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Gander and goose or 2 of same sex?
My goslings are 4, 5 months old. The breeder said that they were male and female just visually sexing them according to their size difference. The white gosling was the biggest of the clutch and the brown one the smallest of all. Now the brown one is the same size if not bigger. Can anyone... -
Beak and feet color change
My brown female african/chinese gosling gas started changing color on her feet and beak. It's getting paler, more orange-yellowish when it was solid black a couple weeks ago. Is that normal? Is it going to change again? -
Buff or white gander?
How can I be sure if my male african/chinese gosling is going to get buff or white color? The father was a dark brown and the mum a white with blue eyes. Is that how you get buff coloration? This is the gosling I'm talking about, he's already started growing his white feathers on his back. If... -
African geese questions
I've got a few questions about the breed as recently we adopted a pair of 2 african goslings. 1. At which age will they go through their first molt? They're now about one month old. 2. At which age do they become sexually mature? Is it the same for the male and female? Is there a chance of... -
Harrold and Samantha my african goslings
After a fox killed my 2 muscovy ducks a few months ago , we decided to adopt 2 african goslings. They were hatched in an incubator 3 weeks ago. The flock they were bred from has a brown male and 6 females, 5 brown and a white one with blue eyes. There is also a female common goose left there... -
question on related ducks mating
I'm planning on keeping one or two of the female Muscovy ducklings that my duck hatched. I've only got one pair of scovies. If I keep them will there be a problem with them having their father as the only male? Can there be a problem with next year's hatchlings genetically? -
all Muscovy eggs hatched
Last night I went to close the door of the duck's coop and there was a surprise waiting for me! 7 little muscovy ducklings under mama duck! 7 out of 7 eggs hatched! I'm so thrilled! They are the cutest babies ever! Today morning mama duck came out of the coop a couple of times and called... -
Should I leave eggs in the nest?
Hi everyone, my muscovy duck has started laying eggs again , after incubating her first infertile clutch of 35 eggs. (I hadn't left them all in the nest, just 7). Should I leave the eggs in the nest now or am I doing it right removing them again? I'm asking to know if seeing the eggs in the... -
Broody muscovy
My muscovy duck laid yesterday her thirtieth egg and went broody. I've been removing her eggs all the time she has been laying as they have not been mating properly and all the eggs we've used in cooking weren't fertile. Today I realized that she was serious about it so I got 5 fresh chicken... -
Fertile eggs?
Is the white dot in the centre of the yolk a sign of fertility? I read in the other thread about the bullseye but then I noticed that all my duck's eggs have this white dot. Or is it something irrelevant? Also one more thing I wanted to ask you guys is that we found some reddish dots in one... -
How many eggs?
My muscovy duck has started laying eggs in the beginning of March when she turned 7,5 months old. How many eggs in average should I expect before she is broody? Do all female muscovies go broody? She has built several nests in their hay and doesn't always lay in the same one. She usually... -
Question about mating
The last 15-20 days my muscovy pair have started attempting to mate. And I say attampting because the male doesn't seem to know what to do with her when he puts her down on the ground. The female looks to surrender and even lifts her tail up but he mounts her the wrong way and preens her... -
Muscovy molting now, normal?
My female muscovy seems to be molting. She loses some of her body feathers (not flight feathers). I think she also molted some of her tail feathers. Every day I find new feathers dropped in their pen and coop. Isn't it too early for her to molt? She is 5 months old and the weather is quite cold... -
weather confused?
My muscovy ducklings are now about 4 months old. This week has been quite cloudy and I noticed today that when I opened their coop to let them out earlier this morning, they came out, had breakfast and both went back to snuggle in their hay. Could it be that they got confused of what time it is... -
male muscovy duckling tired?
I have noticed that my male muscovy duckling (about 15 weeks old) which has got bigger-taller legs than the girl and looks like he doesn't know what to do with them, gets tired more easily when he walks, than the female who is more active and agile and trying to fly and dosn't lie down on the... -
trimming flight feathers in muscovies
I have read in the forums about flying muscovies and I'd like to ask you guys when is the appropriate time to do that. Should I let them take their first flights before I do it? Mine are about 3,5 months old and the female duckling has started hopping on the ground and flapping her wings... -
muscovy ducklings update almost 3 months old.
We've had them for 10 weeks so far and they should have been about 1-2 weeks old when we got them. the brown one should have been a bit older than the white duckling. This is how they used to be And this is how they look today :D They are trhe cutest... -
Vaccination for ducklings
Do they exist? Any vaccines appropriate for ducklings? If they do exist when is the right time to do them? -
Are they thin? Are they growing normally?
Is their growth normal? We've had them for 6 weeks. This is how " big" they were when we brought them home. And this is how they look today, 6 weeks after. Is their growth normal? Do you think they are thin? Should we feed them more? They fill their beaks up with food and dip it in their... -
What colour is it?
Our brown baby has started changing her/his colour. What do you call this colour? Pearl? Is it going to be like that when she is totally grown?