So recently went to local pond to help with my brother and their small children. Part of the excitement was for them to see the pond ducks (and compare them to ours).
I noticed right away the pond ducks were much smaller and thinner than my ducks.
I wondered why?
I guess that some of this is that they don't get grain when living on the pond. But do they get enough food in the ponds to sustain themselves? And if they aren't getting grain I'm curious how well they survive? (This pond doesn't have snapping turtles, etc... although it did have seagulls and even a couple of geese.)
The pond ducks were more wary than normal ducks. And they appeared to be a few aylesburies or white layers and the rest being traditional wild mallards. The mallards could fly, and it was amazing to see how high and far they could fly, when we saw them do so.
I noticed right away the pond ducks were much smaller and thinner than my ducks.
I wondered why?
I guess that some of this is that they don't get grain when living on the pond. But do they get enough food in the ponds to sustain themselves? And if they aren't getting grain I'm curious how well they survive? (This pond doesn't have snapping turtles, etc... although it did have seagulls and even a couple of geese.)
The pond ducks were more wary than normal ducks. And they appeared to be a few aylesburies or white layers and the rest being traditional wild mallards. The mallards could fly, and it was amazing to see how high and far they could fly, when we saw them do so.