Exactly about the holding
I hand raised all 5 of my babies even helped 3 hatch out of the eggs but only one will come over and sit on my lap and loves to be pet.
The rest really don’t want to be held
But all are very comfortable with me being around
I can pick them up if I have to but they...
I don’t have Muscovy ducks but I do have ducks
My guess is she wants to go broody and sees you as the bad guy stopping that
Would you consider letting her sit for a batch ? If you don’t have fertilized eggs maybe buy a few from somebody
If not try to clear the eggs right away before she gets...