Keeping Muscovy Ducks

We're in New Zealand and live next to rhe beach. A neighbour found a sick Muscovey female on rocks in the sea. We' retrieved her and put notices on neighbourhood social media, but no one's claimed her.... so, now we have a duck . They're rare in our country, so all this North American information is invaluable. Your article qas just great! Ngā mihi nui (thank you very much)

Wonderful info. Picking up our first muscovy’s this Friday

An informative, detailed article that covers much of the information I wanted to know about muscovies. Thanks for sharing!

Love this article. Very informative.

An excellent article. Almost everything I was wondering about muscovies.

Loved reading this and it gave me sooo much more information than the ones in my books. Thank you!

I loved the article. I was considering getting Muscovies, but now I might need to wait based on the information provided regarding confinement or lack thereof.

As a Muscovy-keeper, I think this is well-written, informative, and insightful...a valuable resource for anyone considering adding this unique waterfowl to their flock.

Thanks for a good general overview about this breed of duck!

You covered it all. Great article. I love my muscovy too.

I just learned a lot about muscovy ducks! That was interesting. I enjoyed the pictures and the videos. I don't know much about ducks, so I'm glad to learn more. I've seen/heard muscovy ducks mentioned before.

Great info! I’m new to the Muscovy world, my chicken hatched two and they are doing fantastic. I’m pretty sure they think they are human or dogs at this point. In the evening they are waiting at the back door to “get in there box” where they sleep in a nice comfy tote of pine shavings in the AC with my dogs and safe from all predators...they are rotten. I’m not sure yet what I have bc I’m not savvy with the male/female identification and they are only 6 weeks old. Sorry to ramble it’s like talking about your kids “) great read.

Thank you for all the wonderful information, tips and tricks.

A wonderful informative article with nice photos to bring it to life.

I found a male Muscovy wondering around our neighborhood. I could tell he had been attacked - no tail feathers, one wing was damaged and he seemed very disorientated. I put him in with my chickens and he did well until he became an adult and very amorous. We had to kick him out, but we found a couple of females to keep him company. They are still young and I wasn't sure how to take care of them - what type of environment, and what about nesting. Your article answered a lot of my questions.

I am still wondering about their nesting places. Mine seem to like anywhere but the nesting box my husband built - it is quite open - three sides and a roof. I find them sitting against the house and digging in the dirt to make a nesting place.

Should I just spread some straw around where they generally sleep and forget about the nesting house? We live in Hawaii, so there is no need for shelter from the snow. I don't think they mind the rain when we get it - we are entering our dry season now. We provided a small pool for them, which they love to take advantage of. They sleep on the ground, for now, do they need something to roost on - up off the ground?

This is a great article. You answered all my questions and provided some great ideas for multi flock management. Thanks!

It's a fantastic article! Lots of good points made beyond the standard size, egg production, and other well-known facts. Also, it was really nice to know that the drakes aren't likely to bother chickens if they have plenty of females. I wasn't planning to free range our chickens at all, out of fear of our drakes. I guess it might work after all.

This article had lots of details that the reader reader may need to know if they are interested in keeping Muscovy ducks. I knew nothing about Muscovy Ducks before reading this article.