Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[dan26552]

It would be cool if you could breed for spotted feet but then they wouldn't be show quality

 

[Buck Oakes]

True

, but i do breed for white heads and overly large wings, i me sure their wings and the average wing span for a male muscovy i think 4.5 feet and my males have 5 foot wings which isn't uncommon but i breed for that, and my females have 4.5 wing spans so thats what i breed for and its a great survival strategy since some don't want to go up at night

 

[dan26552]

It makes you wonder why whitehead isn't show quality if it's so common

 

[Buck Oakes]

i know right!, even in the wild mature birds have a white head, ( i think)

 

[dan26552]

i know right!, even in the wild mature birds have a white head, ( i think)

A lot of them do (I think)

 

[Buck Oakes]

lol! anyway when r u getting your birds?

 

[Onlyducks]

A lot of them do (I think)

According to the birding sites and fish and wildlife, wild muscovies have dark heads and large white spots on their wings. They do, of course, breed with domestics so not all "wild" muscovies are actually wild.

 

[Buck Oakes]

Thats true

 

[dan26552]

lol! anyway when r u getting your birds?

I have six two chocolates and four blacks(I think) I'm not home right now probably won't be till the end of the month but I'll get pics as soon as I can

 

[MsPoultry]

Wild Muscovies are pure black with only little bits of white on there wings(depending on age it may range in size)and there caruncles are almost completely black showing very little red flesh and the breed originates in South America and lots still live wildly there in Storeys Guide To Raising Ducks by Dave Holderead he got to see a true wild Muscovy of South America I envy his experience of seeing a true wild Muscovy!