This listing is for 1 pair (1 male, 1 female) of Hottentot Teal.
Please read over the Terms and Conditions section before ordering.
Hottentot Teal pair
- Before completing your order please read over our shipping policies and the conditions of our "Live Arrival Guarantee" for the shipping option that is available to you according to the time of year you are placing your order.
Please also read over all of information contained in this listing.
Initialing the box above constitutes, knowledge, acceptance and understanding of all policies and/or information contained in this listing and on the shipping info pages listed above. If you have any questions please email us with them @ mallardlanefarms@gmail.com before completing your order. 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.
Hottentot teal are the smallest member of the dabbling duck group with some weighing as little as 8 ounces. These small birds can easily escape through two inch wire or netting. They are not aggressive and can do well in a mixed collection as long as they are not bullied by larger birds. They are native to Africa and will need some protection from winter weather in northern climates. The sexes look similar with the main difference being the lack of spotting on the flanks of the males. In the picture above that conatins 2 birds the female is on the right, male on the left.
Hottentot are first year fertile. Breeding season is mainly in Spring, however this species may nest at any time of year and often will nest in the middle of winter. Nest are built on the ground under some sort of natural cover or in a nesting box. Although not normally perchers, some of my hottentot like to nest in wood duck style boxes. Clutches consist of 5-7 eggs and are incubated for about 25 days. The ducklings are tiny, but grow quickly and are fledged in about 6 weeks. Ducklings of this species are easy to raise.
