I think I am hideously in love with these ducklings. Y r they so cute?I also have 3 call ducklings and 2 mallard x call ducklings and I was wondering if you could tell their quality from these pictures. They are 2 weeks old today.
My blue fawn
My black bibbed
My chocolate magpie
So what do you think?
Oh, I do not want anything to happen to the sweet little mandarin buddy. Your explanation of the call duck sound vs the big duck sound makes perfect sense and is a perfect explanation. It is funny to hear that they are loud given their tiny size.
I thought she could. And I am happy to see the bad attacks have graduated into nips now. His behavior as you explain it makes total sense. It is a combination of many factors that contribute to his actions. In spite of all that he is still an innocent and precious little bitty duck. And he is funny, too. It seems the females, unless they are broody, don't get all amped up sexually like the boys. Is that true? Miss Lydia posted an interesting tidbit on The Duck Thread that the non broody birds do not like the behavior of the broody ducks.She can run circles around him if she has to, but she's also kind of a dum-dum so she tends to get herself cornered a lot.As for Wobs, I think it's a mix of jealousy, hormones and territorial behavior. He had total run of the house for nearly two years before lil' Bean came along, it'll just take time and patience, is all. The occasional butt nip is leaps ahead of where they were a month ago when he'd viciously grab onto her!
it all depends on the duck of course. Honestly I haven't clipped mine since last year. The fly around the house but don't take off. They enjoy running to the top of this hill by the house and then flying to the bottom and crash landing into a pile of other ducks.
mine regrow their wings 2X's a year. This is with each molt.
the female should too. My snowy females (well 2 of the 3) are molting.
