Sometimes just plan a-holes.
Last year, all of our Muscovy hens had chicks, and their dad, THEIR OWN DAD brutally murdered several of his own children before we could seporate him. I was so disappointed. I guess he just didn’t want to be a father. But still really traumatizing for the mom.
I think Muscovys have a little of all these traits:
1 they have stark contrasts like brown/white black/white that is very aesthetically pleasing
2 They will sit on the roof of your house if you don't trim their wings
3 They go broody and have nests of 10+ chicks, and older ones can have...
I learned that the hard way
Or maybe i didn't learn, I dont think that when the summer i will be able to watch the beetles chewing up the roses when the ducks would enjoy them so much
My duck abuse story also happened this summer. I was minding my own business when I realized that there where japanese beetles all over my rugusa rose bush, so, not knowing what it would start, I caught a handful and fed them to my ducklings. By peek beetle season, I was feeding them upwards of...