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OMG! Beautiful!!! Love them!
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I can't wait to see what mine will look like.


Is the tan/blue one a "fawn"?

It's a really bad pic,but yes...it's not "chocolate" it's much lighter creamier than that and it just blends into the lavender/blue.It's funny the way she's colored. Then the lavenderish girls have a barred like pattern.I said after hubby got rid of those nasty ole Giant Pekins,I wouldn't have anymore ducks...lol... But I fell in love with these guys.

These were some I sent to my uncle today....
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And these guys were SOOO ugly while they were getting their feathers in....
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I think they are beautiful. I love the way they look.
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lol probably just musovies do females lay eggs with out the males like chickens?

Yes they will.

Yep, they are laying machines!!!!!!!!!! That's why I have 72 new ones for 2011. Last year I had 65 hatch.
 
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lol probably just musovies do females lay eggs with out the males like chickens?

Yes they will.

cool lol wasnt sure
 
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Yes they will.

Yep, they are laying machines!!!!!!!!!! That's why I have 72 new ones for 2011. Last year I had 65 hatch.

mm would they be able to be house with my chickens?
 
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Yep, they are laying machines!!!!!!!!!! That's why I have 72 new ones for 2011. Last year I had 65 hatch.

mm would they be able to be house with my chickens?

Would you have an open area or chicken house?
 
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mm would they be able to be house with my chickens?

Would you have an open area or chicken house?

umm ive got a chicken coop with a fence around it
 
They are probably not over a month or
So old if I had to take a guess.
I have to pick okra and deliver it tomorrow then
Will have to get my grandfather from dialysis. After
I do that and finish th pen for my turkeys I will get some
Pictures of the ducks and other birds and then will get my computer
Up and going so I can post some pictures.
Got finished up with all but the okra as far as the gardening goes. Planted
Our fall peas and beans last Thursday and they were all coming up Monday.
So now that we have a break maybe I can get on more often.
 
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Yes they will.

Yep, they are laying machines!!!!!!!!!! That's why I have 72 new ones for 2011. Last year I had 65 hatch.

I really would take some of them off your hands if I was closer.... What are you asking for them?

Mine run with the chickens most of the time,but I do have a lil side pen made just for the ducks.Used a few pallets to make an outdoor shade area for the ducks in the corner of the pen.Actually a pretty cool lil idea.Been trying to work on a small pond for them,but just don't seem to be gettin anywhere with it....lol... I also have automatic bell waterer in the open coop,so it's not as much of a mess as on the floor waterers would be.
 
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Would you have an open area or chicken house?

umm ive got a chicken coop with a fence around it

Well, I can only speak from my experience. I don't really "house" any of the animals together (during the day) because they are in open/free range area. All of them are able to roam where they please on about 1 acre during daytime hours. My muscovies are very docile and friendly. I don't have any "bad" muscovy ducks, so they never fight with any of the chickens. I will add that ducks are most happy being in water, so that they can bath and swim around. For that matter, I have several kiddie pools that they enjoy every day. At night, some of the ducks go into the stalls or fly into the coops. Believe it or not (and some people say that ducks don't "roost") but I do have some ducks that fly on the roost and they roost right along with the chickens. I know that it sounds funny but it's true. The other ducks just like to sleep in the chicken yard. The only reason that I let them sleep on the ground and not penned up is because I have NEVER had a predator problem.

Muscovies can fly and they can fly HIGH!!!!!!!!!! So if you don't want them to fly onto someone's property, you would have to clip their wings. Mine fly around the property but they do not leave home. I think they just show off how high they can fly. It's a beautiful sight to see your own ducks flying.

So that being said, I think they can be housed with chickens but if ducks are with chickens in a closed area where they can't get out, it may be kinda messy. Ducks love water and they will try to get in a cup of water to bathe.

The ONLY problem that I have had with my 2 OTHER ducks (not muscovys - the 2 devils in the pic on the earlier post) is that they have tried to chase my chickens to breed and this is NOT GOOD. The first time I saw this, I almost flipped out. A duck could kill a chicken. If you haven't seen a duck's "tool" (what he uses to breed another duck), it is VERY DIFFERENT. It is a "spiral" shape apparatus that comes out and "wiggles" back in. A chicken is NOT designed to "accept" that. So, if a person has an aggressive duck that tries to breed with their chickens, they should immediately be separated. This is why my 2 jokers are in a separate pen (Alcatraz) and not with any chickens.

I hope that this helps.

Let's hear from the other muscovy owners.
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