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Quote: all of them, if you get just 1 or 2, you'll end up getting all of them eventually anyway, so just do it all HAHA I agree its an addiction

Quote: Don't beat yourself up raising wild waterfowl is nothing like domestics, thats what makes it fun the challenges. You will have ups and downs every year no matter what. We have groups or Woodies that no matter what you do just refuse to eat. If you hatched 16 you are of to a good start...

It can be frustrating at times we have experienced this with other species, and what I have found is if the hen lays eggs and they are not fertile get a new drake. The hen is doing her job by laying the eggs but the drake is not. We have had this with year old birds and tried them the following...

Quote: raised like a wood duck box, or just raised a little off the ground. First thing comes to mind is a n. pintail. They lay pretty big green eggs. What all is in that pen, will help narrow the possiblities down. could be anything from pintails to eiders, but those are ground nesters, so...

Kanga, like destin said if they are in a nest give them some time to lay more they may skip several days, we have not had good success starting eggs in the incubator but what works good for us is to let the ducks sit for about two to two and a half weeks then put them in the incubator this works...

Quote: We kept them here in Michigan for many years they do alright in the cold as long as they have open water 24/7 and like destin said a shelter with straw the only problems we ever had was frostbitten feet but we can go for weeks here with below zero temps at nite and high temps of 10...

We do about the same as boogy stated with drilling the holes for the overflow only difference is we use male and female threaded connectors so you have to unscrew the plug to drain them we started this because in the winter here we have had ice lift the pipe removeing the plug thus emptying the...

Yep as boggy stated the more water movement the longer you can go between cleanings, another word of advice from making the mistake myself if making concrete ponds go with a 3-4 inch drain we tried 2" and they were always plugged nothing worse than busting the concrete to add a bigger drain.

Quote: As you will find out ducks are extemely deadly on any vegatation especially water plants unless you have a well established natural pond it will be hard to keep water plants alive you will need a large area with very few ducks and let it get well established before putting birds in the pen.

Quote: You could start with about anything if you like the teal you could keep Ringed, Greenwing, and Cinnamon without to much cross breeding concerns, or Bluewings instead if Cinnamon just don't put Cinnamon and Bluewing together. The prices of the birds generally tells you how easy they are...

Quote: sure did, that's a hooded egg no doubt How can you tell? We are starting to get eggs and I have no idea what any of them are... all but 1 is in a raised box so take your pick!! I mean I only have 30 different species! I know 1 is an Apricot Wood Duck hen because she is setting.. the...

Quote: Yes taxidermist will pay more than people wanting to breed the birds, a competion grade white mandarin drake for example is worth about 150.00 to a taxidermist and a live pair is worth about 125.00 to a breeder sounds crazy I know but it is true.

Where were the in grown feathers, wings, breast or all over. Deceased Mandarin drakes depending on feather condition can be worth up to 50.00 if they are in excellent feather condition.

Quote: We had a 10' x 10' shed that the birds we had then used almost every night, I guess I would use the lamp as long as needed and as you said maybe use a regular light bulb until they done breeding. We used a clear heat bulb I don't know if you have a clear or a red or even if it would...

Quote: Kanga, I wouldn't attempt artifical lights, being in Michigan with extreme cold the first year we had waterfowl we put heat lamps in the coop the ducks could go into they were not locked in but could go in at there own will. When it started to warm up in the spring we unpluged them and...

Quote: We use the same bands used for pigeons they are seamless have numbers and year issued also each year they are a different color which makes it nice when holding birds over from the previous year you can see from a distance by the color of the band whos who we get them here...

Quote: We raise them and ours have always been cavity nesters same box as a woodie or mandarin uses I would provide both ground boxes and elevated boxes. Really? Huh that's good to know, mine always had boxes but none ever used any... Yea aubrey we keep multiple pairs and have for many...

Quote: We raise them and ours have always been cavity nesters same box as a woodie or mandarin uses I would provide both ground boxes and elevated boxes.

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kanga, we use pine shavings in the raised boxes and pine needles in the ground boxes. We have several hudge white pines that drop needles we rake them up and use them for nest material.