Ducks VS Muscovies

[Miss Lydia]

My scovy girls have hatched out 50 babies since Feb.14th this year and only 8 were males. I decided 2 weeks ago not to let anyone else go broody and started taking the eggs away, now the lil boogers are hiding their eggs and I haven't found them yet. I've had my scovies for 2 yrs now and the only time they didn't lay was when in a molt or broody.
My Pekin was on a nest of eggs, 2 hatched on day 28 so I'm assuming they are her's...the other 4 hatched out on day 35 so I'm guessing the scovy gals had them hidden in her nest. I have to admit the Pekin/Scovy cross 2 are as cute as the pure scovies.

Michelle

Can we see some pics?

 

[Ally Rose]

Isn't a pekin/ muscovy cross called a mulard or something? i think people raise those for meat-- they are really cool-looking!

 

[Kevin565]

Isn't a pekin/ muscovy cross called a mulard or something? i think people raise those for meat-- they are really cool-looking!

It's usually referred to as a Mule Duck. Unless the Scovy was the Drake then it's a Hinny

 

[Ally Rose]

Well whatever they are called, its cool that you can breed 2 totally different SPECIES of duck like that.

 

[Kevin565]

Mallards actually hybridize with lots of closely related species. Mallard Drakes have no preferences

 

[Ally Rose]

Thats so cool