Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[Harborotter]

Mine is a new flock, but they have been together at least a couple months now. I have two hens which may not be quite old enough but five definitely are and my two drakes are mature as well. I don't see them nesting or doing any kind of courtship.

 

[postalpoultry]

Mine is a new flock, but they have been together at least a couple months now. I have two hens which may not be quite old enough but five definitely are and my two drakes are mature as well. I don't see them nesting or doing any kind of courtship.

Really?? well wait I see you are in Washington, still pretty chilly there? Soon as we start getting a few warm days my girls start in, it was warm here for about a week, EVERYbody is workin' on a nest, today it was 33 at 9am (Oklahoma for ya). Anyway don't worry a little warmth and they will nest I'm sure they LIVE to be moms!

 

[Harborotter]

It is starting to warm up. I also live at a higher elevation.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Do they share nests?

Nope they do not like anyone around when brooding I have to remove my drake to his own stall too since he shares a stall with 2 of his girls and usually they are the ones who go broody first.

 

[Harborotter]

Very good to know. Thank you

 

[Ren2014]

Very good to know. Thank you

x2 this is all great to know. I hope yours go broody real soon for you and me, lol... so you can share the experience here

I'm putting my drake in with the girls today and this is all new to me with Muscovies.

 

[Harborotter]

x2 this is all great to know. I hope yours go broody real soon for you and me, lol... so you can share the experience here

I'm putting my drake in with the girls today and this is all new to me with Muscovies.

I adopted my first one in early December, I think. Maybe November. Somebody dumped her at the local park or she escaped. Anyways, she was so cute I adopted her for $10 from a local pet store that took her in to find her a home. When I got her home she started cooing at me and when I would pet her she leaned into my hand and kept cooing. I was smitten and have been putting my flock together ever since. So I am fairly new to them as well. When they started following my husband around wagging their tails, he declared they were his favorite ducks. That was after just a few so I have been pursuing different colors since. Maybe I will go outside and get some recent pictures to share.

 

[mrchicks]

Hi! We adopted these four two weeks ago, they were being sold for meat. I couldn't see that happening, so they moved in with us. They are nice ducks, but we have no idea if they are ducks or drakes. We're not familiar with muscovies, can someone tell me if they are ducks or drakes? Thanks so much!

 

[jannakaye]

My hen, Paddles, started laying on Feb 10th and the last four eggs she's laid have been jelly eggs. I feed them Layena and they also get free choice oyster shell. Any idea how I can help her with this? She's acting fine, normal poops etc. and I can't figure out what's going on with her.

 

[macgro7]

9 day since i started incubation: Out of 13 eggs in the incubator 6 have veins etc. 3 started development and died. 4 had no sign of development.
I hope at least those 6 hatch out fine and healthy! I really want to have at least a female descendant of my lost duck

Why such poor fertility??? My drake was not related to duck. They were mating every day also with a Campbell drake