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Ducks, ready to eat?
Quote: Your call, but Grimaud Farms processes their muscovies at 70 to 85 days. http://www.grimaudfarms.com/duck.htm- duckfat
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How long (lifespan) do ducks lay eggs? Mainly Muscovies
Quote: Muscovies aren't the most prolific layers around, perhaps 90 to 100 eggs a year or so. We only keep our hens for around three years because it seems they lose 10 to 20% of their production for every year of life. They also go broody in a heartbeat, which interferes with egg... -
Ducks, ready to eat?
Quote: How old is the female? Neither have their caruncles yet so they are still ducklings. I like to process them at around 12 to 16 weeks of age. For a check, I will rub my hand back and forth across their breast and feel for pin feathers. If there are significant pin feathers, I won't...- duckfat
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- Forum: Meat Birds ETC
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Do Moscovies Have Darker Egg Yolks ?
Quote: Not at this time. We are under contract to deliver duck eggs to a retail outlet, and every sound egg goes to meeting that commitment. -
Bad living conditions for ducks?
Quote: Last summer a mallard hatched out 16 ducklings. Within two weeks there were about two left. During this time, a bald eagle was hunting the pond. Snapping turtles were also preying on both the adults and ducklings. In total lost about five juveniles and adults this year out of 80. I... -
Do Moscovies Have Darker Egg Yolks ?
Quote: Do you have a picture? I would not use the description of a brownish yellow for my muscovy eggs yolks -
Do Moscovies Have Darker Egg Yolks ?
The mucovy egg yolks are a darker yellow than my pekins. -
Bad living conditions for ducks?
Quote: Well, sometimes they do, and other times they will hang out along the bank. There are other dangers that are difficult to see: snapping turtles and mink. Today some of the more adventurous are swimming: Ducks on a log: -
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Bad living conditions for ducks?
I have been told more than once that this method of duck farming is wrong: -
How can I slim down my Duck?
Well, I hatched out a sexed pair of ducklings and won Best of Show at the county fair last year. Those are call ducks to the right. The females began flying well after six months or so. They practiced a lot. My ducks always have food available. -
How can I slim down my Duck?
Quote: Furthermore, if you are from Pennsylvania then your drake can use extra carbohydrates to see him through a northern winter. I tend to feed mine a little extra whole corn just for this purpose. -
How can I slim down my Duck?
Quote: The black cap goes away when they get older. Muscovy drakes, especially this meaty, aren't the best at walking around. Much like a Cornish X meat bird. Personally I wouldn't bother with putting your drake on a diet because I don't think he is fat. These white muscovy hens are all... -
How can I slim down my Duck?
Was that a JM Hatchery muscovy? They were designed to be big, meaty birds. I'm asking this because he does not look overweight to me. My JM Hatchery drakes are close to 20 pounds. He looks meaty to me. I have slaughtered a lot of JM Hatchery muscovies, and I haven't run across any that I... -
Mallard Duck Egg Prices
I sell mallard ducklings for $2 each at fur and feather swaps. Wholesale price for eating eggs would be $3 per dozen. These ducks are nothing special. People buy them for pond art. If they fly away when winter comes, so much the better. -
Planning a new coop and I have a space question...
Quote: I suggest pressure treated plywood for anthing that is going to come in contact with the manure. They will need ventilation due to excessive moisture, so provide openings covered with hardware cloth. It's not that small. I have three muscovies that like to sleep in the 3' x 4'... -
Planning a new coop and I have a space question...
From: http://www.duckhealth.com/housmngt.html Table 2. Floor Space Allowances For Ducks Age of weeks Space/Duck (sq cm) Space/Duck (sq ft) 1 289 0.31 2... -
Foxes
Quote: Quote: While I too have a rifle and trap, I find that using a LGD inside an electric fence as a deterrent works very well. It allows the foxes, coyotes and other predators to remain in the area, and this is important because they eat weasels and field mice. Personally, I fear the... -
Foxes
Quote: It becomes even more effective when you have an LGD on the inside of the fence. The option of jumping over the fence to get at the ducks becomes tantamount to suicide. Please note that muscovies under four weeks of age can easily go through the fence. This was last year when she was...