I have been removing her eggs daily as it will be -20 for most of next month. I will let her hatch a clutch in the spring though. We gave our amish neighbors an extra drake this summer and they want some females for him. Im pleasantly surprised to be receiving eggs still and I guess im lucky...
Out of my 5 muscovy hens, only 3 are old enough to lay (hatched in march and may this year). One has laid 1 egg a day for the past month and another one started laying 1 a day this week. The one that just started has become broody. Lays in one of her multiple nests (always trying to make more)...
My drake was hatched this spring, maybe 7 months old and this just started a couple of days ago. He started just being wet and has gotten dirty over the days. They have a duck house inside of a barn and he dries out pretty well over night
Wet feather doesn't fit mine either. He is also free range with 2 kiddie pools of water and he is swimming a little less but its in the 50s in the day and 30s at night, so getting colder.
I dont think it's parasites, my other 6 don't have issues. It might be an infection. Is yours feathers...
That is how I described it also, like a drowned rat. He feels wet and cold and will have to stay out of water this winter also if it cant be fixed. Good luck to your duck also!
My beautiful white drake has been waterlogged and dirty for the past 3 days. I assumed it was his oil gland and poured a couple of cups if hot water on it and massaged it. It has not helped and all of the feathers in that area are stained yellow unlike my other ducks. Anyone know why this has...
From my experience with my muscovys, it is much easier when the ducklings are no longer peeping which was 8-10 weeks. I added 2- 6 week olds, a 8 week old and a 10 week old and my adults targeted the peeping ones.
Update- I got another 8 week old female and a 10 week old from the same people I got the first 4. The 2 males had to live in the pig barn for a few days but all seems to be going well for now!
I have had ducklings twice and both times they were very scared and ran away until 3 weeks old. Until they realize you feed and water them, then everything changes and they get excited to see you
Males will also have longer bodies. From the end of their wing feathers to the tip of their tail will be a longer distance. These were my first ducks so I didn't realize what sex they were until 10 weeks but now looking back I should have known at about 4 weeks. Here are 2 females on the left...
When comparing their feet, do they both have the same size? If they are the same size then they are probably the same gender.
Mine were about 10 weeks here. Male on the left and female on the right.
I meant to get 3 females and 1 male but realized at 8 weeks that there were 2 drakes. Im trying to add more females in hopes that I dont have to rehome one. I asked a question on a muscovy facebook group right after I realized I had 2 drakes and what I should do. Most people said since they were...
I decided to wait to introduce the dark male for now. The first minute didnt go well. The duckling panicked and ran and the white male cornered them and had one foot on each with one by the neck. I broke that up and they duckling are now in a corner and im standing between them and the big...