We are relatively new to mandarins, this is our first breeding season. I was curious when they molt. I thought it would have been in the fall like the other ducks, but ours look very ratty, like they are molting now. I think this may be correct since they would need to migrate in the fall so that would not be a good time to loose ones feathers. Also we have a female setting on a nest of six eggs and as of now only one is good and it should be hatching soon. I know fertility is good because we sold her first clutch and 3 out of those 5 hatched. So if we take the duckling off of her when it hatches would she lay another clutch? If we leave it with her would she lay another clutch later this year or do they only lay one per year?
This is not a mandarin question but I was wondering what color eggs do chiloe widgeons lay? Someone is laying a light green egg, about the size of a medium chicken egg. Right now we have two pair of mandarins, a pair of pintail, a pair of wood ducks, a pair of chiloe widgeons and a pair of ring teal. I know what the mandarin eggs look like and same with the pintail, which is broody. I also assume that the woody eggs look like mandarin eggs, a light brown. So I am assuming the eggs are from the widgeons, since the pintail is setting, the mandarins and I think the woodies are a light brow and they are too big for the teal.
This is not a mandarin question but I was wondering what color eggs do chiloe widgeons lay? Someone is laying a light green egg, about the size of a medium chicken egg. Right now we have two pair of mandarins, a pair of pintail, a pair of wood ducks, a pair of chiloe widgeons and a pair of ring teal. I know what the mandarin eggs look like and same with the pintail, which is broody. I also assume that the woody eggs look like mandarin eggs, a light brown. So I am assuming the eggs are from the widgeons, since the pintail is setting, the mandarins and I think the woodies are a light brow and they are too big for the teal.
