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One of my Muscovy was guarding the entrance and like 5 or six of my other ducks stampede the entrance and bashed into her. She had that oh crap look on her face 🤣.

Definitely feisty! Mine know they are suppose to be going to bed and fight it. And they love blocking the door in if they do go in easily. On the other side they are the most gentle ducks when hand feeding and handling.

There are a few large hatcheries that sell ducklings. Everyone sells white ones and they are unsexed. However, metzer is going to be selling black ones. If you want sexed Muscovy, you will need to find a local breeder and either get sex-linked ones, or wait till they old enough to sex. You can...

Huh... Didn't realize they released oil from their caruncles too.

The Muscovy and mallard breed produce mule and hinney ducks. I can't remember which was which. One the drake is a Muscovy, the other the drake is a mallard breed. But the hybrids are like 60 % drakes, so you have lots of large drakes to eat. The offspring are all sterile, but female will still...

She is a beautiful girl

The mallard breeds live 10-12 years, often shorter for breeds like Pekin. Muscovy however live 10-12 in the wild and up to 20 in captivity (essentially as pets). @Miss Lydia also have a few older Muscovy.

That is a good one!

They can potentially live up to 20 years old.

Autocorrect can create some amusing sentences

Are you asking if my profile pic is my drake?

Muscovy do get along with other ducks. I do find they sometimes cause a bit more trouble for my other ducks. They get in a hormonal mood and just like to cause some trouble. Otherwise, they get along really well. I did have an issue with my drake and he ended up on the dinner table. He picked on...