Posts by Mikanik

This is our duck yard which now is home to 2 muscovy juvie hens, a blue swede drake and a KC drake....we've since re-homed the gander (he was a bit of a ***hole LOL)  It's approx. 24+ ft  by 30+ ft.  We just got some old...

I have recently come across someone who's looking to re-home two hens...a gadwall/mallard mix.  ??  I have little experience with flying ducks ( our muscovy babies still have a little while) and have to admit I"m a bit...

Quote: Originally Posted by Miss Lydia  are you talking about the feathers standing up on their heads? my girls do that.  YES!  LOL...that's exactly what I'm talking about.  Our gray/white one...

Ok...I may have a somewhat stupid question...hehe We have two musocvy babies (I have posted in the thread before). They were hatched around the end of May.... They're both approx the same size in body and leg thickness.  They...

Our Rouen, Pickles (RIP), was just like that.  Very *not* a cuddle ducky.  It took a year for our Cayuga to get tame to the point where she'd wait for me by the gate at breakfast and bedtime and wait for a little snuggle....

to *somewhat* answer your post's title question....We recently acquired two scovy ducklings and they've been quite a different duck already at only 1 and a half months old!  Already tamer than any of our others at their age (I've...

We now have 5........   Olive - Cayuga hen Brewster - KC drake Beans - crested Blue Swede Bonsai - Muscovy hen duckling   our other scovy duckling (hen) has yet to be named, but we're playing around with.......

Quote: Originally Posted by jdywntr  You clip one wing so it causes an imbalance and sustained flight is not possible.  That being said, they can still fly a bit as previously stated.  When I see mine...

We just got two Muscovy hens and plan on clipping their wing.  I've heard debates on whether to clip one wing or two.  I'm leaning towards clipping both so there's no imbalance in their down "flight" if they are perching, but...

We have 5 ducks now.  Our 1 y/o + Cayuga has just, this summer, become calm enough to greet me in the morning when it's breakfast time.  She's to the point that she'll wait by the fence until she sees me and then she just...