When to turn out ducks?

[DuckyDonna]

could they be magpies? @WannaBeHillBilly you got magpies did they look like this?

 

[EggWalrus]

They are ducks but domestic for sure. Any neighbors with ducks? Or ponds or streams around?

I stopped at the neighbors about half a mile across the road. They have a pond out back and some geese and swans. After telling them what happened they said they had 3 magpie ducks that disappeared couple months ago. He did they were black and white as adults but black and yellow as babies.
I think we may have solved this mystery, kids!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Do you get to keep them?

 

[Miss Lydia]

They are so precious ❤

 

[EggWalrus]

Do you get to keep them?

Sure nuff! They didn't say they wanted them back.
What other kinds of ducks start out yellow and black?
Funny thing is, I've never seen any kind of ducks in the creek running across the property. I've seen wild hogs, and deer, even heard wild turkeys, but never ducks.

 

[EggWalrus]

If it doesn't rain all day tomorrow like it's done today, I'll get some more pics. They're growing fast!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sneaky things weren’t they! My Muscovy can be yellow and blk as ducklings. Just depends on what color they are going to be. But I don’t think your ducklings are Muscovy although I can’t see their bills very well. Muscovy ducklings have different shapped bills than other domestic ducklings

 

[DuckyDonna]

I'm in Georgia near I-20 so a bit north of you but tomorrow is supposed to be sunny but cold.

 

[EggWalrus]

I'm in Georgia near I-20 so a bit north of you but tomorrow is supposed to be sunny but cold.

Only bad thing is, in the last week, they won't let me get within 25 feet of them without them taking off like their asses were on fire and their heads were catching!

 

[DuckyDonna]

Do all ducks prefer to sleep on the ground instead of off the ground in a coop?

Mine will nap during the day on the ground but they all get locked up in their pen each night. They never want to go in their nice pens during the day for some reason. It's nice, clean and dry in there and has to be warmer but they never do it. They all do go in once it gets dark though.