How many times do they have to mate to get fertile eggs

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Miss Lydia said:
I was told in Florida you can kill any Muscovy's because they are Nuisance birds. The population is way over board. Yes they are meat birds and I have no problem with that at all. But to inhumanely kill them is so unacceptable. Ocala Fla did it one year.
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Yes it is not fair to the animals just to kill them and that's it. You are allowed to kill them if their on your property. But I would never just kill them. I would try to use every bit of them (like eat them, their meat) so at least their life doesn't go to waste.
 
Miss Lydia said:
I was told in Florida you can kill any Muscovy's because they are Nuisance birds. The population is way over board. Yes they are meat birds and I have no problem with that at all. But to inhumanely kill them is so unacceptable. Ocala Fla did it one year.
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Some apartment complex hire people to go around and kill all the ducks their, even the 1 day old ducklings. There have been multiple stories of people seeing others go around with a hammer and WHACK!
 
Soon2BChixMom said:
If you are going to be catching wild muscovies, might want to get some long leather gloves and a full set of carharts. The poo will be flying and they scratch worse than anything! I have 8 week old muscovies who have been hand raised and they do not like being caught or handled much especially now that they are out in their run on their own. So, I can't imagine catching wild ones or even semi-tame ones at a park.
If you want your own flock, why not look on Craigslist. There are always drakes for sale - even muscovies.
But, you have quite a few months to be worried about mating, broodiness, and hatching ducklings.
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When I was little we would go to this park with about a hundred of them (with a playground right next to the pound. It was so cool because on the side there is this rock formation and the ducks go in the holes to nest so you could walk on the rocks and watch them hatch.

We would also bring cheerios and while one was feeding them another would walk up behind and pickup a teenager duck (i was seven) they were really nice and didn't try to escape.
 
Well, good luck then. I hope your memory is as pleasant as it sounds. The ducks you have mentioned are much more tame than my hand raised muscovies.
 
I was born and raised in Florida and am very glad I don't live there any more. I would be heart broken knowing this was going on and there wasn't anything I could do about it. :(

I like your blog about Muscovy's it was very good.
 
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If there are a lot of male ducks around already, do you know how to crack open an egg and check for fertility? I would be surprised if you had several neighborhood Drake’s and your eggs not be fertile. Unless they have no access to yours.
 
CayugaJana said:
If there are a lot of male ducks around already, do you know how to crack open an egg and check for fertility? I would be surprised if you had several neighborhood Drake’s and your eggs not be fertile. Unless they have no access to yours.
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Hers is a duckling. ;)
 

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