Muscovy Chat

[kikitheduck]

Hi all! I'm a newbie to this but I thought I would give BYC a shot

I have 5 muscovies, and one of them is due to hatch babies anytime now e Here's a photo of my blind duck Kiki, he's my baby

I created this thread to talk about muscovies, and if anyone would like to ask questions, I'm here to answer! Fire away

 

[kikitheduck]

Ghibli, what a beautiful girl! You asked about their body language, if shes bobbing her head and wagging her tail she's happy. If you can, I would recommend getting her a male, as it's mating season. With her talking to the turkey, it sounds like she wants a man. Otherwise, she sounds happy and healthy

 

[mpghm]

Thanks. I crushed up some shells and they gobbled it up. Clearly needed that.

Two solid eggs in the coop this morning (we have two ducks).

And then when I came home, two soft eggs in the run. It's funny how the soft eggs are always outside, solid ones inside.

I'll feed them some more oyster shells and hope for the best.

 

[mama2girlies]

My Muscovy girls hang out together and My Runner and Buff girls hang out together. My Muscovy's hatched the Runners and Buffs last May.

I just learned a whole lot about this yesterday when I added some Pekin females and a Cuyaga female to the four friends. They were crazy excited to see them. So it's obvious now how they go for their similar breeds. Fun to learn though!

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Drake

Hen

 

[kikitheduck]

Does no one have any questions?

 

[Ghibli]

Oh hey I have a drake named Kiki too! He's a cayuga, he was supposed to be a female, professionally sexed, but clearly something went wrong and the somewhat girly name stuck anyway.

I have one muscovy currently, we're thinking about getting another female muscovy for her though because she seems like the odd one out amongst the other ducks (3 cayugas and 1 ancona).
I am curious about what their body language all means! She's wagged her tail and bobbed her head with her mouth open at me when I came out to see them, but I've also seen her do similar towards a brush turkey which she then chased off. So I'm pretty confused by what she means by that, she's very much not scared of me or aggressive towards me, she's calmer than the cayugas who we've had since they were 3 weeks old, and we only got her like 2 weeks ago!


Not the best picture but Osono loves water

She and the ancona came with minor cases of bumblefoot so that was during an epsom salt soak.

 

[whalefail44]

Hello I am new here too. I have a couple questions about my drake.
First off, I had a hen but she passed away a few days ago due to a bound egg.
I've had them both since they were a week old and now they would hav been both 10 months. Anyways after my hen passed my drake seems completely heartbroken. They've been together since they hatched. Is it possible for ducks to be depressed? Should I replace her so soon?
He really sticks close to me now when I let him out in the morning. All he does is sit on the back porch in front of the door and look inside. Occasionally he will peck on the glass until I come out and give him attention. He follows me everywhere I go now when I'm outside and he never used to do this. Should I get him another girl? Or will he be ok by himself for now?

 

[kikitheduck]

whalefail44 sorry for your loss Yes, they can get depressed. I have a friend who has duck who's female had died, and he fell depressed and didn't eat. When she brought him a new lady, he was happier within days. I would recommend getting him a lady if you can. Tell me if you need any more help

 

[mizzmeow]

I have a question... Is it a common thing for the male to sit with/next to the female while she's sitting on the nest? He acts like her body guard lol