Muscovy Duck Questions

[Miss Lydia]

Boy when I kept more than one Muscovy drake I could not let them be together during mating season which is from spring to late fall here. It was fighting all the time. So after yrs of separating them and my oldest dying I decide to get down to 1 drake. Now he and my gander get into it from spring to early summer when my ganders hormones wane and now my Muscovy drake just chases them. But no more fighting thank goodness. Those drakes can be a handful. But I love em. My drake is 8 yrs old now.

 

[Sunflower Girl]

Boy when I kept more than one Muscovy drake I could not let them be together during mating season which is from spring to late fall here. It was fighting all the time. So after yrs of separating them and my oldest dying I decide to get down to 1 drake. Now he and my gander get into it from spring to early summer when my ganders hormones wane and now my Muscovy drake just chases them. But no more fighting thank goodness. Those drakes can be a handful. But I love em. My drake is 8 yrs old now.

Lol I intervened when the biggest, meanest one grab onto the shy one's neck as it was trying to run away while the bigger one wouldn't let go and was yanking on feathers. Chased him and reached for him and he ran away, breaking up the fight. They only seem to fight whenever I put the food too close to one another or I don't put it down fast enough. I'm thinking about boiling them some fish, no preservatives or salt, is that okay for them?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Find out, I have only given Salmon an Pea dog food that’s as close to fish mine have gotten. No bones though!