Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[Scovy Momma]

I always love your photos,@Wobbles They are always so clear & gorgeous. I can look at them all day!

 

[chickengr]

Can someone tell me about the boys and molting?
My drake is molting plenty . I've noticed him not mounting his regular girls.
Now I have a pekin girl laying and he's not interested at all.
And I want to hatch her eggs.
When they molt do they calm down on the mating?
I've heard of ducks shedding their "male parts", I'm assuming muscovy males do too??
Maybe a part of molting?

if you cross a muscovie with another breed their offspring will not be fertile.

 

[Buck Oakes]

well there is a chance of females being fertile, but its very very low

 

[chrissyr]

if you cross a muscovie with another breed their offspring will not be fertile.

I'm ok with that. I just want the muscovy to cross with the pekin.
The pekin and I are a little frustrated at his disinterest at the moment
Wondering if it's time of year or molt.
She seems to irritate him with her advances , which I'd never of imagined happening

 

[Scovy Momma]

She seems to irritate him with her advances , which I'd never of imagined happening

Poor Pekin! Maybe she needs to find out what his favorite team is & learn the game so she can talk about something that interests him. Maybe he's just not interested in all her talk about shoes.

 

[holliewog]

Poor Pekin! Maybe she needs to find out what his favorite team is & learn the game so she can talk about something that interests him. Maybe he's just not interested in all her talk about shoes.

lol...I can offer my very randy Garfunkel as an advisor.

Off topic - where did you get your normandy basset and do you like him?

 

[Buck Oakes]

I'm ok with that. I just want the muscovy to cross with the pekin.
The pekin and I are a little frustrated at his disinterest at the moment

Wondering if it's time of year or molt.
She seems to irritate him with her advances , which I'd never of imagined happening

if its a muscovy male to pekin female then i think those babies are mostly male, if its mallard derived male to muscovy female i think those are girls

 

[mymilliefleur]

I'm ok with that. I just want the muscovy to cross with the pekin.
The pekin and I are a little frustrated at his disinterest at the moment

Wondering if it's time of year or molt.
She seems to irritate him with her advances , which I'd never of imagined happening

I've noticed my drakes are less interested in my hens this time of year, so molting may very well have something to do with it.

 

[Buck Oakes]

It has everything to do with it, during molt hormones are reduced dramatically, testosterone and the hen equivalent to estrogen are reduced a ton to have more growth hormones.

By the way i love your sig especially at the end, Give them plenty of space I couldn't agree more i dont understand how people can keep them in a run especially how it gets so dirty.

 

[chrissyr]

Poor Pekin! Maybe she needs to find out what his favorite team is & learn the game so she can talk about something that interests him. Maybe he's just not interested in all her talk about shoes.

haha! Here's to hoping she earns his affections next spring!

It has everything to do with it, during molt hormones are reduced dramatically, testosterone and the hen equivalent to estrogen are reduced a ton to have more growth hormones. 

By the way i love your sig especially at the end, Give them plenty of space I couldn't agree more i dont understand how people can keep them in a run especially how it gets so dirty. 

I was certainly hoping that was the case and not that he just doesn't like her.

I've noticed my drakes are less interested in my hens this time of year, so molting may very well have something to do with it.

I really appreciate all of the info here. I couldn't find confirmation anywhere , so this all helps a lot