Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[MsPoultry]

Extremely true!

actually muscovies don't have any domestic descendance like mallards do. Muscovies are actually non domesticated birds. we call them non domesticated because humans didn't have a role in developing the species, like descendance of mallards. And yes muscovies are still wild in South america and Latin america, thy are very beautiful and look very similar to ours we have have on the farms

 

[Terri O]

You might be able to breed muscovies with white patches that resemble the desired neck ring, but the typical white ring of the mallard drake is not in the arsenal of muscovy colour patterns.

And, as Buck Oakes stated, the plumage of a muscovy can be subject to change with every molt.

my drake for example started like this:



Now I would not recognize him, hadn't I witnessed his molt:

This is neat Frank! I thought that mine changed from year to year but I never really know which is which just because I have so many. I liked your duck best in the first pic. I am a big fan of solid black against solid white I guess.

My muscovies hiding out from the wind:

They really do not like wind. We have had winds around 30 mph most of the day. When we went out to herd them into the greenhouse for the night, there was no argument on their part! They just waddled right over and into the greenhouse!
I put some tomato pieces in for them. They did not seem to like tomatoes in the past, but I thought I'd try again.

Onlyducks--is this a freezer tipped on it's side? WHat a great idea! I have one in my yard by the barn that I always wanted to make into a place to store the hose with a lightbulb to keep it from freezing...but I think I know what I will do with it instead. Thanks for the idea. Now if I can just get all the water out of it!

Have a great night! TerriO

 

[Terri O]

Well I just typed a really long post linking to several things I found interesting....then POOF it was gone. BYC has been doing this to me lately--I wonder if something is up with it?

Anyhow...I said something about Frank's ducks and the freezer (I think) tipped on it's side. (great idea) and now I need to head out....have a great night all! TerriO


ETA: And there is my post! At least some of it showed up!

 

[Miss Lydia]

So my boy has started breeding with my females yesterday for the first time (all are about a year old) will my ladies start to lay soon because of this? Or is my boy just being a horny pest?

What part of the world are you in? if where it's spring going into summer yes they should start to lay soon, my Scovy drakes in this part of USA are through breeding for this year. [fall going into winter]

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well I just typed a really long post linking to several things I found interesting....then POOF it was gone. BYC has been doing this to me lately--I wonder if something is up with it?

Anyhow...I said something about Frank's ducks and the freezer (I think) tipped on it's side. (great idea) and now I need to head out....have a great night all! TerriO


ETA: And there is my post! At least some of it showed up!

I've had that happen or type out a replay hit submit and nothing happens it just sits there and i have to close out. frustrating.

 

[Onlyducks]

According to Cornell.edu "- Only two species of ducks have been domesticated: the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and the Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)."

Also this:
Even though the FWS states in a fact sheet “Even though these feral muscovy ducks bear little physical resemblance to the muscovy duck in its native range…” they make no distinction between wild Muscovy ducks and domestic Muscovy ducks.
At one time, FWS was going to outlaw breeding muscovies (http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/aa/aa-06april2010.htm). The only reason this did not stay in place was that the muscovies people raised were not like the wild muscovies—they are a domesticated muscovy. (Mallards still have to be obtained from breeders and properly marked/papered. In most states, you cannot keep wild mallards.)

There is a similarity in appearance, but the wild ones are mostly black. They don't have the color variations domestic ones do. Humans did change the way the species progressed after domesticated, with the color variations, etc. So in that sense, humans did have a role in developing the species as it exists today in the duck trade. It was not "developed" as much as the mallards were, possibly because it was domesticated long after mallards were domesticated.

 

[Onlyducks]

Terri O: Yes, it is a freezer. I made sure the door could not go shut (it's propped, wired and there are blocks at the bottom to keep it from closing) and used it. We put pine shavings for bedding. It's warm and safe and they like it!

 

[Buck Oakes]

According to Cornell.edu "- Only two species of ducks have been domesticated: the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and the Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)."

Also this:
Even though the FWS states in a fact sheet “Even though these feral muscovy ducks bear little physical resemblance to the muscovy duck in its native range…” they make no distinction between wild Muscovy ducks and domestic Muscovy ducks.
At one time, FWS was going to outlaw breeding muscovies (http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/aa/aa-06april2010.htm). The only reason this did not stay in place was that the muscovies people raised were not like the wild muscovies—they are a domesticated muscovy. (Mallards still have to be obtained from breeders and properly marked/papered. In most states, you cannot keep wild mallards.)

There is a similarity in appearance, but the wild ones are mostly black. They don't have the color variations domestic ones do. Humans did change the way the species progressed after domesticated, with the color variations, etc. So in that sense, humans did have a role in developing the species as it exists today in the duck trade. It was not "developed" as much as the mallards were, possibly because it was domesticated long after mallards were domesticated.

okay thaks for clearing that up for me apparently my definition of being domesticated was wrong, i was thinking of how we domesticated a wolf to turn into a dog, not thinking the way you described it

and what i was saying is that the genetics of the colors is in the wild ones just humans helped bring those out. but thanks for clearing things up.

And yes they are mostly black but l don't think i said that they look exactly the same did i ?

 

[Julie Birb]

okay thaks for clearing that up for me apparently my definition of being domesticated was wrong, i was thinking of how we domesticated a wolf to turn into a dog, not thinking the way you described it  and what i was aging is that the genetics of the colors is in the wild ones, just humans helped bring those out. bu thanks for clearing things up. 

all of this is so fascinating. I am impressed with the knowledge and resources you folks have. Although I do not own any ducks I do love them and appreciate all of everyone's passion for them.

 

[Buck Oakes]

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