The Migratory/Ornamental Waterfowl INFO Thread

[JulieNKC]

I've got a breeding trio of wild " Spoonies " in our pond.They've gotten more social to us people now.When we throw out some seed for our geese and ducks they get out of the water and get some.They've been here for a good while. Anything I should do or just leave them be?

One of our hens.

How neat that they are friendly. I have a canada goose that lives with my geese, and I love the fact that she could leave whenever she wants, but chooses to stick around. She is the reason I got interested in exotic/ornamental waterfowl and ended up with my mandarins. Besides, I have ordinances controlling how many birds I can own, but there's nothing saying where wild birds have to choose to live so she lets me "have" another goose without going over my limit, lol.

 

[kacky]

Here are a few of our birds:

 

[destinduck]

Beautiful birds. Thanks for sharing,

 

[JulieNKC]

Beautiful birds. Thanks for sharing,

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Very nice!

 

[KansasKid]

Looking for a hooded merganser hen if anyone knows of anyone. Thanks.

 

[destinduck]

I pmedyou for the female hoodie Kansas Also edited to say I pmed you chickenfarmer.

 

[southern oaks]

Has anyone seen or heard of a blue mandarin.. Have a friend from canada, on a fb site says he knows someone in Holland who is breeding blue mandarins.. ???

 

[destinduck]

Yes I have. Its like a white x silver basically. They are really into mutations heavy over on the other side of the pond. Peacock could probably tell you more about them

 

[southern oaks]

Thanks.. I am really interested in trying to get some over here. I managed to get 2 pair of new zealand black's this past fall.. Would love to get more info on the blues.. wondering if they are washed out.. or if there is nice color in them.

 

[destinduck]

No problem. Sorry I couldnt be more help. Peacock would definitely be your best bet on here.Get back up with your friend from Canada and push the issue maybe.