Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[jannakaye]

I was finally able to get pictures of the ducklings? I counted 6 she hatched 7 out of the ten eggs I let her sit on. The one I took out is doing well keeping my incubator one company

Congrats to you and Mama duck!

 

[jannakaye]

Action shot!! (Photo creds go to my cousin)

Beautiful!

 

[jannakaye]

Introducing my gorgeous little Ash! I have been advised she/he is a Muscovy, although there is some debate to be had! Is anyone able to tell me how I can sex him/her? We have made an appointment at the vets but this is over a week away, and I am too impatient! Haha.

Love seeing all these beautiful ducks! Just gorgeous!

What a beautiful color she/he is! (I think girl too!)

 

[mymilliefleur]

My first ever clutch,hatched today 30 eggs all successful...

That white hen is beautiful! So are her babys!

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

Disaster on the coldest day of the year. The outlet that runs my water buckets, keeps my pipes from freezing, and provides a head warmer for my drake failed tonight. By the time I saw everything was off, his caruncle was completely frostbitten. Not just the knob, the whole thing. I can't replace the outlet until tomorrow at the earliest, as I have to get an exterior outlet assembly, and since there is no fuse for that line to shut it off, need daylight as I would be working on a live outlet. The lines to everything are buried under over a foot of ice and snow, so I can't move them. I am maxed out in terms of indoor ducks, with the Saxony pair living in my bathroom while mom is down on eggs, but feel terrible with him outside. He has his shed for shelter from the wind and snow, but the windchill is so bitter he flash freezes the moment he goes to get a drink.
I feel terrible. If I brought him in it would result in an instant battle as the saxony drake is very protective of his family. He goes after the other birds through the glass of the back door when his hen comes out to bathe in the cats' water dish (because as we all know, the water that comes out of the tap for them is way better than what goes into her bowl) It is also way too warm for him inside while he has his full winter feathering. He would have a sore face, be overheated, and harassed by another drake. I am fighting the urge to scoop him up and cuddle him and drag him indoors. This is absolutely breaking my heart!

 

[Loc20chick]

Disaster on the coldest day of the year. The outlet that runs my water buckets, keeps my pipes from freezing, and provides a head warmer for my drake failed tonight. By the time I saw everything was off, his caruncle was completely frostbitten. Not just the knob, the whole thing. I can't replace the outlet until tomorrow at the earliest, as I have to get an exterior outlet assembly, and since there is no fuse for that line to shut it off, need daylight as I would be working on a live outlet. The lines to everything are buried under over a foot of ice and snow, so I can't move them. I am maxed out in terms of indoor ducks, with the Saxony pair living in my bathroom while mom is down on eggs, but feel terrible with him outside. He has his shed for shelter from the wind and snow, but the windchill is so bitter he flash freezes the moment he goes to get a drink.
I feel terrible. If I brought him in it would result in an instant battle as the saxony drake is very protective of his family. He goes after the other birds through the glass of the back door when his hen comes out to bathe in the cats' water dish (because as we all know, the water that comes out of the tap for them is way better than what goes into her bowl) It is also way too warm for him inside while he has his full winter feathering. He would have a sore face, be overheated, and harassed by another drake. I am fighting the urge to scoop him up and cuddle him and drag him indoors. This is absolutely breaking my heart!

so sorry to hear of your predicament!! I pray he stays safe tonight and all gets fixed tomorrow

 

[Loc20chick]

Probably a good thing they are out main reason if you have an open waterer and the water is warm your ducklings will be in it in a heart beat, they will get out and chill and most likely die. Sorry to be so harsh but ducklings cannot chill. You need to put something in there they cannot get into this is the worst time of year to have babies, and I'm not belittling you it is just going to take alot more effort on your part to keep them safe and warm. You'll need to go out many times a day with warm water and top off their waterer, and make sure they are dry and the bedding is dry too. I'l lget you a few pics of waterers that can be used safely with ducklings ..

make a hole on both sides just large enough for them to safely stick their heads into you can make it larger as they grow, I make one for mom and put it up on bricks so babies can't get to it.

another example.

main thing is keeping them dry so be sure what ever you use they cannot climb inside of.

Very good ideas, I have several empty milk bottles I can do this. I wish I could take all and put them in the brooder inside the house with the other two but I think Mama duck would be sad after all the work she did.

 

[poult]

Action shot!! (Photo creds go to my cousin)

Beautiful!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Very good ideas, I have several empty milk bottles I can do this. I wish I could take all and put them in the brooder inside the house with the other two but I think Mama duck would be sad after all the work she did.

Oh I would never say take ducklings from mama, but you may have to consider moving all in if your getting what we are. I'd be very concerned about them. Xlarge dog crates work great for temp housing.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Disaster on the coldest day of the year. The outlet that runs my water buckets, keeps my pipes from freezing, and provides a head warmer for my drake failed tonight. By the time I saw everything was off, his caruncle was completely frostbitten. Not just the knob, the whole thing. I can't replace the outlet until tomorrow at the earliest, as I have to get an exterior outlet assembly, and since there is no fuse for that line to shut it off, need daylight as I would be working on a live outlet. The lines to everything are buried under over a foot of ice and snow, so I can't move them. I am maxed out in terms of indoor ducks, with the Saxony pair living in my bathroom while mom is down on eggs, but feel terrible with him outside. He has his shed for shelter from the wind and snow, but the windchill is so bitter he flash freezes the moment he goes to get a drink.
I feel terrible. If I brought him in it would result in an instant battle as the saxony drake is very protective of his family. He goes after the other birds through the glass of the back door when his hen comes out to bathe in the cats' water dish (because as we all know, the water that comes out of the tap for them is way better than what goes into her bowl) It is also way too warm for him inside while he has his full winter feathering. He would have a sore face, be overheated, and harassed by another drake. I am fighting the urge to scoop him up and cuddle him and drag him indoors. This is absolutely breaking my heart!

Hopefully he'll heal but it is heart breaking to see them this way. even spreading the vaseline it doesn't help much because they are constantly dunking their heads. Hope you can get it all taken care of today, we're bracing for snow and ice on top so getting generator ready in case of power outages. I have heated buckets and dog bowls going outside I'm worried more about them than us inside we have wood stove and generator but I'll have no way to keep water from freezing. Everyone stay safe.