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    Why is my female Muscovy attacking her Drake?

    I most surely will keep you posted on my buddy Clem. At least by keeping Clem separated from the girls, I now know who the culprit pig is that makes such a mess with their food and water, and that would be Mr. Clem. MAN!! HE is such a messy eater/drinker. The girls not so much. I am not...
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    Why is my female Muscovy attacking her Drake?

    Well, I decided to wait a few days before coming back, so I could keep an eye on Clem. Good News! He seems to be just fine now. He is slowly coming back with his hissing, and when I clean his coop, he rotates for me now, instead of me picking him up to move him, he actually moves for me. He...
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    Why is my female Muscovy attacking her Drake?

    Reply #2. I just returned from cleaning Clems pen, and placing plastic under his feeding area, then added the remaining pine bark to his area, including over the plastic. I attempted to get him to hiss again, but it was very shallow hissing. He acts like it may be an effort to do his hissing...
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    Why is my female Muscovy attacking her Drake?

    I went out this morning and was happy to see Duck poop all over Clems cage. He drank all of his water, and a lot of his food throughout the night. He looks good, but still not hissing. I will definitely get out there and clean that straw out, and put something in its place. Thank you for...
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    Why is my female Muscovy attacking her Drake?

    The name of the food is called "Dumor Poultry Layer Crumble" and I mix "Producers Pride Scratch" with grains and corn in it. I've used these two mixes since they stopped eating baby poultry food. I checked Clem and did not see any drainage in his "nares" (I had no idea that's what they are...
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    Why is my female Muscovy attacking her Drake?

    what is their diet? cannot say i have ever had this either... i run a pretty heavy amount of drakes too... your last post of dead birds around concerns me. While ducks are quite hardy, there are some things that are capable of going between chickens and ducks.. does he appear to have something...
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    Why is my female Muscovy attacking her Drake?

    I am using cat food for the ducks. The kibbles are very small. Another thing we did because we weren't sure was to wet it. I just went outside to check on them, and it appears that either Daisy or Pippy did eat some. I also gave some to Clem. Keeping them separate is easier for me to...
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    Why is my female Muscovy attacking her Drake?

    OH, I will try the dog/cat food, to see if that works. I will do that tomorrow, once I go out to give more food and water to them. Then I will let you know from there if there is a change in her attitude.
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    Why is my female Muscovy attacking her Drake?

    Thank you for your response, and glad to know that you have 13 Muskovies, that really helps me if I ever need more help. To answer your question, I have not seen her eat the feathers, but feathers were all over the coop, until we cleaned it out, and put in new straw. As far as her treating her...
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    Why is my female Muscovy attacking her Drake?

    I have 3 Muscovy Ducks. One of which was hatched in my hand. Six months later I put her with her mom and dad. The mom and dad will be 3 years old this spring. All three get along great, until about a week ago, all of a sudden the Drake is being bitten to the point of bleeding by his mate...
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    How to train ducks not to attack and bite

    I do have 3 Muscovy ducks, one of which was hatched in my hand, once she turned 6 months old I placed her in the coop with her mom and dad. She does attack me and my daughter on a daily basis. I noticed the reason for her attacks are because she wants to be held. So, I hold her for about 15...
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    Muscovy duck bites

    I also want to thank you for informing me of how old my duck will begin laying eggs, she will be for months on the 24th of this month. Your post is most helpful. Thanks so much
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    Muscovy duck bites

    Wow, thank you both for your insights, this is what has happened in the past couple of days, since posting here: The next day after posting the second time Pippie decided to jump at me, and grab onto my arm; leaving a huge hickie on my arm, then I threw her in the pool to cool her down. Once...
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    Muscovy duck bites

    Thank you for your response. I don't think that is it. She isn't laying eggs, and she is almost 4 months old. Although, I did tell my husband that she acts as if she wants to be mated with a male. So, I took her to her daddy (duck) and put her down, but when Clem (daddy duck) came toward her...
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    Muscovy duck bites

    Our muskovy duck was hatched in my (PADuck...) hands, on May 24, 2013. She is a very loving duck, and thinks she is one of us. She tries to bark like one of our dogs, and loves to rock in my outside chair, it is so cute. She brings suck joy to our lives, until she started to bite daddy (my...
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