Magnificent Marvelous Muscovies!

[Claires Poultry]

How do you guys control the feather pollution? Have been loosing the winter downs here and place looks like snow. I only have 5 I swear the summer molt wasn't this bad and the chickens were naked!

I don't control it at all, in any way.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

I don't control it at all, in any way.

Sorry poor choice of words... feather pollution, feather clean up. As our farm belongs to a company I have to be "mindful" nd tidy them up

 

[Duck_life]

How do you guys control the feather pollution? Have been loosing the winter downs here and place looks like snow. I only have 5 I swear the summer molt wasn't this bad and the chickens were naked!

My muscovies molt up in the woods, they don't come down by us so i have no problem

 

[Miss Lydia]

Do you have a leaf blower? not sure it would work but it might. Large flight feather I pick up and dispose of the rest just compost into the ground eventually.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

A leaf blower might work. I could atleast get them into a rough pile that way

 

[Claires Poultry]

Ummm..... something happened today, I mean yesterday - I guess it's already after midnight.
I think duck math got to me or something.... I dunno, I just...... somehow I ended up with 3 more ducklings. It was an accident, I didn't eggsactly mean for it to happen.
Well I did.... but..........

Here are some pics. I had to bring them in and dry them off with a blow drier. They are sitting on my lap as I type this.

I LOVE DUCKS! ❤❤❤

 

[Flyinbolts]

accidentally? Looks like a day old or less?

 

[Claires Poultry]

accidentally? Looks like a day old or less?

Yes, that's right! They were born yesterday.

 

[AquaDuck]

Wait till your colored ones get the age of mine. You start out with blues or chocolates and by year 8 they are almost white. And mine haven't started molting yet. Can't wait to see what this year brings. Only my females though my drake is also 8 and still same as he was . Runners are exactly the same but they are speckled in white on black. So interesting.

My three pet-girls are only 3 years old, and they've already changed so much!
Their first christmas:

Finishing up their molt right now (the white one's a drake):

They're my precious girls, so they're gonna (hopefully) live until they die of old age, probably completely white

 

[katiebrock]

My three pet-girls are only 3 years old, and they've already changed so much!
Their first christmas:
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Finishing up their molt right now (the white one's a drake):
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They're my precious girls, so they're gonna (hopefully) live until they die of old age, probably completely white

I love the Christmas pic!