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[Miss Lydia]

I need advice I have 8 muscovys I think 3 males and 5 females. Three are mostly white and much larger then the others so I assume those are males. My problem is the girls? Peck them and pull their wing feathers out. I have tried multiple no peck products. I had them separated for 3 weeks to let them heal up but the second I tried to reintroduce them the blood bath started again. They don't try to stand up for themselves at all. Not even to the tiny brown duck that is hslf its size. Could it be that one of the females is actually male and just claimed the girls to himself? They are about 10 weeks old. Help!

At 10 weeks i wouldn't think a drake would be claiming any one. or at least mine don't at 10 weeks my scovy's mature slow and really don't get interested in the females until much older usually next year [spring after hatch] Others my have a totally different experience. Can you post pics? The females are pecking the drakes?

 

[LeungHomestead]

Yes the females are pecking the drakes. [IMG][QUOTE="Miss Lydia, post: 18369790, member: 0"]At 10 weeks i wouldn't think a drake would be claiming any one. or at least mine don't at 10 weeks my scovy's mature slow and really don't get interested in the females until much older usually next year [spring after hatch] Others my have a totally different experience.  Can you post pics?  The females are pecking the drakes?
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[Miss Lydia]

Yes the females are pecking the drakes.

Very strange. My adult scovys will pick on a young drake if he gets too close but none have ever done what your seeing..

 

[Miss Lydia]

So we have been in drought for a year not much mud to be found around here until now we had a little rain. well give a girl some mud and she thinks she is at the spa.

 

[rookhomestead]

Lol

 

[LeungHomestead]

For the most part my ducks peck and eat the feathers. I have tried switching to a higher protein feed (20%). But when I had the males out the pecking almost entirely stopped. So I would think if it was a nutrition issue it would have continued. The boys don't try to get away either. For the most part they just take it.

 

[yoopergirl1211]

Congrats on your East Indies! Hope you'll show them off here.

Here they are. Two of the 5 didnt make it but these 3 are doing great!

So we have been in drought for a year not much mud to be found around here until now we had a little rain. well give a girl some mud and she thinks she is at the spa.

Beautiful! I have broody girls!!! Of course the one that is in full blown broody mode made nest in middle of a 20ft cement culvert left on our property so I can't try to slide any eggs in but Saturn is possibly going too!

Thankfully she picked a corner of chicken coop. If she does go broody I can try to slip eggs under her right?

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Here they are. Two of the 5 didnt make it but these 3 are doing great!

Beautiful!

I have broody girls!!! Of course the one that is in full blown broody mode made nest in middle of a 20ft cement culvert left on our property so I can't try to slide any eggs in but Saturn is possibly going too!

Thankfully she picked a corner of chicken coop. If she does go broody I can try to slip eggs under her right?

What a cutie!! Sorry to hear about the 2 that didn't make it. Incubation/hatching is bittersweet like that...and I never get used to it.

You definitely can try putting eggs under her. Don't forget to number them so you know if additional ones are being added (that can really mess up a hatch). I move my broodies with eggs to a separate, secure pen where they can hatch and raise their babies undisturbed; otherwise, you can end up with super-protective mama attacking everyone. Even the sweetest ducks will transform into vicious creatures when they're sitting on eggs, and I try to minimize stress on the girls so accidents like broken eggs don't happen.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

So we have been in drought for a year not much mud to be found around here until now we had a little rain. well give a girl some mud and she thinks she is at the spa.

What a beauty! She looks like she deserves a day at the spa. The mud masks do wonders for their complexions.

 

[yoopergirl1211]

I think queen Andromida is off being broody too. Poor Neptune is just wandering around by himself. I have to go look for her in a bit.