COPIED AND PASTED FROM 50 CFR 21.13:
§ 21.13 Permit exceptions for captive-reared mallard
ducks.
Captive-reared and properly marked mallard
ducks, alive or dead, or their eggs may be acquired,
possessed, sold, traded, donated, transported, and
disposed of by any person without a permit, subject to the following conditions, restriction s, and requirements:
(a) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
permit the taking of live mallard ducks or their eggs from
the wild.
(b) All mallard duck s possess ed in captivity,
without a permit, shall have been physically marked by at
least one of the following methods prior to 6 weeks of age
and all such ducks hatched, reared, and retain ed in captivity
thereafter shall be so marked prior to reaching 6 weeks of
age.
(1) Removal of the hind toe fro m the rig ht foot.
(2) Pinioning of a wing : Provided, That this
method shall be the removal of the metacarpal bones of one
wing or a portion of the metacarpal bones which renders the
bird permanently in capable of flight.
(3) Banding of one metatarsus with a seamless
metal band.
(4) Tattooing of a readily discernible number or
letter or combination thereof on the web of one foot.
(c) When so marked, such live birds may be
disposed of to, or acquired from, any person and possessed
and transferred in any number at any time or place:
Provided, That all such birds sh all be physically marked
prior to sale or disposal regardless of whether or not they
have attain ed 6 weeks of age.
SINCE YOU STATED YOU ACQUIRED THE MALLARDS LEGALLY IN THE FIRST PLACE, NOT TO MENTION THEY MAY BE LESS THAN 6 WEEKS OLD, CLIP THE RIGHT HIND TOE OF EACH BIRD AND YOU WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE. (I AM IN NO WAY SUGGESTING ANY ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.)
THE LIKELIHOOD OF REACHING SOMEONE AT TSC WHO IS KNOWLEDGABLE IN REGARDS TO MBTA ISSUES IS SLIM TO NONE.
§ 21.13 Permit exceptions for captive-reared mallard
ducks.
Captive-reared and properly marked mallard
ducks, alive or dead, or their eggs may be acquired,
possessed, sold, traded, donated, transported, and
disposed of by any person without a permit, subject to the following conditions, restriction s, and requirements:
(a) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
permit the taking of live mallard ducks or their eggs from
the wild.
(b) All mallard duck s possess ed in captivity,
without a permit, shall have been physically marked by at
least one of the following methods prior to 6 weeks of age
and all such ducks hatched, reared, and retain ed in captivity
thereafter shall be so marked prior to reaching 6 weeks of
age.
(1) Removal of the hind toe fro m the rig ht foot.
(2) Pinioning of a wing : Provided, That this
method shall be the removal of the metacarpal bones of one
wing or a portion of the metacarpal bones which renders the
bird permanently in capable of flight.
(3) Banding of one metatarsus with a seamless
metal band.
(4) Tattooing of a readily discernible number or
letter or combination thereof on the web of one foot.
(c) When so marked, such live birds may be
disposed of to, or acquired from, any person and possessed
and transferred in any number at any time or place:
Provided, That all such birds sh all be physically marked
prior to sale or disposal regardless of whether or not they
have attain ed 6 weeks of age.
SINCE YOU STATED YOU ACQUIRED THE MALLARDS LEGALLY IN THE FIRST PLACE, NOT TO MENTION THEY MAY BE LESS THAN 6 WEEKS OLD, CLIP THE RIGHT HIND TOE OF EACH BIRD AND YOU WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE. (I AM IN NO WAY SUGGESTING ANY ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.)
THE LIKELIHOOD OF REACHING SOMEONE AT TSC WHO IS KNOWLEDGABLE IN REGARDS TO MBTA ISSUES IS SLIM TO NONE.