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Glad you had a chance to look threw it all.
Yes shovelers are a great beginer duck, and very unusual looking too, I love them.
I'd advise the northern though, they are the prettiest to me anyway, and about 1/5 the price.
Notherns are in the $60- $80 range
both the others are pushing $350- $450 depending on the breeder, though I have seen them both down to $250 before
I also forgot about the cape shoveler, cant believe I did that, there are 4 species of them, not 3, though very few have the cape. They are similar to cape teal, but a tan over all body color with black speckles
They all do well in community pens, I never had a cross out of them either, but I always keep everything perfectly paired or with extra hens. If you have spare males of anything, they will hunt a mate.
plants are a tricky thing, you'll only be successful with them in large aviaries, other wise, they will strip them bare. That in mind, get the toughest, most nonplatable kinds in your area. Just make sure they arent toxic. Some juniper plants have little blue berries on them, that will get eaten, some are safe, some will kill them dead, so I just stay way from all the ones with berries.
Here, I always did good with pampas grasses, they loved nesting in them. Grape vines (from my pics you can see that)
elephant ears (need to be established before you put the birds in though. Wild reeds, black willow trees for shade, pretty much any tough plant will do, but with all of them, it's best to get them established in the pen ahead of time.
Feel free to ask any more questions you can think of
Aubrey
Glad you had a chance to look threw it all.
Yes shovelers are a great beginer duck, and very unusual looking too, I love them.
I'd advise the northern though, they are the prettiest to me anyway, and about 1/5 the price.
Notherns are in the $60- $80 range
both the others are pushing $350- $450 depending on the breeder, though I have seen them both down to $250 before
I also forgot about the cape shoveler, cant believe I did that, there are 4 species of them, not 3, though very few have the cape. They are similar to cape teal, but a tan over all body color with black speckles
They all do well in community pens, I never had a cross out of them either, but I always keep everything perfectly paired or with extra hens. If you have spare males of anything, they will hunt a mate.
plants are a tricky thing, you'll only be successful with them in large aviaries, other wise, they will strip them bare. That in mind, get the toughest, most nonplatable kinds in your area. Just make sure they arent toxic. Some juniper plants have little blue berries on them, that will get eaten, some are safe, some will kill them dead, so I just stay way from all the ones with berries.
Here, I always did good with pampas grasses, they loved nesting in them. Grape vines (from my pics you can see that)
elephant ears (need to be established before you put the birds in though. Wild reeds, black willow trees for shade, pretty much any tough plant will do, but with all of them, it's best to get them established in the pen ahead of time.
Feel free to ask any more questions you can think of
Aubrey
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