Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[laughingdog]

They're full of calcium, protiem, enzimes, amino acids, etc very great feed (especially if you couldnt free range), that seems to be greatly helping their now winter weather proofed shinyplumage, without otherwise feeding unless snow too deep covering everything. The roaches live on layer and fruit n don't smell or sing. I tried uploading pic a few times but no luck, cause they are bright fruity colors (dubia roaches), and only males have wings/roach look.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They're full of calcium, protiem, enzimes, amino acids, etc very great feed (especially if you couldnt free range), that seems to be greatly helping their now winter weather proofed shinyplumage, without otherwise feeding unless snow too deep covering everything. The roaches live on layer and fruit n don't smell or sing. I tried uploading pic a few times but no luck, cause they are bright fruity colors (dubia roaches), and only males have wings/roach look.

If you can upload pic put warning on it I may have night mares. lol Being from Florida originally I can remember those big huge flying roaches give me the willies just thinking about them.

 

[laughingdog]

Our rough collie/Australian cattle dog female of two pups kept, is really protective of flock.

 

[Halloweengirl13]

So adorable!  I can't wait till mine start feathering out!!!!

I just wish I could figure out gender...last batch I bought earlier in the year, I couldn't tell until their caruncles came in. Two the girls were very masculine until the last when their brothers became more obvious.

 

[Harborotter]

I vent sexed one of mine I was sure was a boy and found a penis and vent sexed one I thought was a girl and didn't find one. I am going off of head size. I don't want to vent sex them all but I am going to watch and see how many I guessed correctly. I am pretty sure I picked out more hens than drakes when I bought them.

I already have four adult drakes and five adult hens.

 

[Halloweengirl13]

Head size? I have heard about checking the thickness of their legs and general appearance but how do you tell by head size?

 

[Buck Oakes]

I'm pretty sure she just got confused or misinformed no need to beat her about something she thought was right.

 

[Harborotter]

I am completely new to Muscovys. I just noticed that some of my ducklings have slightly thicker heads. Maybe I will try vent sexing them and seeing if the two I checked were just flukes and lucky guesses.

 

[Buck Oakes]

Do any of you remember my duck named Farm? You know the first one I hatched and stuff. I really want to have her babies this year, as far as I know she has none unless she snuck into other females nest but I doubt it bc she's my only barred and no babies have been barred. I'm breeding her with my only chocolate male Pine, my silver/lavender male Orchid and probably Spur or fawn

 

[Buck Oakes]

I am completely new to Muscovys.  I just noticed that some of my ducklings have slightly thicker heads.  Maybe I will try vent sexing them and seeing if the two I checked were just flukes and lucky guesses.

It's okay it could be a way to sex them, and some people just have a sixth sense about gender so u could be right