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Very confused over Muscovy girl
So my Muscovy Girl laid her first ever egg yesterday and then today she decided to lay 3 eggs. 2 within a few seconds between each other and another 4 hours later. I'm genuinely concerned as I have read than its normal for 1 egg a day and rare for 2. is this normal for first time layer? I have...- Gingernutt
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When do muscovies start to first lay
I have a girl that was hatched 25th March 2023 and I was wondering when should she start laying eggs? I read that some start at 6months old but she hasn't even started yet. Getting a little worried something might be wrong if she should already be laying eggs by now.- Gingernutt
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- duck muscovy duck
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Fussy duck i think
My eldest muscovy (15 weeks) has stopped eating his grower pellets but will eat everything else like worms, grass, fruit (gave as treats) but wont even touch his pellets anymore even though he use to eat the pallets fine. Unsure if he has become fussy and doesn't like his pellets anymore (fancy...- Gingernutt
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- duck food muscovy
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Wing clipping
Hello, I have 1 Muscovy that's 14 weeks old and 2 that are 12 weeks old. My female Muscovy that's 12 weeks old is trying to fly and can lift up a little and kind of glide about 12cm far and my one that's 14 weeks (male) flutters his wings a lot but not lifted up off floor. what age should I...- Gingernutt
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- duck ducklings muscovies wing clipping
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Duckling weird feet and walk
(Hopefully that is viewable and its a little wet because it went into its water bowl and is drying off now) It hatched out 7th June perfectly with its sibling and its eating and drinking fine but notice how weird it toes look and how it walks. It is a mallard crossed with a runner duck, so...- Gingernutt
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- duckling duckling advice feethealth help appreciated mallard ducklings runner ducklings
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Need help sexing 6 week old muscovy duckling
I have a 6 week old muscovy duckling and I want to know or have an idea what gender it might be. I never had ducks before and haven't got a clue how to vent sex or what to look for. My duckling did start developing feathers around the tail quils (if thats what they are called) just before 3...- Gingernutt
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- advice needed duckling duckling sexing muscovy duck muscovy duck sexing
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New duckling owner. Needing advice
Hey, So i hatched a muscovy duckling from an egg I found at work and its now 5 weeks old but i wasn't lucky enough to find another egg at the same time as this one was in incubator ( i didnt expect to hatch successfully with me being a first timer) so I bought some muscovy eggs and sadly some...- Gingernutt
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- duckling help muscovy new to ducklings
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