Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[ameliadanielle]

This explains how my muscovy hen escaped the pen with her babies back at Christmas. I knew she couldn't have FLOWN up and out through a gap in the roof less than a foot wide from the small broody pen. Her babies just ferreted through the chicken wire like little weasels. She must have climbed up the wire on the door and squeezed out the top. Ugh.

 

[RichardKutz]

This explains how my muscovy hen escaped the pen with her babies back at Christmas. I knew she couldn't have FLOWN up and out through a gap in the roof less than a foot wide from the small broody pen. Her babies just ferreted through the chicken wire like little weasels. She must have climbed up the wire on the door and squeezed out the top. Ugh.

You're gonna have to get a tarp or some wire and cover the top completely. Mine found a small opening in the back of the pen that hadn't been covered by the tarp and climbed out through it. I had to patch it with chicken wire. Muscovies are a smart breed. If there's a way out they will find it, I've learned. You're gonna have to double check your pen over to make sure there isn't any openings they can squeeze through.

 

[ameliadanielle]

We built another one just for her with a solid wood top. Lol.

 

[ameliadanielle]

I knew she had to have gotten out of that gap but never could figure out how.

 

[RichardKutz]

I knew she had to have gotten out of that gap but never could figure out how.

 

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[TherryChicken]

Oh cool. Do you have any pics?

No I used to

 

[TherryChicken]

I was wondering what a Muscovy X would look like.  Do they get caruncles?

Idk I didn't keep them

 

[lovesanimals101]

I have a question...I got 3 Muscovy around the begging of last month and thay are young still but have been laying all this month a part of last month....so they are both laying eggs in the same litter box we have for them as nesting box....so could one go broody on them? even though they are sharing...they have layed 12 eggs and looks like they are trying to hid them in the box by covering them with wood chips? anyone have any ides on what I should do?....should I put another litter box in there so they each have one??

 

[drott3]

Was having a similar problem. The 2 girls even went so far as to share the setting. But after the 1st week there was a small squabble and the one took over the nest. So Yes give another nest box. I ordered a large dog house that's suppose to be here tomorrow. I'll set that up in the run and put a few eggs in there may be I'll get another one to set. The 3rd girls over with the Valentine hatch of chicks. No matter what I tried the drake and other 2 ducks beat up on her. That was before they started nesting. Bad part is she's my favorite would have loved her to have hatch some.