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One of the most painful beak strikes I've had was from one of the Muscovy females here who I was practicing the above mentioned birth control on. She got some tremendous power in a strike. I just couldn't move my hand away and it got trapped between her beak and the door opening.:rolleyes:

Seems a very reasonable point of view. I still don't agree.:p:lau There is a valid 'responsible care' argument though which I don't really have an answer to. I hope the OP can find a way of letting them fly because he/she seems to love watching them, which I completely understand. It's like any...

I think the OP should make his/her own mind up.:)

I have no idea what is and what isn't legal where the OP lives. Just to keep reality in perspective, the OP isn't releasing them into the wild; he is just not restricting their movement. As for the assertion that their natural instincts have been bred out of them; I've not seen any proof of...

Well, the OP implied they wanted opinions and I've given mine. As is so often said here, we all have different views.:)

The Muscovy females here all fly. Sometimes they fly two or three kilometers and come back. Like the OP, I love to watch them fly and twice now to my knowledge they have flown to the safety of the house roof when a dog attacked. It's just unfortunate that on one occasion one of the males who are...

I don't recall the OP writing anything about wanting to lock them up. Afaik, all the OP was considering was clipping their wings.

I can't see how an enclosure a duck can fly out of can be predator proof; predators can fly in.:confused:

I'm not in favor of wing clipping. My view is they may need to be able to fly to escape predators. But, I don't consider animals to be possessions so my view will be different from the majority here I suspect. I also don't believe that keeping them from flying away necessarily means they are any...

They say the best fence is a green field when talking about cattle and sheep The chickens and Muscovy ducks stay here because they get fed and possible because they get housed. I've stayed places because I got work and that meant I got fed and housed. Why do you think your ducks want to leave?