Muscovy fighting getting worse - at my wit's end!

[StinkyAcres]

Well, I am trying something else. I have set up two dog crates, each with their own heater. I'll try to separate them at night into pairs that are least likely to fight. Now all the power outlets have been taken up.

I have always heard Muscovies don't need heat, but mine shiver nonstop below 30 degrees. It can't just be my Muscovies, can it?? And since Jeanette was bullied she is underweight and her feathers don't look right so I'm sure she needs the heat more than the others.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have never seen mine shiver. We are going down into teens next week and because my Muscovy girls are 13 and 14 yrs old I did get the sweeter heater set up for them. We have had temps in the mid 20's already and they don't seem to mind cold but they will go inside an lay in the thick bedding in their coop.

If you see yours shivering by all means offer heat. Just don't make them too warm.

 

[StinkyAcres]

I have never seen mine shiver. We are going down into teens next week and because my Muscovy girls are 13 and 14 yrs old I did get the sweeter heater set up for them. We have had temps in the mid 20's already and they don't seem to mind cold but they will go inside an lay in the thick bedding in their coop.

If you see yours shivering by all means offer heat. Just don't make them too warm.

Thanks! Yes, I'm trying to resist the urge to bring them inside the house and just keep them in the coop with a radiant heater.
I have to watch closely, but mine are definitely shivering...pretty much all winter. Even inside the coop with no drafts. I am so confused.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I don't know they are pretty hardy birds. It can be frigid outside and mine [when they were younger and more of them would just hunker down in the snow and sleep] We have to do what we can to make them comfortable though and not suffer. Are your heaters specifically for poultry?