~~~Muscovy Duck Club~~~

[Yardmom]

I currently have 3 Muscovies. 2 drakes and a hen. (Any one in NW PA have hens for sale) They are black with white wing spots that become larger the second year. I think that is wild color, but my drake only flies a few feet off the ground. My current female has angel wing, but her mother used to fly a loop from the coop around the pond each morning.

 

[AusHen]

These are my current Muscovy ducks. Milky Way, Whipped Cream and little Lemon with its Indian Runner sister Snickers. I'm hoping Lemon ends up a drake but if not I'll definitely add one plus more females

 

[Lwilki]

We rescued 3 Muscovy ducklings over the weekend from someone who had hatched but then couldn’t keep them. They are 5 weeks old and I just love them! Can anyone give me a clue as to their sex? I’ve not had Muscovys before. I’d normally vent sex to make sure I had an Ok M/F ratio but these were too old when I got them.

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

We rescued 3 Muscovy ducklings over the weekend from someone who had hatched but then couldn’t keep them. They are 5 weeks old and I just love them! Can anyone give me a clue as to their sex? I’ve not had Muscovys before. I’d normally vent sex to make sure I had an Ok M/F ratio but these were too old when I got them.

How old? They are adorable!!

 

[Yardmom]

We rescued 3 Muscovy ducklings over the weekend from someone who had hatched but then couldn’t keep them. They are 5 weeks old and I just love them! Can anyone give me a clue as to their sex? I’ve not had Muscovys before. I’d normally vent sex to make sure I had an Ok M/F ratio but these were too old when I got them.

The first hint will be when the boys get larger than the girls. Next will be the sound. The boys will start to huff/hiss. They will stop triling. The girls will continue you make several different noises, but only hiss when agitated.

 

[hmarg06]

Ignore the circling, I posted for color help on here, but this is all 12 of my Scovies. My favorite duck breed that I've had by far. I went a little wild last year around here buying colors I have Chocolate, Chocolate (dark?) ripple, Lilac, I THINK Lavender, one black (split to lavender if I'm right on the lavender), and the one circled in red that I have no clue what she is lol.

2 of my oldest gals, They aren't tame per say, but very docile.

 

[SolarDuck]

They are still to young to say, but you'll he able to tell soon. If I had to guess I'd say the lighter ones are girls and the darker one is a drake. That's pretty much just a wild guess though.

 

[Genipher]

We started out with 8 Muscovy ducklings. They're all white. They grew up and I sold 4 of them, leaving us with Darkwing (our drake), Daisy, Dilly, and Dally. Well, I thought being in town the ducks would be fine outside overnight. I was wrong. Something killed Dally one night.
After that, the ducks were locked up in our shed every night.

Daisy hatched out 10 eggs last year. Only 3 ducklings survived. I ended up selling the babies when they were half grown to a family who wanted backyard ducks.

Then Dilly hurt her foot a couple months ago. I think there might have been an infection on the inside. I tried to heal her but...she died.

Now I just have Daisy and Darkwing.

Daisy is currently setting on 6 eggs. They should have hatched by now...I'm not sure what's going on and I'm afraid to move her off her nest.

Darkwing is amazing. He lets the kids pet him. I can pick him up and, while he struggles a bit, he isn't mean about me handling him. He loves to stand on the top tier of our yard and survey his domain.

They are fun to watch. I agree, they are THE BEST breed of duck.



Daisy and her 3 ducklings (2020)

 

[Lwilki]

How old? They are adorable!!

5 weeks. They are so funny. And so different in personality to my khakis. I’m keeping everything crossed that I don’t have more than 1 boy as I really want to keep them all but I don’t really have space to get more girls if we have a couple of boys

 

[Lwilki]

They are still to young to say, but you'll he able to tell soon. If I had to guess I'd say the lighter ones are girls and the darker one is a drake. That's pretty much just a wild guess though.

That’s what I’m thinking too. The dark one is definitely chunkier than the other two. And has a more oval shaped head which I believe is another indication of a boy. 1 more boy will be fine.