Mandarin Duck thread ( for posting pictures and discussing)

[Buck Oakes]

would it be better to get them when they're 3 weeks old?

 

[elsfieldchickens]

That is most certainly not ok where would you put a feeder best box and water? All the room would be taken up the ground will be disgusting which will in turn make the water nastier faster

I could make it 18X3 but thats the maximum size i could do really

 

[destinduck]

If ft cant be at least 6 feet wide. I wouldnt reccomend keeping em then.

 

[Buck Oakes]

ok heres another question, I've read that babies need to be tamed because you can't tame adults that well

and mandarins are super friendly when they imprint on you, so heres the question what exactly makes them die? if they imprint on you and are calm, how do they die?

 

[cajunfowl0]

ok heres another question, I've read that babies need to be tamed because you can't tame adults that well

and mandarins are super friendly when they imprint on you, so heres the question what exactly makes them die? if they imprint on you and are calm, how do they die? 

Yes adults are harder to tame but with time a patience it's still possible. These little mandarin babies will not imprint on you they will be terrified on you if you get close to them most likely. They die bcus they are being moved around to a new environment than what they're used to and it unsettles them it will cause them to not eat. Even the best waterfowl experts lose birds sometime maybe not mandarins but birds like mergansers and ruddy ducks.

 

[cajunfowl0]

You have to remember these are wild birds not domestics. They will never truly be tame. I only know two or three people who have Extremely tame birds two are jan harteman and mike Lubbock. Two of the biggest waterfowl experts in the world.

 

[BYC-user-174785]

People can imprint birds (as cajunfowl0 mentioned) and that results in a bird thinking you are the mom. That does not mean the baby will not die. All babies will imprint on their mom but clearly not every single duckling survives. Imprinting is vital around hatch and immediately after hatching. That's when the bonds are formed. Getting a week old duckling won't work. Plus it will be wild, scared, and lonely... Just don't want you expecting this to be a breeze. Mandarins are not domestic.

 

[Buck Oakes]

okay so a few hours is optimal for even having a baby, if, and only if it is in a calm environment and comfortable with its surroundings right? btw its going to be with some call ducklings

 

[Buck Oakes]

People can imprint birds (as cajunfowl0 mentioned) and that results in a bird thinking you are the mom. That does not mean the baby will not die. All babies will imprint on their mom but clearly not every single duckling survives. Imprinting is vital around hatch and immediately after hatching. That's when the bonds are formed. Getting a week old duckling won't work. Plus it will be wild, scared, and lonely... Just don't want you expecting this to be a breeze. Mandarins are not domestic.

oh i completely understand that, but if it imprints with you it usually calms down with your presence such as a new born relaxes when it hears its mothers voice or when its mother is rocking it. i get that it could still possibly die but its less of a chance

 

[cajunfowl0]

It won't imprint on you plain and simple sorry. If you truly love these birds then you will get them when they are older and not in danger of death for your own personal pleasure