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  1. 2016 babies

    2016 babies

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  2. 2015 drakelets

    2015 drakelets

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  3. 2016 female

    2016 female

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  4. Magpies

    Magpies

    Magpie ducks bred on my farm
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    New Magpie Thread!!!!

    Anyone have more pictures to share? :) I'm also in western Washington and I raise Magpies for showing. Was happy to see some nice ducklings hatch this year.
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    Should i worry if my hen is off her nest for a few hours?

    Good point. She's got 16 and just recently started sitting on them. She'll sit on them all night, and then leave for a coffee break in the morning, letting those toasty warm eggs cool off for a few hours before sitting on them again for the next 20 consecutive hours... I hope she knows what...
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    Should i worry if my hen is off her nest for a few hours?

    Every morning I open her pen and she goes out to bathe (she's a duck). Then if I shoo her back into the coop she'll resume sitting all day. But if I don't then she keeps playing in the yard for a few hours. It's very early in the brooding process, so hopefully the eggs haven't been harmed. The...
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    Should i worry if my hen is off her nest for a few hours?

    How long can a mom leave the nest without chilling the eggs to death? Thanks to anyone who can help!
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    How to encourage a reluctant muscovy to go broody?

    I've heard that muscovies are insanely broody, but mine aren't. How can I encourage them? The nutshell story is that these girls are about 8 months old. They're the only 2 muscovies in a flock of Magpie ducks. The reason I bought the muscovies was to be surrogate mothers for Magpie eggs. (Yes...
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    New Magpie Thread!!!!

    I have two drakes and four females. All the girls brooded clutches this year. Two were very dedicated mothers who hardly ever left their nests and two took a lot of coffee breaks...guess who had a much higher hatch rate? LOL
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    What kind of bedding in duck coop?

    That female in your picture is very pretty! I didn't know muscovies were like magpies, with ducklings having their adult pattern at hatching. Nice! Do you keep mallard ducks for eggs and muscovies for meat? And would you say that muscovies consume about the same amount of feed as mallard types?
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    What kind of bedding in duck coop?

    You're making me want muscovies, lol. Just wish they would lay 250 eggs a year like my magpies!
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    What kind of bedding in duck coop?

    LOL ok thanks What's different about the muscovies? I used to have a couple of them in my chicken coop, and they enjoyed their kiddie pool as much as any ducks :shrug :)
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    What kind of bedding in duck coop?

    Thanks. They're mallard type ducks - Magpies.
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    What kind of bedding in duck coop?

    We built a new fenced run for the ducks. Right now it's full of lush grass but I'm sure in a couple weeks the grass will be plastered in poop and it'll die off. Then I'll bring in some wood chips to give them clean ground to walk on. So I could shovel out and replace the wood chips weekly (or...
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