Need Wood Duck and Mandarin Experts' Advice

[DMFarm]

Chicken0Boy
Two pairs is all you should put in there if you want 3 pairs build your pen a little bigger.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

Ok thanks! Do they like alot of water space?

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

more the marrier, they are waterfowl, they prefer to swim over walking, though arent as water dependant as divers are. give them as much as the pen space and budget will allow them

 

[Chicken0Boy]

Okay I will do my best!

 

[Matapatos]

BBB is right about the Federal part! The USFWS does not require you to have a permit to just keep them... But we all want to abide by the law, even local law, so you do have to check. Hopefully you don't have to have a permit to keep wood ducks, but its for sure about mandarins, you don't have to have one. The DWR here in Utah tried to tell me that I have to have one for Mandarins too, but they couldn't come up with anything in writing, because it isn't there. If you get someone that doesn't know, they will probably try and tell you you have to have one. They did say too, that I have to have the Federal permit to sell them, which isn't true. Good luck! Mallardlanefarms.com has a whole list of birds and are competitively priced if you have to ship. They can't beat a local breeders price, but if you can't find one, they are pretty dang good and great at cooperating and communicating! Good luck!

BBB,
That sounds so cool about your 'setup'. I would love to have something like that! You are so lucky. And I'm glad to hear you got everything sorted out, hopefully all in your favor. Post up pics soon, we wanna see em!

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

I'll get on it,
as for the farm, it was 150 acres, we lost a few unfairly, but still have 130, so not bad, just glad all that's over with, and looking forward to getting all my birds back now!!!!
Just gone take a lot of time and money, I had over an acre in just waterfowl aviaries back then.

That is true about local and state guys, the problem with them is you cant find one up there smart enough to tell you anything.
I went threw that with my wild turkeys, they said all were banned here in GA, but they didnt realise there was more than 1 kind, turns out, just our native Easterns are, which was what I was trying to tell the hard headed jokers. You have to find one that is familiar with poultry laws, not many are, which makes it hard on us as keepers.

That's why I like Federal, those guys mostly know what they are talking about, I even like the Federal Gamewardens over state too. They come out for inspections on waterfowl, and actually know each bird, even rare endangered stuff I had like Laysan Teal, state guy knew the wood ducks!! LOL

Be patient with them, some times it's better to just go to their websites and read it for yourself.
Some states, just portect their local native birds, some do ALL poultry reguardless of species, so it can get complicated on that level, but as for Federal, it is just native north amaerican species,and endangered ones, some like the falcated teal and baikal teal, are on there too, yet very few have ever been found here in the states. Good thing is Federal has an easy to read full list of all the ones they require papers on, and they must be marked at hatch, hind toe removed or pinioned, or prober bands, this must be done even if they are just your own private birds, so keep that in mind.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

BBB do you know about Anderson, S.C.? I cant find it as a search!

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

never heard of them

 

[Chicken0Boy]

So you think I dont need a permit in anderson county to own and sell mandarins! GREAT!

 

[1lpoock]

No one in the U.S. needs a permit to own or sell mandarins.