Apricot wood duck _$200/pair
Eggs/live birds are ship USPS or locally pickup or arrange for ground delivery. Live birds Shipping fee is charged at a discounted rate -$100 for up to 4 birds Fertile eggs shipping fee -$15 We ship only in USPS approved shipping containers. We ship through USPS priority express mail. 1-2days estimated arrival time. Live guarantee on all shipment. We ship birds out weekly Mondays- Wednesdays. No shipping on public holidays. Tracking # will be email after the birds have been sent. Usually from 5-6pm the day of shipment
Palmfarmsteads
Apricot wood ducks, a mutation of the common wood duck, are known for their vibrant, light-colored plumage, especially in males, which can range from light to dark apricot. They are also known as perching ducks, meaning they have strong claws for gripping branches and live in wooded areas, nesting in tree cavities.
- Males: Have a crested head with a white stripe from the eye to the crest and another from the bill to the crest tip, an apricot throat and chest, and an apricot-white belly. Their bill is brightly patterned black, white, and red, and their legs and feet are dull straw-yellow.
- Females: Have an apricot head and neck with a light apricot crest, a white teardrop-shaped patch around the eye, a white throat, and an apricot breast with white stippling that fades into an apricot-white belly. Their bill is blue-gray, and their legs and feet are dull grayish-yellow.
- Eclipse Plumage: Like other wood ducks, male apricot wood ducks lose their colorful breeding plumage in late summer, transitioning to a more subdued gray or grayish-brown appearance with white facial markings and some blue feathers on their wings, a state known as eclipse plumage.
- Unique Shape: Wood ducks, including apricot varieties, have a unique silhouette with a boxy, crested head, a thin neck, and a long, broad tail.
- Perching Ducks: Unlike most ducks, wood ducks have strong claws that allow them to perch on branches and live partly in trees.
- Cavity Nesters: They nest in holes in trees or in nest boxes placed around lake margins.
- Diet: They eat a varied diet of seeds, aquatic plants, nuts, fruits, shrubs, aquatic and land insects, and even the odd frog.
- Social Behavior: Wood ducks are social and often gather in flocks in the evening, and they migrate in small flocks or pairs.
- Calls: Males have a thin, high, rising "jeeeeee" call, while females utter a drawn-out, rising squeal, "oo-eek" when flushed, and a sharp "cr-r-ek, cr-e-ek" for an alarm call.
Contact: (402)446-1788
Email: palmfarmsteads@gmail.com
www.palmfarmsteads.com
40510 J Rd Mancos, Colorado(CO), 81328
