Marek's disease: what is it? Marek's is viral and is known to wipe out flocks. The virus is spread by chicken dander or dust. Some symptoms include paralyzed legs, pale comb, swollen wattles, ulcers in feather follicles, and many others. Many symptoms of marek's are similar to other health...
I have two Muscovy drakes and plenty of hens for the both of them. Mocha my black drake keeps on picking on Sir. Drake my pied drake. mocha tries to start fights, corners him, hang on to his feathers and won't let go, and chases him. Mocha is also very aggressive to the hens as well. Not once...
The duck hens will have more of a sharp sounding voice compared to the males. The females are nowhere close to the size of the drakes. The drakes will be larger.
A local breeder and I are breeding these Muscovy ducks and we have this color just want to show you. You make it by getting a chocolate barred drake and a blue fawn duck hen.
Due to neighborhood rules we cannot have a rooster. He spends most of his time inside my house. He only goes outdide if supervised no crow collar because of course he rips it off.
So my seven month cockerel has the nees fo rip off his collar everytime we put it on. At first he will do his walking backwards then the chewing and finally rips it off. Independently. His collar came from MPC. I dont know how he's able to get it off when the strap to take it off is in the back.
It should. Mine hates his so bad that he takes it off independently! It doesn't hurt them unless it is too tight. Make sure the strap to take it off is in the back. Or he may take it off. One last thing, don't keep it on 24/7
Muscovies adapt very well. You may have to clip thier wings because they will fly over fencing and escape from thier yard. One of mine did that. Usually it will take 2-5 days to be able to let them loose.
Those are common problems with roosters or cockerels. Sometimes they pick favorites to mate with. I would get a hen saddle which the rooster will stand on fabric and won't ruin thier feathers.