As long as they are waterfowl I'm fine with them lol
I keep geese myself too
They are vermeer you different kind of birds though. Let not forget it.
I get slightly annoyed when I see articles about "feeding ducks and geese". Natural food of ducks is mainly insects, snails, slugs while geese eat...
What do you mean she's in the dog crate?
Pekins are unlikely to sit for the entire incubation. Eggs are layered?!?!
They have to be in one level otherwise they will not be heated equally. The bottom ones will rot and might spoil the others
It's really simple - do they quack?
If they quack when you grab them then they are girls otherwise boys.
Curly feathers are not a guarantee as they could be moulting or broken off.
They are definitely muscovies. Black spot on their heads might disappear after their adult molt and they will be so called French white utility type muscovy.
You know, theres some people who rear mallard commercially and release them into the wild in autumn for hunting.
You might actually phone RSPB to ask them how to rear then in such a way that you can release them into the wild when they are big enough
First of all he shouldn't have taken them in the first place. Their mum was most likely nearby!
You can raise wild mallards just like domestic ducks. Loads of people do that
RSPB advice on nesting mallards...