They are a fairly small duck with a short bill and a large head set on a stout neck. They are a perching duck and prefer to nest in cavities of trees. Nest boxes must be hung in pens for the captive raised mandarins. They will also require a swimming water source of some type, a pond, a child's swimming pool, or a horse watering trough works well. The hen of this species will lay 9 to 12 eggs and incubate them for 28 to 33 days.
Mandarins also do well on a diet of gamebird pellets with greens and some grain fed daily.
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