Chilean/Sharp-winged teal care

[Rory the Chicken]

I have a pair of sharp winged teals that we picked up in December. We are keeping them with domestic poultry and everything seems to be going well. I have a few questions though. Do the teals need to be kept in a separate run? Are they ground nesting birds? When will they have clutches (when is the breeding season)? What is their dietary requirements? Is it ok to be keeping them with domestic chickens and ducks? do they need a pond or is a large basin ok? Do they need to have cover and a nesting box, E.G. branches and sticks in a pile so they can nest and hide?
any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[casportpony]

@The Phantom, can you help here?

 

[The Phantom]

Here is my pen. I feed all my ducks mazuri duck diet. It works great for them and is a floating pellet so no waste. you can keep them in with domestic ducks if they are okay with them, some larger ducks will pick at teal. I believe the are ground nesters. I don’t raise them. They would like a small pond but the don’t exactly need one.

 

[The Phantom]

For nests I use the boxes on the ground in the pics

 

[ColtHandorf]

@The Phantom - You have a beautiful set up! Do you have a thread somewhere that list all the birds you're breeding? I would love to see more pictures of that aviary. It is just so gorgeous!

 

[The Phantom]

Here is everything I raise!


Canvas back
Red head
American golden eye
Ruddy duck
Smew
Bufflehead
Hooded merganser
Ring neck
Mandarin
Wood duck
Chiloe widgeon
Falcated teal
Green wing teal
Cinnamon teal
Baikal teal
Ring teal
Northern pintail
Northern shoveler
Red crested pochard
Snow geese
Blue geese
Canadian geese
Trumpeter swan
East African Crane
Sandhill Crane
Blue scale quail
Mountain quail
Bobwhite quail
Coturnix quail
Impeyan pheasant
Cabot’s tragopan
Grey peacock pheasant
Blue peafowl

 

[The Phantom]

Here are some of my birds

 

[The Phantom]

Here are some of my birds

 

[ColtHandorf]

Absolutely gorgeous!

 

[Ram13]

Awesome birds! I am also in SE WI,do you have any issues keeping them outside in winter?