They don't honk, but they do hiss, especially the drakes. The girls squeak; they sound so funny, especially when they are broody and you bother them. They are very large and the males are heavy; can be hard to catch up and hold onto when you need to check them over. And not easy to pluck, but then neither are my Welsh Harlequins; I guess I just don't have my duck plucking technique down as well as I do chicken
A few years ago Fish & Game put them on a list of migratory waterfowl and illegal to own. Most hatcherys got rid of their brood stock. Due to a mass uprising of Muscovy owners writing and calling,ect.; they were able to get the ruling changed because they are NOT migratory and many of those found on local lakes and ponds in much of the US are domestic birds that have been dumped by their owners which of course then began to breed. So now perfectly legal but very hard to find sometimes. Most hatcheries are still not offering them.
they make almost no noise at all
Aw sorry for the name change. It makes sense ofcourse, but still, cocobeach had a good ring to it.
Birth is such a no nonsense thing in most parts of the world. I was born at home, midwife came by to check on my mom around noon. Casual as can be. Labor got more intense. Around 5 my mom and dad had dinner and a cup of coffee, sent my older brother to the neighbors... called the midwife back and poof, there I was. She loved to tell me she barely made it up the stairs. Water broke at the bottom, I was on my way out by the time she made it to the top.
It makes me sad that American women are made to believe they're weak and clueless and need epidurals and inductions and all that jazz. In Europe it's perfectly normal to let a woman go 42 weeks without interfering... In the US, one day past 40 weeks and they're talking induction. A real shame. But, enough soap box. Back to birds!
Getting really excited about the muscovy prospect. I had no idea these guys had such fine qualities. I knew a lot of people just love them, but I didn't know why. Now I just have to have some! Wonder if I could clip their wings.. from what I gather they're quite the flyers. I have a very large fenced yard filled with weeds, they could live there perfectly. I can split the area in half (I've got two beagles living in there now) Must get my hands on one to try first. It would be silly to raise something we don't enjoy eating.
so the females went broody on you?
