First time muscovy owner

[Miss Lydia]

I use to have a blue fawn but now that she is close to 8 yrs old she has turned white with only a smidge of coloring left on her.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Here is the diagram I used for clipping I only do one wing.

 

[Jbently28]

I use to have a blue fawn but now that she is close to 8 yrs old she has turned white with only a smidge of coloring left on her.View attachment 1808259

She is stunning!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thanks it's amazing how over the last year she has changed so much. Be prepared to have them for quite a while they are very hardy. First ducks I started with. 2004

 

[Jbently28]

I'm absolutely loving them! I already told my husband I want more females lol. This little girl walks straight up to me everytime I walk outside. She looks me dead in the eyes and waits for me to kneel down. Then she lays down right next to my feet so I can pet her. I'm absolutely obsessed. The male is friendly and likes to be pet as well, but this little girl has stolen my heart.

 

[Miss Lydia]

So sweet. My females aren't that loving but my drake is. But they really are a special breed.

 

[Going Quackers]

On the topic of wing clipping, I’m one of the few around here that never got around to it. Luckily, it hasn’t been a problem. My “flock leader” is a 99% non-flying Rouen. My two Muscovy girls followed her lead growing up. My smaller Muscovy hen does take short flights (when she’s not essentially glued to her nest, being broody), but her flights consist only of going from the barn to the house and back. My larger Muscovy hen hated flying from the beginning as she hurt her leg on her first landing and never really improved her landing skills. She finds it safest to walk along with Daphne, my Rouen.

At any rate, while I’m sure that trimming wings is the best idea, don’t panic if you are unable to do so immediately.

That being said, there’s currently a friendly Muscovy drake that’s been cruising my town’s ponds for a while, always 1 step ahead of his very embarrassed and worried owner.

I am in that club for the most part, i never clipped mine but i did have problems with my females sometimes flying where they shouldn't, mind you peeking in through the skylights of the house was funny.

Most of my drakes past a certain were simply to big to fly, the remaining Muscovy i have don't but i have no females anymore.

 

[Going Quackers]

I use to have a blue fawn but now that she is close to 8 yrs old she has turned white with only a smidge of coloring left on her.View attachment 1808259

Aw she's so pretty!

 

[Going Quackers]

I'm absolutely loving them! I already told my husband I want more females lol. This little girl walks straight up to me everytime I walk outside. She looks me dead in the eyes and waits for me to kneel down. Then she lays down right next to my feet so I can pet her. I'm absolutely obsessed. The male is friendly and likes to be pet as well, but this little girl has stolen my heart.View attachment 1808291

So sweet. My females were a bit more standoff ish i have some males that are still pretty friendly, my only chocolate guy eats out of your hand even though he was duck raised.

I have found the Muscovy to be more docile than the mallard derived, other than my calls they are very "pet".

 

[Ducklover77]

So we went to our local chicken swap this morning. I had to meet one of the vendors who was purchasing one of my ancona drakes. I had intentions of purchasing a black swedish and a pekin to go along with my anconas, WH, KC, and buff. I wanted to look around before making my purchasing. We passed by a booth that had tons of little muscovies of various ages. I was completely consumed by the little ones as a little girl was sitting right in the middle of all of them feeding them treats. They weren't skittish a single bit. The lady asked me if I wanted to feed them and I instantly fell in love as the started jumping up for treats. We talked for a while about clipping their wings, personalities, etc and I finally decided that I definitely wanted to add a couple of them to my flock. We spoke of sexing since I was hoping to add no more drakes to the flock. They had concluded that many of the theories were not in fact accurate. I asked about the shape of their tails and she pointed out that all of them had the same shapd tails when compared to others their age. I read also that that's not 100% accurate until after they have fully feathered out at about 16 weeks. My husband and I picked out 2 that had already started to feather out just based off of looks alone. They were all just as equally sweet and already prespoiled. So here are my 2 new additions! The little one on the left was the only one of it's color. The lady said that they only hatch out a handful of them each year. Does anyone know what color it is?View attachment 1805825

They are precious