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    Cannibal Duck

    I'll take your advice and give her some cat food. And add vitamins to their water a couple times a week. All the ducks, except the new babies, free range during the day and then come back to the duck house and enclosure for the night. They have a big pond and eight acres to eat bugs, snakes...
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    Cannibal Duck

    I have a year old Muscovy duck who eats her own eggs and the eggs of the other ducks and when she can, gets into the chicken coop and eats chicken eggs. I'm seriously thinking this duck must go because I wold hate for her to teach this filthy habit to the others. She free ranges, gets duck...
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    Legal Issues

    We had a similar ordeal when we lived up north. We became so completely fed up with the local government micromanaging of our COUNTY property that we sold our business, sold our houses, and moved to a state where people can still exercise some common sense. No regrets.
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    Neglectful muscovy mother

    I'm sorry that Skippy didn't do a good job mothering. I don't know what happened. I'm a new Muscovy Mom myself and have a whopping 21 ducklings right now with 14 more eggs due to hatch under Sally mid July. I have three females and two males and one special needs female duck. Eleanor was...
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    Duck began hiding eggs

    Last night we had a lot of predator action. I was outside twice to check everything. And what to my wondering eyes should appear but a lonely little Muscovy dabbling on the edge of the pond! I called out to her and she cautiously came forward to the pen. Once inside a ruckus ensued with the two...
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    Duck began hiding eggs

    Yesterday, she went missing. She did not return at all. The other ducks just carried on as if she weren't gone. I found a nest and three more eggs, and one cracked egg. I put all the eggs except the cracked one in the nest and left them penned up. The other ducks wouldn't sit on the nest. Last...
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    Duck began hiding eggs

    I have the three eggs I found earlier this week. Can I take them out and put them in the nest I build for her? I don't have any fake eggs. She isn't going to like being penned up. Maybe I just keep them all in the pen for a few hours longer in the morning and see if she'll lay once I put her...
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    Duck began hiding eggs

    One of my Muscovy ducks is laying. At first, she laid an egg near the post that has the lights for the pond. Just there naked in the grass. I was shocked and pleasantly surprised. I picked it up and carried it into the house. The next day, there was another egg there. Ooohhh yay! I picked it up...
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    Comment by 'Homesteader2' in article 'MN-Hardy 7'x8' Chicken Coop with Attached Run'

    Our coop is also red and white (to match our house) but not as stylish and well built as yours! Good job on the design, construction, and pictures. You're an inspiration!
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    Another - 'Are these Muscovy or mixed?' thread

    I've only seen this pretty golden-brownish color in pictures. I'm hoping to see one eventually, though. They must be fairly rare. She's pretty.
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    Another - 'Are these Muscovy or mixed?' thread

    I tried my hardest to get them to come in. They just wouldn't. Its a fair sized pond. I let them go out during the day and then, usually around 3pm or so, they wander back to the coop for some easy food. In the mornings, I never feed them. I just let them out to the pond. Their stomach usually...
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    Another - 'Are these Muscovy or mixed?' thread

    Thank you Buck Oats! I was worried because I want to continue breeding and growing and of course eating some of the next generation. I had one of my drakes and three of his ducks stay on the pond last night. They wouldn't come in for all the can shaking in the world. I think he didn't want to...
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    Week Old Chick Pooping Yellow Paste and Lethargic with a Big Eye

    This chick is from Sand Hill and yes Salmon Favorelle. I'm sorry to say that this little chick passed away this morning. She was struggling but couldn't hang on. I put her to rest. Thank you for your help keesmom and Naliez.
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    Another - 'Are these Muscovy or mixed?' thread

    The woman who sold them to me said they were born on August 4, 2015. That makes them nearing the three month old mark. I think 4 of them are older because they were MUCH bigger than the others when I took them home. I thought those 4 were drakes for sure from their size in relation to the...
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    Week Old Chick Pooping Yellow Paste and Lethargic with a Big Eye

    Last night this little chick was getting picked on by the others in the brooder so I took her out. I noticed her before because she has one big bugged-out eye. She was running around like crazy in the flock but last night she was down. I tried to get her to drink and she did but then lay righ...
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    Another - 'Are these Muscovy or mixed?' thread

    Beautiful! Would there be other indicators? I am always listening for a full on 'quack'. I've heard some tussling noises when they're establishing the pecking order but never a full on 'quack'. I'm also looking for tail feathers that curl. I haven't seen any of those yet either. The bean on...
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    WOW I'd love to take you up on the offer! I'm in Arkansas and I don't think I can travel that far. What a beautiful offer.
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    Sign me up! I have Black and Red Dorkings. Little chicks right now and only five altogether. They are SO HARD to find quality wise. I finally ended up ordering from Sand Hill Preservation. I am so happy that I did. The chickens and guineas are beautiful perfect and full of energy. Today is day...
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    Another - 'Are these Muscovy or mixed?' thread

    The woman who sold them to me had the females and males all together all the time. She has a Pekin male and Cayuga male as well as two Muscovy males. She couldn't tell me for certain that they weren't mixed when I called her. All she could tell me is that she was pretty sure they were all...
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    Another - 'Are these Muscovy or mixed?' thread

    I figured out how to transfer some of the photos over. I didn't do them all because there are 47of them! The photos are in a gallery on my profile page in case anyone wants to look at more amateur pix of my great ducks! Thank you for the advise to get photos up on my post. I should have tried...
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