You will need to lock those males up elsewhere or let everyone together. The females may still try to escape. I personally don't confine my muscovy. I believe @Miss Lydia does. Maybe she can help.
Where do yours lay?Good luck getting a muscovy hen to lay where you want.
Anywhere the can. They generally will lay anywhere there is overhead coverage, so they mostly make nests in my shed. I actually discourage my muscovy from laying in my nestboxes. They make such a mess. I do try to encourage floor nests for them. Sometimes mine try to start a nest under the hay manger, or in the horse trough. It's always an adventure with muscovy.
I am giving them a while in the coop in hope's that they will like the nesting boxes. They actually have laid eggs 1 in a nesting boxes and two in a baby swimming pool with bedding. Both areas are pretty secluded which is apparently what they want. I have been leaving any eggs so that they may be encouraged to lay more. Do you think that I should take the eggs? They are sitting on the two eggs in the pool. I think actually that two are sharing in the laying and sitting in that spot.
I am working hard to keep them in the coop. It shouldn't be completely foreign to them they were in it when they were young. Their momma would take them in there at night. It was very cute. They have laid 3 eggs total and it appears that two of them are wanting to sit on those eggs. I think one belongs to each of them. Should I leave them or take the eggs?
