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Is it safe to feed Muscovy ducks wild bird seed feed? Winters were I live are heck-tec (crazy weather with crazy drivers) So I'm basically trying to find out if I can feed them things my local store sells. Tractor supply is a bit away from me and there isn't a feed mill near me that I know of.. Could I only feed my Muscovy wild bird seeds from a local store?
 
They can lay in the winter... I've found nests of frozen eggs. Maybe just stock up on bags of feed?
 
Sweet feed is what is fed to cows and pigs I believe. And from all I have heard wild bird seed isn't good to feed either. My ducks and chickens love blk oil sunflower seeds though but only get a smidge for a treat. Stock up I buy for a month at a time 200 lbs. I keep in large plastic trash cans to keep them free of bugs and mice.
 
My camera isn't taking good pictures. These pictures were just taken at 5:50 AM before I fed or cleaned their pools. (Please excuse the dirty kiddie pools- I didn't clean them before video) Can you see the ripples?
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Do you think this blue is a Male or Female?
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I also vote boy! Look at how long his tail is!

@Nyla I've been having issues with malpositioned hatches so it's been a nutty week or so. Somehow they start pipping on day 31 (this is the second hatch this year and it's happened both times) so I didn't stop the turner in time. Out of 6 eggs, I have one duckling out (needed assistance), the other is still absorbing, and the other four quit or suffocated trying to pip in the wrong position.

Driving me nuts.
 

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