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    The Duck Thread

    My Muscovy flock consists of chocolates, chocolate pieds, silver fawns, a black (iridescent green in the sunlight), and a blue hen, marked exactly like a blue goose...she is gorgeous.. Currently I have 17 ducks, including a juvenile chocolate drake that will be sold or eaten. I want to find...
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    Ducks will not stop quacking... Please help!!

    Another reason to love Muscovies! They chirp a little. The Pekin drake we had quacked loudly all the time,never shut up; we got tired of the constant noise and got rid of him. Muscovies' voices are much more pleasant.
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    Do duck eggs taste like chicken eggs?

    I disagree VERY strongly about duck eggs being "horrible for frying"... they are WONDERFUL for frying! As long as my Muscovies are laying ( currently 6 to 9 eggs every day) I will not touch a chicken egg. Duck eggs have a richer flavor than chicken eggs. GREAT hard boiled, great for baking...
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    Best time to relocate muscovy nest?

    I won't let mine nest anywhere but inside the duckhouse. If they lay eggs anywhere else, those eggs go in the fridge.
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    URGENT - Please help! Duck has prolapsed vent

    One of my laying duck hens had a prolapsed vent this morning, soft red balloon hanging out of her vent, with dirt and feathers stuck to it. No way was I going to bother trying to treat it, and I wouldn't waste time or money on veterinary care for an edible bird! I just cut her throat...
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    Incubation progress of Muscovy eggs

    Absolutely, they get in the pool, come back in damp and hydrate the eggs that way, they turn the eggs as needed,control the temperature, and the mothers and our drake as well are vigilant parents.
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    Muscovy Drakes and agression at mating time:-/

    Thank you! It's the same principal as horses in a herd on pasture are much, much happier and healthier than a horse locked up in a stall. Natural is always best.
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    Drake Aggression...Huh??

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    Drake Aggression...Huh??

    I don't think "luck" has anything to do with it at all. At least part of the reason is that I keep them in as natural a state as possible. No incubators, no brood lamps, no handling as ducklings. They are farm animals, not pets. I rarely handle them except to clip wings. All mine were...
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    Muscovy Drakes and agression at mating time:-/

    At least part of the reason is that I keep them in as natural a state as possible. No incubators, no brood lamps, no handling as ducklings. They are farm animals, not pets. I rarely handle them except to clip wings. All mine were hatched and raised by their mothers and NOT imprinted on...
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    Drake Aggression...Huh??

    I have two drakes, father and son, and 11 hens. All are Muscovies except for one Pekin hen. I have never seen ANY aggression at all among my ducks. Both drakes actively breed, the hens lay like crazy, the few times they do bite each other it's just a little nudge, just sort of "move over...
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    Muscovy Drakes and agression at mating time:-/

    I have two drakes, father and son, and 11 hens. I have never seen ANY aggression at all among my ducks. Both drakes actively breed, the hens lay like crazy, the few times they do bite each other it's just a little feather pulling, no visible damage afterward, just sort of "moveover, you're in...
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    The Duck Thread

    I bet she would, it's instinctive.
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    Muscovy keepers share your pics!

    We have a pretty steady market for the eggs. Now assuming these Muscovies lay one egg a day,which mine do, that's 35 eggs in the time it would take to incubate a clutch. A dozen eggs and a duckling sell for the same price, $ 5.00. The question is, which brings in more money? It seems hardly...
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    The Duck Thread

    I have hens that go broody and I still take the eggs for sale, or in the case of my one Pekin hen, I eat or sell all her eggs as I do not want any more Pekins. Just keep taking the eggs and she'll give up. It's YOUR choice, not hers. She'll get over it.
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