MALLARD THREAD...not rouens, Mallards!

[Ravynscroft]

Babies!!!

First batch of the year from my black mallard female and one of my normal mallard males !!!

I have 2 grey(Normal) mallards and 2 black babies

Adorable, buff!!! Congratulations!!!

Got my the blacks are a boy and a girl, lol...

 

[buff goose guy]

Thank you Ravyn

 

[Ravynscroft]

Very welcome, buff... thanks for sharing...

 

[MallardNight3]

Here are mine, new duck mom not sure if female or males

 

[buff goose guy]

You have rouens not mallards

 

[PotatoWaffles]

Double broody mamas = double trouble? Lol

 

[NathanZee]

Here are mine, new duck mom not sure if female or males

It's hard to tell know, go by their voices. Females will make a loud quack when excited, and males will make a raspy quack much more often, but quieter.

You have rouens not mallards

Actually, I believe they are mallards, they just have had a big meal. They only have one eyestripe and are very lean.

 

[buff goose guy]

Quote: I wouldn't call that lean I would call that obese. Their crops are very low hanging and they have a very large keel, or "lobes", which isn't caused by just one large meal, but by a very unhealthy diet, my apologies for calling them rouens they are just very overweight, leading to the rouen suspicion.

 

[NathanZee]

I wouldn't call that lean I would call that obese. Their crops are very low hanging and they have a very large keel, or "lobes", which isn't caused by just one large meal, but by a very unhealthy diet, my apologies for calling them rouens they are just very overweight, leading to the rouen suspicion.

I don't mean that they are exactly lean for Mallards, I meant they are way to lean to be Rouens. It probably would be best if they dropped some weight, but I'm glad to see no angel wing on them.

On a "leaner" note,

my Mallards flew for over 20 minutes today! For some reason they disliked flying in winter for over 5 minutes but now with warming temps they seem to spend more time flying everyday! Does anyone have any tips to keep them in top condition for flight? They love it so much I want it to be easy for them.

 

[buff goose guy]

Quote: true

lol

,I dont like mine to fly so I give them the show-mans wing clip, but I what I do know is that conditioning any bantam breed for any type of flight can be done by giving them a flight pen/aviary is an amazing way for them to train for long distance flights. I have seen it done with mandarins and it seemed to work great.