Mandarin Duck thread ( for posting pictures and discussing)

[RuzichFamily]

I'm going to keep the whites for sure and my MIL wants a pair of regs so I dunno what I'll end up with yet.

 

[Buck Oakes]

Got my other mandarin today, I named it Ember and i can't tell if Ember is a boy or girl yet.

 

[ShellyBear]

Hoping for some ducklings this weekend, I finished my new aviary too.

 

[Buck Oakes]

I still haven't finished our ducks aviary yet :/

 

[ShellyBear]

Tomorrow or Monday in the lucky day!! I will be really sad if none of the ducklings hatch.

I have everything set up and it would be a shame if it was for nothing. NO! They will hatch I can feel it, no more doubting!

 

[Buck Oakes]

I know they'll hatch Shelly

 

[cajunfowl0]

Tomorrow or Monday in the lucky day!! I will be really sad if none of the ducklings hatch.  I have everything set up and it would be a shame if it was for nothing. NO! They will hatch I can feel it, no more doubting!

How do you plan on caring for the ducklings?

 

[ShellyBear]

I have a big metal trough with shavings, and a heat lamp. I read that its not good to put any other kind of ducklings in there to teach them to eat because the other ducks will grow faster and get aggressive, and instead you put live mealworms on there food. I have a small bowl that can be their swimming pool.

 

[Buck Oakes]

Ive read that its perfectly fine to keep other ducklings in there to teach them how to drink and eat and then you could always move them out. and if you have call ducks or any other kind of bantam breed they should be fine, even bantam chicks

 

[cajunfowl0]

Ive read that its perfectly fine to keep other ducklings in there to teach them how to drink and eat and then you could always move them out. and if you have call ducks or any other kind of bantam breed they should be fine, even bantam chicks 

Buck is correct its ok to put other birds with them to teach them how to eat. you will still need meal worms tho. I wouldn't put the little pool thing in the brooder with them that's not the best idea. To wet brood ducklings you really need a specially made brooder if you want the best results. That's my opinion anyway. Go big or go home