Mob of Mandarin Ducks

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Oh my, how nice. Those are surely things of great beauty. Looking at the second to last picture, the duck, do the females have a long feather group coming off the back of the head going down the neck? I would like you, one day, only when you think about it and can.... to take a close up picture, if you can, well, closer so I can see better, of that duck's head. That bunch of feathers looked very interesting. Oh such beautiful ducks there are there for us to see, Thank you Tara!! Have a beautiful day, CynthiaM.

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Thank you Tara for taking the time, it is appreciated...now I see in the pen that there is a red bucket with a coffee can on the top of it. I am going to give a guess what I think this is for, you tell me if I am right. The pen has the food for the ducks in it, the coffee can has food in it to weigh it down so the coffee can does not fall over. This is to making ease of feeding? If so, I think it is a grand idea. and if it is not the thing that I think this is intended for, you have spurred a very great idea for me anyways. Regarding putting a garbage can of food inside the coop that I use for chick growing out, as I do not put out an entire of feed at one time when growing out chicks. This would help to do a whole lot of bucket carrying with small amounts of feed to fill feeders. Just an observation that has made my imagination travel, smiling. Have a wonderful day,CynthiaM.

Beautiful.

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We have a bunch of those dog biscuit buckets, too. I can often find them around Christmas time!

Or you can buy just the buckets online: http://www.uline.ca/BL_8172/Square-Pails

(I do a lot of packaging shopping online. I know stuff. lol)

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tara if the mandies like to perch..then would they roost at night like a chicken?

Pails are cool, I have lots and lots. I use them particularly a lot in the summer when doing food stuff, gathering, processing, whatever. These are my pails. They are three gallon. Some are round, some are square. when not in use they are stored so they stay "food safe" clean. I have my other pails all over too, and they are in use all the time for other stuff too. I get them from our local IGA. They have a bakery and they have who knows how many pails a week they use with batters and stuff that comes in these pails. They throw these beautiful, food grade pails out. They don't know what to do with them. So, just a thought. Instead of buying pails, check out bakeries in stores. I know I do and I save them cause I know one day I will always need them. I like the 2 gallon pails too. And sometimes I get an odd sized one, it might be deemed a 4 gallon pail, certainly not a five gallon, smaller..I love pails. Have a beautiful day, CynthiaM.

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Oh boy, what a zoo, I am thrilled to be walking by your side, your descriptions so clearly seen, I am right there with ya Tara. Those Mandarins are something else, that beauty that abounds, and oh, my, oh my. Never thought about video watching, but I bet u-tube would have some little diddies to watch, and then I could really be sitting right by your side, seeing even better that you are trying to describe. Such a thing of beauty. I can't even imagine, but will, my imagination can certainly run wild. Beautiful day wishes, CynthiaM.