Hi HEChicken,
When spring time comes next year you should see them breeding and start laying eggs. I would take the eggs until May (so its warm). Then let them just lay their eggs. The eggs will last until they sit. They lay...
Here is Momma posing for a picture. You can see the one on the bottom left snapping a fly.
Here is two moms (white heads) sharing duties with 2 very early spring hatching (all black) on the...
First year I kept count and my Muscovy went over the 35 days. I"m not wondering if they were just standing over their eggs for a few days to keep me from taking them and weren't really sitting and warming them up. This year a mom...
Yes, We have roasted them and some are just right while others are just as you said. We found by using a roaster and cooking it till it falls apart we can use it just like beef in BBQ sandwiches, Beef Burritos, casseroles, stews, etc....
Believe it or not, Muscovy Duck meat tastes more like grass feed roast then it does chicken. They are very lean and need to be slow cooked and made into many different dishes. Not only that, they breed like rabbits, eat bugs, and...
Thank you for your replies.
I treat mine as well as I can and kill them as quick and humanly as possible. I got into raising this breed for the meat. I wanted to produce my own organic meat, that didn't take the head aches...
Thank you Jamandack. I don't know if I will get tired of my flock and wanted the option of turning it into a wood shop or shed down the road. I put more pictures and the construction list in the coop section. My next step is a pond and...
