Abandoned Wood duck...?

[Mike Winters]

cool duckling color looks more like a mallard, the the wood ducklings iv seen are silver and black, not yellow and black like a mallard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aix_sponsa_chick.jpg

its still super cute though

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

cool duckling color looks more like a mallard, the the wood ducklings iv seen are silver and black, not yellow and black like a mallard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aix_sponsa_chick.jpg

its still super cute though

I was just thinking the same thing.

I guess we'll find out soon enough! Keep us posted on progress!

 

[Nsampsel]

cool duckling color looks more like a mallard, the the wood ducklings iv seen are silver and black, not yellow and black like a mallard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aix_sponsa_chick.jpg

its still super cute though

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I have Mallards...looks like a Mallie to me.

 

[rosewolf22002]

Awesome either way..I am just glad it is living! I trust ya'll! I was not there when the lady was told. I will love a mallard just the same as a wood duck! I wish it was a wood duck though we have 2 pair that summer on our land. I was hoping to have some more...Oh well!

 

[Nsampsel]

If it flies off this fall it's likely to bring a mate back with it next spring. Then you would have Woodies & Mallies both

 

[kathysducks]

Hi rosewood, I'm new to byc also. I just found it a couple weeks ago while looking for a mate for a wood duck that we found abandoned about a year and a half ago. That does look just like the one we found. So I think that is what you have. Ours is the hen and I'm sending out the money for the drake tomorrow. As long as your baby is eating I see no problem with raising it. You did say you never had a duck before so I would say if you didn't know, never feed it without water. Ducks require water to eat, maybe I was just stupid but no one told me that and I actually had one choke to death once. I was horrified. I raised my wood duck with pekings but since there all becoming ready to breed I think it's best she has her own mate. This is a pic of my girl.

no she is not one legged she is just standing on one foot lol

 

[rosewolf22002]

He turned out to be a Mallard drake. He is lovely! I bought him 3 Rouen hens. I am just waiting for them to start to lay. I will take a picture in the morning.

 

[rosewolf22002]

Here he is with his girls. I am washing out his pond.

 

[desertdarlene]

I bet he loves those big girls!

 

[kathysducks]

Well he looks happy with his 3 girls, how did you come to choose Rouens. Now that my woodie is going to have a mate, I want to choose some girls for my 2 Peking drakes, I thought about white crested because I thought it would be cool to have the girls having "hairdos" and didn't want pekings because I have read they don't set on there eggs. Since sometime I may want to collect for eating and some for them to hatch. I'm just not sure what might be a good match? Any ideas?