Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[Buck Oakes]

Aw don't worry, deep down inside that baby possess some of the genes that its mama had, plus just think of it this way, no matter what it shares its mothers blood so you will always have something from her

 

[holm25]

Does anyone have pics of a chocolate drake over blue muscovy hen and what you get from it?

 

[Buck Oakes]

blue fawn/lilac and blue i think thats what you get since chocolate is a sex link gene and blue is just a dilution gene of black so not much there but just blue and blue fawn/lilac

 

[holm25]

OK thanks

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[poult]

@holm25 , @poult , read this: [COLOR=333333]Amprolium is in most medicated starters and is not toxic to waterfowl. Feeds medicated with Nitarsone *are* toxic to waterfowl and dogs. Maybe some other drugs are toxic, too, but amprolium and bacitracin are okay and will *not* harm waterfowl.[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Not just quoting stuff I have read... been feeding amprolium and bacitracin to hundreds of waterfowl for many years. FWIW, Gilroy Tractor Supply feeds their "chick days" ducklings *medicated* crumbles.[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]From Purina:[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Did you know that Purina make a medicated version of Flock Raiser? Here it is:[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]And this:[/COLOR]
John Metzer on February 19, 2014 at 11:06 am said:
There is an “Old Wive’s Tale” that you should not feed medicated feed to waterfowl. This was true 25+ years ago when the coccidiostats used were harmful to waterfowl. But the coccidiostats used now (such as Amprolium) do not harm waterfowl. So if your only choice is a medicated starter or a non-medicated feed that is not adequate for young ducklings or goslings – you should always use the medicated chick starter.

[COLOR=333333]-Kathy[/COLOR]

Thanks! I wasn't sure but I was told not to so I just didn't but that clears it up that's the exact feed I'm feeding mine actually I could have sworn it wasn't medicated but either way being it won't hurt them it doesn't really matter now.

 

[chickengr]

we are short of water in greece!


today we got our first egg as well! is it true that I should always leave at least 1 egg in the nest so that ducks don't stop laying?

 

[poult]

No the ducks will still lay but they tend to lay in various places when they first start so leaving one egg in the nest isn't a bad idea.

 

[Buck Oakes]

Hey guys back from the vet, there for 2 hours and a 10min ( i counted) , but it was totally worth it! i learned so much and found out all my problems have been right under my nose, first of all they have 3 types of worms 1 type being gape worms

also apple cider vinegar can cause crop infections so, the more ya know, worming my babies and making the pen floors concrete bc unlike most of y'all who were telling me it was a bad idea, mine have 5 acres of free range all day, everyday unlike most of y'all. Mine don't stay cooped long, so.... ha, the vet even said it would be a good idea so...

But i do know that y'all didn't know there routine so not like rubbing it in your faces, just telling y'all. anyway yay! there gonna get better, what probably made them get worms is al the wild geese

i hate them so much, except one, but she's tame so not really wild

.... anyway they also probably made my pond all contaminated

wild geese are so getting on my nerves but there local wild geese so i can't really run them off, most have pretty much lived around here their whole lives

so yeah. but they still have gone around from pond to pond so thats another reason.

 

[chickengr]

No the ducks will still lay but they tend to lay in various places when they first start so leaving one egg in the nest isn't a bad idea.

thank you. luckily she lays at night when she is in a coop! I will try to collect the eggs so that they don't poop on them. hope she cannot wait to lay later on!

 

[poult]

thank you. luckily she lays at night when she is in a coop! I will try to collect the eggs so that they don't poop on them. hope she cannot wait to lay later on!

Haha! That is lucky mine lay in the morning! XD