The Migratory/Ornamental Waterfowl INFO Thread

[roocrazy]

are ferruginous white eyes a good starter duck do i need anything special, they are so attractive

 

[toejam]

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OH no if you're just talking 2 pr of birds or so, a small pond will be fine. I thought you were wanting to GET INTO WATERFOWL, lol

Yep as exoticduckluvr mentioned, small scale ponds like that wrok just fine.

Now on the other hand, with 3 peafowl and 4 pheasants, just how big of a pen are we talking here? They usually will not mess with the ducks, it's the duck mess that can hurt the others. If the pens so small that the ducks make a mud hole out of it, then your peafowl and pheasants will suffer more from possible disease from the mud. Just keep that in mind.
Usually, unless the pen is huge (several thousand sq feet) it is best not to pen upland birds with waterfowl for this reason.

I was just thinking of number of pheasants. I have the 3 peafowl. So it looks like I wont put them together with waterfowl.
I WANT to get into waterfowl, however I have to start really small since my dad is not a big duck fan at all. Its sorta like meeting a new person. You arent going to tell them EVERYTHING about you. Your gonna tell them your "basics" at first. Then you telll them more and more depnding if they are decent or not. He needs to gain trust in the ducks before I spend a lot of money in them, since I buy the birds. The last thing I want is to build a nice aiviary, spend $500(lets say) in birds, and have to sell them since my dad doesnt like them. Thats why im starting really small.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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OH no if you're just talking 2 pr of birds or so, a small pond will be fine. I thought you were wanting to GET INTO WATERFOWL, lol

Yep as exoticduckluvr mentioned, small scale ponds like that wrok just fine.

Now on the other hand, with 3 peafowl and 4 pheasants, just how big of a pen are we talking here? They usually will not mess with the ducks, it's the duck mess that can hurt the others. If the pens so small that the ducks make a mud hole out of it, then your peafowl and pheasants will suffer more from possible disease from the mud. Just keep that in mind.
Usually, unless the pen is huge (several thousand sq feet) it is best not to pen upland birds with waterfowl for this reason.

I was just thinking of number of pheasants. I have the 3 peafowl. So it looks like I wont put them together with waterfowl.
I WANT to get into waterfowl, however I have to start really small since my dad is not a big duck fan at all. Its sorta like meeting a new person. You arent going to tell them EVERYTHING about you. Your gonna tell them your "basics" at first. Then you telll them more and more depnding if they are decent or not. He needs to gain trust in the ducks before I spend a lot of money in them, since I buy the birds. The last thing I want is to build a nice aiviary, spend $500(lets say) in birds, and have to sell them since my dad doesnt like them. Thats why im starting really small.

I know what you mean, I started very young and my dad thought I was crazy, but after a few years when the phone constantly rang off the hook wanting to talk to me, and my weekends were solely filled with people coming by to see or buy, he shut up about it, LOL tHAT BRONX ZOO THING REALLY MADE HIM LAY OFF,

 

[toejam]

lol, we had 4 ducks at one point(pekins) and they were decently clean for a duck by themselves. However, the 1 we have now is with the chickens and making a mess, so all ducks are complete diasters now. Im gonna remind him of those days.

 

[roocrazy]

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[toejam]

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I dont raise these, but this is what I found through google.
http://www.helium.com/items/1014394-wild-bird-species-the-ferruginous-duck
http://mdkauctions.hypermart.net/ferruginous.html
http://shwpark.com/58/common-white-eye.html
it says they are rare. maybe contact sylvan heights about them.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

no they arent that rare, prices range from $70- $120 pr, think $80 ish is fair for them myself. There are other white eye species that are rare, but not the ferruginous.
most breeders with a good diver collection have them. They are a type of pochard, ground nesters, yes they are a good beginers diver. Maybe red heads and red crested pochards are a little easier to breed, but these have no major requirements in their care other than basic diver needs. They love and need the floating catfish feed as all divers do, they get along well with all comunity pen ducks, they dont run a risk of mix breeding with other species, first to second year layers.
etc. Do you have any specific questions on them?

 

[KansasKid]

Chenoa waterfowl has them for $80

 

[toejam]

See that's why it's good to ask people who raise them instead of googling it sometimes

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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YEP, NEVER HURTS TO ASK.
I'D HATE TO EVEN KNOW WHAT OL EFOWL WAS WATING FOR THEM