TBH I think the previous owner did clip wings, but I'm not sure how long ago.
Any tips on getting the Pekins to welcome the 2 Muscovies I did bring back? Right now I'm keeping them in a dog crate inside the duck house, hoping their presence will help lure back the ones on the run.
Hi Everyone,
I have a really dumb problem... I bought 5 adult Muscovys (4 hens, 1 drake) to integrate into my flock of Pekins (2 drakes, 2 hens). It is not going swimmingly. The night I got them I put them in the duck house with the Pekins, and the next day turned everyone out thinking the...
Yesterday morning I had five ducks, but today I only have four. One of my drakes died under very strange circumstances.
We left the flock by our pond in a wooded area out of our view in the afternoon. They were so happy and basically refused to get out of the water. We took a dinner break and...
I have approx 6 weeks old Pekin ducklings, partly feathered, and for the time of year they seem to be doing fine outside, with the caveat that it's July in Massachusetts. Our nightly low temps are probably 60 Fahrenheit, and today's high was 90 degrees.
