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Thanks. I figured that. I need to find a male Cortunix in the area - Lithia FL.

About a month ago, I picked up 5 Cortunix Quail for the boys to keep/learn about. We kept them in our backyard and put them on the screened porch at night. Over that month, 3 of them flew away. Two remained. During this time, one of them had a very distinct call that I can only assume was a...

The local feed store has about 30 baby quail (I'm guessing bob-white from pictures?!?!). We live in Florida. I'm thinking of picking up 3 to raise as semi-pets. I have a large fenced in yard and have a great deal of success raising ducks (which come and go as they choose now). I understand...

Folks, I have a Muscovy hen that was attacked while sitting on her nest. She lost all her eggs and her wing was injured. She's dragging it now and has secluded herself from all the others. I finally caught her and have her on my back porch with some water and food. How should I set the wing...

Okay, first, I'm reaching my 100th Muscovy successfully raised. I know the difference between Drake/Hen. Nonetheless, I'm thoroughly confused about my juvenile Drake (about 5 months old). First, he's huge. He's attempting to mate with the other females. He was a rescue from an attacked...

I had a Muscovy with the same thing. The advice above is what I was given. It never "cured" him per se, but he did live. He ran around with the other ducks and ate and drank very well. He just walked with his head on near the ground. And, if your duckling doesn't magically get better, I...

I bought some stiff plastic anklets for my ducks. They work well but I am wanting to give these guys to others in the area that have ponds without ducks. I can't trust these folks will recapture them and put larger anklets on them especially once they can fly. Are there ways to mark the ducks...

Wow! Nice building. I have taken to a few Muscovies myself but as I'm in a residential area with an HOA, there are no shed possibilities for me. Windows sound good - but my advice would be to find out where the sun is going to shine in and if you don't have enough ventilation how hot it will...

I'll post pics of my Scovies soon. I currently have 81 Muscovy ducklings ranging from 5 weeks to 4 days old. For those of you who live in Central Florida, they are free! I can't keep more than a few to add to our ponds in the back. Please send me a message via this forum if you are...

Those are Muscovy? I've got 80 Muscovy babies and not one were all yellow like yours. Did Mom breed with a Muscovy or a Pekin?

I agree with the thinking that the hens "think" the eggs aren't going to hatch and/or something is wrong with them. However, in at least three instances for me, this has happened and I've either incubated the egg to full hatch or placed the egg in another nest for that hen to hatch. They are...

We have 15 Muscovies on our back two ponds. We have predators as well. In fact, a few have gone missing from either a raccoon or fox. That being said, if the pond is big enough, it is their safety. Though safety is in numbers. They sleep near the water's edge with one on each side awake -...

I have 79 (and counting) Muscovy Ducklings in my backyard. The oldest born on 15 April, the youngest born today. Is there a benefit to tagging them via ankle/number if my goal is to give them to folks who won't eat them? I can't sex them yet as they are too immature, but it's still possible...

I'm posting late from Florida. I have 80 Muscovies ducklings! My first hatch was a communal nest - 36 survived of 41 (born 15 April). I then had a rescued nest that I had to incubate (stupid raccoon) of which 10 survived (born via emergency E-section because the shell was too hard - I...

My hens share nests so they fill up quickly - at two eggs a day, they can fill a nest of 24 eggs in less than two weeks. In my opinion, I'd keep the nest dry and if she comes back to it each day you're fine. If she stays away for a few days then I'd be tempted to take the oldest eggs and...

I'm not sure of your setup or how old they are, but I've found that with my 80 ducklings ranging from 1 month old to a day old that I put some of the more passive, younger ducklings that are already part of the group in with the brand new ones. It allows them to get used to a more gentle duck...

I have 80 muscovies right now born from 15 Apr to today. The best way to tell is wait until they are 3 months old. By then you can easily sort out the drakes from the hens.

Will she reject the eggs? Return to the nest if it'sue been moved to a dog kennel?

A few months ago I almost had a full clutch of Muscovy ducklings hatch right on my front porch (a small bush close to it). Unfortunately, about a week prior to hatch something stole every single egg (without breaking a shell) and scared off the hen. Now she's got a full clutch, turned...

I wouldn't say 20 eggs is too much, but definitely the limit. One of the hens last year hatched a full 20 chics. Of course, she killed off about 12 of them via snapping turtle or drowning day 1. We rescued the remaining 9. Now it's those 9 who are laying crazy eggs everywhere! I've learned...