Help! New with wood ducks and had one die. I do not know why.

[waterfowl rocks]

Could I use the offspring from one pair to get a mate for the other male?

 

[norcalbirds]

Yes as long as they are different blood lines. You always want unrelated birds. I always buy two pairs of everything I plan on breeding so I can make unrelated pairs from there off spring

 

[waterfowl rocks]

They are! That's good I know lots of people who would buy woodies if it did not cost so much to ship!

 

[norcalbirds]

I agree shipping can be a lot but make sure your permits are valid and you do it legally. You may have to separate the extra drake so the pair can focus on breeding.

 

[waterfowl rocks]

Yeh thanks for reminding me about permits! Forgot!! And I thought I would have to separate them. Thanks you have been so much help!

 

[norcalbirds]

You have the paperwork for them for buying them you can't sell them or the off spring without a permit. So I'd say wait to get that permit tell ur sure you'll have stock to sale else your wasting money. Just check you state laws and you should be okay

 

[waterfowl rocks]

Ok, thanks for the help.

 

[duckmanjim]

I always had two females to every male. Also i never was able to tame my woodies! Even hatching them in an incubator and hand raising them,they were wild! Only duck i could tame was a No Pintail who i hatched and raised and she lived in the garage with my golden retriever and ate his food and she came in the house when we opened the door!

 

[waterfowl rocks]

Yeh I think most are like that you just see those on YouTube that sit on your shoulder.