Mandarin drake

[farmjg]

I know we have seen a zillion photos of them but I recently upgraded my camera and took this one the last few days. Taken with a Canon 50d, ef55-250is lens.

Jeff
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[buckboy1234]

Gorgeous!

[KandBinMN]

Gee mine are in moult and look like girls already, ha ha. He's a beauty and don't you love how vain they are when they pose for you?

[Grubb Waterfowl]

NICE PICTURE. Mine are still in their molt. How long do they take to get feathered back in again? I am so upset that they are taking so long. We have tons of babies from them this year and this was our first year ever with mandies. Everyone told us we wouldn't get babies this year, but suprise they are all over the place The process of them hatching, climbing up their nest boxes and jumping down four feet to the ground was absolutely incredible. Not one single duckling died and they amazing ducks. We had better luck with them than the call ducks.

[Evy]

They'll color back up in late fall. They're generally hardy, easy to raise birds. In the wild, it's not uncommon for ducklings to have a 40' jump, so 4' is a piece of cake!