A: Muscovy ducks flying the coop (and coming back?)

[jakej1978]

I’ve got a large flock of Muscovys, maybe 20 at peak in Hawaii. Pretty mixed, well fed, access to water and swimming. Half left and one showed up today. A year later. Is that unusual? I had a brutal mating season around this time last year and I think that caused separation. But am surprised one has returned. The mating season for them has been pretty typical around Nov/Dev to March.

Is this common? Uncommon? Their seasons may be odd due to my location, but in all the years I’ve not had this happen before, or if one runs off, it usually comes back within a week. Not a year or so.

 

[casportpony]

I had a bunch of Mallards that flew away, and a few came back a year later.

 

[jakej1978]

I had a bunch of Mallards that flew away, and a few came back a year later.

Interesting. He or she I think has been living in the wild. Wouldn’t eat anything but rice while the others were eating up what I feed my chickens for eggs