Mallard duck flying - blood feathers?

[007Sean]

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[swampfox440]

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[Tookie]

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[Boppo]

Glad to meet you. Best wishes with your duck and all your plans.

 

[beyondthelens]

Please help me with our mallard. He/she wondered into our yard as a baby on July 4th. We never were able to rehome so kept and raised. This duck is very much a member of our family and has all the amenities. Today while done swimming our duck flew into the neighbors yard. They have dogs and we got lucky we were able to grab our duck quickly back. Now I need to know if it’s too young to clip their wings. By looking at the flight feathers most are all white filled but a couple (the larger ones) look like they may have old blood? If the wings still have some blood should I pen her up until she’s got all white feathers? Im trying to give her a safe home. Thank you!

Welcome! I hope you're able to get the situation taken care of. Look up a video on how to do. I did it for my sky-high flying Hamburg. I just did one side

We were able to clip her wings this morning and she is now happily back out to free roam, safe from traffic and dogs.

 

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