Attention Muscovy lovers

[lesander]

Found a cute pic of my ducks from June.....I wished they stayed that fuzzy!

 

[Alaskan]

Me too....i cant understand how those super tiny super cute fuzzy things grow so extremely FAST!!




Also, congrats on the person getting some new ducks. I really like blue and chocolate. I think the chocolate is my favorite.

 

[Miss Lydia]

just got three new females one chocolate one pied and one blue!

Congrats!!!

 

[lbrykowski2011]

Found a cute pic of my ducks from June.....I wished they stayed that fuzzy!

Did mom hatch and raise her own babies? They are sooo cute!

 

[lesander]

Did mom hatch and raise her own babies? They are sooo cute!

It was a group effort by her, the dad-oddly enough he was a great help and protector. And they had some human help it was her first clutch and she 13. I wish they stayed that cute and fuzzy!

 

[Flappers]

Thought I would see if you guys could figure out my little ducky as well

I got a Muscovy for the first time and thought it was a female since it was much smaller than the others in the bunch. She/he is now going on 7 months and still hasn't laid an egg. I am starting to think "she" is really a "he"! She doesn't really make any noises unless she is alarmed and then she hisses quietly (which I have heard is a male trait). She also has what I would consider thick legs which is a male character as well (but again, I am no expert). Overall, she is still fairly small and her caruncles are just now coming in. Since females tend to get their caruncles later than males I am still crossing my fingers

. Is it still too early for laying? Today is the first official day of Spring, so it should be about that time.

I have included a picture from when I got her (she is the only one with brown coloring as a duckling) as well as some current photos. She does have "angel wing" so don't be alarmed by her appearance

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So... what do you think?

 

[muscovy man14]

It does look like a male but would need to wait a little longer to be sure but I'm pretty sure

 

[Flappers]

How much longer will I need to wait to be sure? What is the latest a Muscovy would lay? Thanks for your response

. Hopefully I am better at guessing next time!

 

[muscovy man14]

Some females won't go broody till their 9 months but I find when the males are younger they have slimmer longer bodies compared to females of the same age if u could post more pics that would help

 

[Flappers]

Here are a few more I took today. It seems his/her caruncles have developed quite a bit more from the last pictures. Hopefully they help!