Bluewinged Teal pair

In our experience if left full-winged on open water, most wild ducks will eventually fly away. If you choose to keep wild ducks on open water we recommend having those birds pinioned. Pinioned birds have been made permanently flightless by the surgical removal part of one wing.

If you would like your birds pinioned please choose the pinion option above. If the pinion option is not available you may use the "pinion my bird" listing instead.

Terms and conditions for pinioned birds

Pinioned birds will require time to heal before shipping. This is can take 1-3 weeks. You will receive an email within 72 hrs of check out with your shipping date. All birds on your order will ship together on the date in this email. If you would like any birds shipped separately on a different date please e-mail us at mallardlanefarms@gmail.com with this request. (Additional shipping charges may apply). We reserve the right to delay shipping if we feel the birds need longer to heal than originally estimated. Delays are normally 1 week or less.

Once the birds are pinioned, that portion of your order can not be changed or cancelled. For most orders birds will be pinioned within a few hrs of the order being placed. Price of the birds and pinion fees will not be refunded should customer want to cancel the order. If there is ever an issue on our end in providing the birds full a refund would be given.

All birds we sell are fully feathered and adult sized. We do not sell ducklings or half grown birds. Most of our birds are between 4 months and 1 year of age at the time that they are sold.

On our "Care Info" page you can find a list of frequently asked questions and answers concerning the care of your new birds. If you have questions not answered on this page please email them to us at mallardlanefarms@gmail.com and we will be glad to help you with them. Your questions may be added to our page.

Most photos used throughout our website show males in full color which is their winter/spring plumage. Your birds may or may not be in full color depending the particular species and the time of year in which you are ordering.
Please note all photos used on our website were taken here at Mallard Lane Farms and are of our birds. To better represent our birds we do not use any stock photos.
 

Buying from Mallard Lane Farms

When you buy from us you are buying directly from the breeder, which saves you money!

All birds we sell ship directly from our farm , we do not use other farms to drop ship orders for us.

All birds we ship come with our "Live Arrival Guarantee" which is one of the best shipping guarantees in the business.

Rest assured that you can contact the breeder should you have questions. We are knowledgeable breeders of every bird we sell and all birds come with email support for any questions or concerns you may have about your new birds for the entire lifetime of those birds.

Mallard Lane Farms is a NPIP approved farm and is certified AI clean.

Our NPIP # is 63-312.

We hold state and federal permits for the sale of wild waterfowl. Federal paperwork will be sent with all species that require it.

The Blue-winged Teal is common in both the wild and in captivity. They are fairly easy to breed and maintain in aviaries. They will do well in a mixed collection, as long as they are not bullied by larger birds.

This species is very similar to the Cinnamon Teal and will cross with them, the hybrid hens can be very hard to distinguish from pure birds and care should be taken to keep the two species separate.

Their breeding season is in Spring and begins in April in my region. These birds can breed their first Spring.

First year males are slow to acquire their adult plumage and do not fully color until late winter.

Some hens will accept nest boxes, however natural vegetation is normally preferred. Clutches consist of 6-8 eggs and are incubated for about 24 days. The ducklings of this species present no special problems and are quite easy to rear.

To my knowledge there are no color mutations of the blue-winged teal.