, we don't know what happened but suspect a turtle got her. We cleaned it up and kept her for a couple of days in our coop before letting her go back to the pond with our other ducks. A couple days later when we checked on her we saw it got worse and...
One of my mallard ducklings has green tinted head feathers. "He's" only five weeks old... Is this supposed to happen? Does this mean it's a drake? Or is it a different duck all together? Please let me know! I can send pictures if needed!
I have four mallard ducklings and want more, I'm wanting them to hatch fertilized eggs but don't know if there siblings. If they are brother and sister will the eggs not get fertilized? Or is there any way to tell if they are siblings.