Wild mallard drake(s)....(now with pics)

[PlumTuckered]

Adorable photo and your Farnsworth is gorgeous!!

Michelle

 

[Morri]

naww they are very cute!!! yesh they are both definately males...... maybe the other one has recently molted so is missing his...

i applaud you effort in writing in paint!! good job

its way harder than it looks!!! i suck at it...

goodluck with your other sitting hens i hope u get some good hatches!! they look very determined to hatch something lol

 

[Happycheese]

Decided I am going to lay traps (put the food in a pen, then shut the door when they go in) and bring them into the vet to check for worms, avian flu, etc and go from there.

 

[Happycheese]

Just wanted to update you guys: I was successful in trapping 4 of the males coming around my yard and I relocated 3 of them about an hour away on an artificial lake with other ducks. The one that I think is a dumped easter duck (very young and friendly to me) I'm letting stay. 1. New blood never hurts

2. Farnsworth needs a friend while the hens are sitting and 3. his foot is seriously messed up so I don't know if he'd survive in the wild.
I'll try to get a pic of the foot, basically it looks like an old break that didn't heal right. It's all lumpy and the middle toe on that foot can't bend. When he's standing he lifts that foot up or sits down. when walking he will 'tip toe' to avoid putting pressure on that foot.