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Thank you. I did get one egg this morning. The broody duck is still sitting on her eggs. She has about 16 days to go before the hatching date. I don't know if she can manage to hatch the eggs, but last year she did get a couple of eggs to the point I could see the baby ducks inside. I've... -
Muscovy keepers share your pics!
Yes, I know there's an outbreak of bird flu. However, I'm not too worried about that. Bird flu is contangious if your flock comes into contact with droppings from a wild bird that has the bird flu. It's kind of like heartworm in dogs—you have to have an infected dog, a mosquito bite that dog... -
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Thank you, Miss Lydia. If I combine this with the fact we disrupted their routine, it's probably to be expected. I'll just try to be patient! -
Pekin Duck Club!
A dog igloo would probably work if it was insulated. With only 2 ducks, it's quite likely they would get cold in an uninsulated one. Here's hoping the coop aired out enough. (Any injured duck can be attacked due to the injury—I separate my injured ducks from all the others, with a wire... -
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I am in Casper, Wyoming. The person who fed them was from Casper and she feed them the same food they are feed by me. -
Muscovy keepers share your pics!
I'm sure I've seen this question before, but my four muscovy females all stopped laying eggs about 3 weeks ago. They were doing fine and then stopped. There were some disruptions—we were out of town and had someone come feed them and they were not allowed to free range during this time... -
The Broody Duck Thread for 2014
One of my Muscovies has started brooding. Last night, we noticed about 20 eggs in the nest. This morning, she was doing that cute cooing and tail-wagging that says "leave my eggs alone"! Earlier in the week, I noticed eggs were being laid in one section of the pen more than others, so I left... -
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I had posted a picture of my muscovy under my shed: She had gone under there last summer to lay eggs and hide them. This morning, we went out to check on the ducks and two were missing. One appeared to be hiding under the shed, so hubby attempted to extract her. Unfortunately, said duck... -
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These are my muscovies doing the "head bobbing" ritual they do every time they go into their pen, come out of their pen, etc. It's cute. The deer are not tame, but do come close to the house. They can be quite bothersome to run off when they don't want to leave, though. I don't feed them... -
Muscovy keepers share your pics!
Miss Lydia: Thank you! There were about eight in the yard yesterday. They like my watering hole (small pond)! -
Muscovy keepers share your pics!
Mine started laying three days ago. They were laying last year at this time, when I bought them, so I have no idea how early they would "normally" lay. Here are a couple of pictures of the ducks: They are very pretty green and black this time of the year. -
Pekin Duck Club!
I don't know how long you have had these ducks—if you just got them recently, they may still be adjusting to your location. If she really is a year old and has been with you for a month or two, it may be too cold, the feed you give her (though mine never seemed much bothered by laying pelllets... -
Pekin Duck Club!
If your females are a year old, they should be laying. If they free-range, they may be laying somewhere you don't know about. My pekins were laying by age 5 months. (Or perhaps your pekins are not female?) The male has reached sexual maturity and you're his competition. This is normal duck... -
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I took a couple of pictures this morning and I think you may be right—it's just a natural change. He seemed better this morning. He ran out and staked out the garden shelter as "his" immediately, so there may be some pecking order sorting going on too. I'm keeping an eye on all of them... -
pekins vs. muscovys
Of the ducks I've had, Rouens were the friendliest. Too friendly for my taste, actually. They followed me EVERYWHERE! They sat outside the garden gate and watched me weed. I had three females and three males and all seemed equally friendly. I eat fertilized ducks eggs as I have always had... -
Duck Pen Help
My pen is made of chicken wire and snow fence. I had the same problem with the snow crushing the "roof" of snow fence if the snow was wet and heavy. I finally ended up using 1 inch rebar (like is used in concrete) that I bought at a recycling facility. It's heavy and required cutting with an... -
The Duck Thread
Technically, if you don't wash the eggs, they don't need refrigerated (as Alice28 said she does). They may not need refrigerated even after washing, but I generally do refrigerate them. Washing may remove the protective film on the outside of the egg and make it easier for salmonella to... -
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Poult: Yes, I'm sure he's a male. He has the red caruncles on his face and he's twice the size of the females. Which makes it interesting that he appears to be afraid of them now. I've had the six together for most a year with no problems. He started having the ruffled feathers about 2 or 3... -
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I have five female muscovies and one male. I have begun to suspect the females are beating up the male. The feathers on the back of his neck are messed up and he didn't wnat to go in the greenhouse with the females tonight. My husband said that earlier the females were in the shelter in the... -
The Duck Thread
It's in the 50's here right now. The ducks are out in the garden loving the melting puddles! I'm not keen on it—too much mud. It's warm enough they can stay in their pen at night instead of the greenhouse. My hubby cleaned that out so they can go back in probably tomorrow night when it drops...