The mallard will fly to the south for the winter. The reason why mallard ducks fly to the south is not because they are afraid of cold, but just to find an unfrozen water area where they can live and feed. Mallard ducks usually inhabit freshwater lakes, but also live in groups in rivers, lakes, reservoirs, bays and coastal beaches. Ducks have webbed toes, but seldom dive. When swimming, the tail comes out of the water and is good at foraging, paddling and courtship. I like to be clean, often comb my feathers in the water and on the land, dress up carefully, and take care of each other when I sleep or rest. They eat plants, invertebrates and crustaceans. Distributed in temperate waters of Europe, Asia and North America. Wintering in Europe, South Asia, North Africa and Central America.

The mallard duck can be said to be the most widely distributed, abundant and common wild duck in China. In many areas, mallard ducks now live in urban parks around us. Male mallard duck has a metallic green head, a yellow mouth, a white neck ring, brown chest and gray feathers, like a necklace. The female bird is brown with dark stripes and an orange mouth.

Males of mallard ducks are often called Yuanyang by tourists, while females are called wild ducks and ducks. It's no wonder that many wild ducks, represented by mallard ducks, usually have great differences in feather colors between males and females, with males more glamorous and females more low-key and simple. Speaking of mallard, we have to mention that many kinds of domestic ducks are domesticated by mallard. The famous Beijing roast duck is the offspring of wild ducks.

Method for breed mallard duck

1, site selection

The mallard is a water-loving animal. When you build a farm, you should choose a place with water, either by the lake or by the river. Raising mallard requires spacious and flat venues and convenient transportation.

Step 2 build duck houses

Duck sheds should be built around the growth habits of mallard ducks, half of which are lounges and half are playgrounds. The playground must keep enough moisture, and mallard ducks are more aggressive and need to be far away from residential areas to facilitate the feeding and epidemic prevention of mallard ducks. The lounge of duck house should keep good air permeability, pave the ground and disinfect the duck house regularly, so as to create a good growth environment for mallard ducks and improve the breeding efficiency.

3. Early management

In the three days after the duckling is born, the temperature of the farm should be raised to above 27, and it can be lowered to 25 on the fourth day. To raise ducklings on the flat ground, it is necessary to spread some soft straw on the ground of the farm, separate it with fences, and install some insulation devices on each fence.

4. Infant feeding

Ducks should drink water before eating, keep enough water and not be short of water. Feed it seven times a day for the first ten days, and then reduce it to five times. In the first half of the month, the food intake was mainly free, then gradually changed to regular food intake, and finally the food intake was changed according to the weight change of mallard duck. At the same time of each feeding, plant feed such as tender grass and vegetable leaves and animal feed such as small fish, shrimp, snail meat, mussel meat and earthworm are properly added, which is beneficial to the growth of mallard ducks.

5. Growth period management

During the growing period, the feeding density is kept at about 15 animals /m2. The feed should be mainly wet mixture and fed regularly to ensure the normal growth of mallard ducks and provide them with sufficient nutrition.