Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[Harborotter]

Hi all!

Presenting this for people's input: http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/14E06A08.pdf

I feel like we're fairly limited for information about Muscovy genetics/colors (or it could just be that I'm limited in my understanding of it!

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I wish there were more pictures but I thought it was a nice guide. I was particularly interested in the outcome for a Blue x Lilac pairing, the hatch being 1/4 blue, 1/8 black, 1/8 silver, 1/8 chocolate, 1/8 lilac, and 1/4 buff. Quite the variety!

Also, added these two to the flock a few weeks ago. They're just the sweetest things! I expected them to have a slightly more vibrant color but I thought they were beautiful when I saw them. The acquaintance I picked them up from says they're buff - any thoughts?

 

[TherryChicken]

Pretty!  One of Bob's girls is AWOL today.  I hope she is in a tree somewhere.

Thank you and oh no, do you mean she went missing?

 

[Harborotter]

Well I have two possibly three Muscovys laying. I sure hope I get babies.

 

[RichardKutz]

Brought home Buddy today. He's 6 months old. He's already settling into his new home pretty well. I don't want to let him out of the pen into the yard for a few days though so he has time to completely adjust to his new surroundings and consider the place his own. He's already taken to my 5 muscovy girls really well though, so it shouldn't be a problem.

 

[RichardKutz]

This is what I get when I run out of mealworm treats.

 

[debbie50chicks]

I had the most exciting and rewarding experience today. First let me say that my first experience with Muscoveys were several years ago when visiting family in a residential community with a pond behind their house. Several muscoveys were fed by the pond by the residents of the community. They were once wild but became people friendly. I fell in love!
FF to today. I always drive down our country road to where I keep my horse and variety of chickens. Every time I go down the road, I see Muscoveys at the roadside. I've stopped on several occasions to let them cross the road. Today I stopped at one house where I frequently see them. As I walked up to the door...a momma was walking around the side of their house with about 15 little ones following closely behind. She brought them down to a pond out back and I watched them all get in the water and paddle along with Mama. I was completely in awe! Come to find out when I talked with the owners, she had been still sitting on the eggs as of last night under their porch and when they went to look when I told them what I saw...I had just witnessed mom bringing her brood out for the very first time!
I asked the gentleman if he wanted to place some of the babies. They told me, if I could catch them, I could have them. Well that Mama was not going to let me any where near her babies!
He then said to me that the next clutch of eggs that were played by any of his muscoveys, he would give me the whole clutch to hatch myself. All of his were mostly wild. I can't wait to begin my new project of hatching and raising my own hand raised Muscovey beauties!

 

[debbie50chicks]

This is what I get when I run out of mealworm treats.

Oh that face! I love it!!

 

[Ren2014]

Thank you and oh no, do you mean she went missing?

yes

 

[Ren2014]

This is what I get when I run out of mealworm treats.

Oh that face! I love it!!

X2

 

[Ren2014]

I had the most exciting and rewarding experience today. First let me say that my first experience with Muscoveys were several years ago when visiting family in a residential community with a pond behind their house. Several muscoveys were fed by the pond by the residents of the community. They were once wild but became people friendly. I fell in love!
FF to today. I always drive down our country road to where I keep my horse and variety of chickens. Every time I go down the road, I see Muscoveys at the roadside. I've stopped on several occasions to let them cross the road. Today I stopped at one house where I frequently see them. As I walked up to the door...a momma was walking around the side of their house with about 15 little ones following closely behind. She brought them down to a pond out back and I watched them all get in the water and paddle along with Mama. I was completely in awe! Come to find out when I talked with the owners, she had been still sitting on the eggs as of last night under their porch and when they went to look when I told them what I saw...I had just witnessed mom bringing her brood out for the very first time!
I asked the gentleman if he wanted to place some of the babies. They told me, if I could catch them, I could have them. Well that Mama was not going to let me any where near her babies!
He then said to me that the next clutch of eggs that were played by any of his muscoveys, he would give me the whole clutch to hatch myself. All of his were mostly wild. I can't wait to begin my new project of hatching and raising my own hand raised Muscovey beauties!

Awh, sweet.

you get some real soon.