WTB Mandarin ducks or hatching eggs... TX

[TexasVet]

Anybody know where I can buy Mandarin ducks or hatching eggs? I've checked a dozen hatcheries and nobody seems to carry them. It looks like McMurray sells grown birds, but they're out of stock.

Kathy in Texas
Near Houston

 

[duckman]

It is not there season right now but try www.eggbid.com they might have some pre-sales and in the spring they will have lots of eggs, ducklings, and full grown birds.

By the way the mandrain is my favorite duck!

Duckman

 

[TexasVet]

I saw a couple of egg pre-sales on eBay too. Is $45 for six eggs about average?

My preference, though, is to find a hatchery that actually sells hatchlings... during the season, of course. So far I've only been able to locate standard breeds.

Kathy in Texas

 

[eggchel]

One of our members..... KingsCalls, sells Mandarin ducks. He is in TN.

 

[halfdime3n5]

Kathy I have regular mandarins and the white mandarins. I would have some eggs available in March. Email me if you are interested. Wendy

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I dont have any eggs for sale, but I do have some mandarins. They didnt lay last year, their first year, so hopefully they lay this year. But I was wondering, how hard are they to hatch in the incubator?

 

[duckman]

$45 is a good price.

I have hatched their eggs before and they are the hardest eggs to hatch. If u have ever tried to hatch a call duck, a mandrain egg is way harder. It is possible but hard. If u have the choice I would do natural incubation.

Another thing is once they hatch it is a whole nother challenge.

Duckman