Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[Duck Keeper]

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Aww, Sorry to hear that, Duck Keeper. That just bites!

Ugh, I was so excited! I guess it's good that I got some Appleyards from the eggs I actually paid for though, but I still fell stupid for having the temp too high... Thought I had turned it down.

 

[keeperofthehearth]

Pretty Baby!

Love those leg stretches.

I think I will always love the look Black Barred muscovy ducklings.

 

[Bleenie]

Duck keeper, i know a lady here that might have some eggs she might be willing to ship. i have a few of hers in the bator right now, due on the 22nd. they're all mixed colors though. i wish mine were laying

i want to see more babies! besides, ducks eggs are much prettier than chicken, they feel like someones waxxed them, lol.

 

[Bleenie]

Keeper, his curuncles have really grown since his molt. he has a lot of the darkness on them but still very pretty. my last drake was nearly solid black/blue through his, he was just gorgeous.

 

[OSUman]

What dose a scovie egg look like?

 

[keeperofthehearth]

Sorry, I was hoping that I had a good pic of a Scovy egg to post but I don't. Something I will be sure to do next spring. Hopefully, someone else will post a picture.

Anyhoooow, Scovy eggs are large, very waxy and just a bit off white. The first eggs seem to have more green splotching on them than the later ones.

 

[Quackmire]

Love everyones' pictures! KOTH, that duckling is adorable!!

Quackmire took his first "flight" yesterday, up onto our ottoman, and when done preening, back down again.....

I was ridiculously proud

And he is considerate enough to share his duckbed with the chunky chihuahua in the evenings....

We all just adore this duck. lol

 

[Duck Keeper]

Thanks for offering, but I think I'm going to wait until next year for more ducks...

I have TWO WHITE CALL EGGS OMG from the lady that gave me the 'scovie eggs, because she felt bad. I apologized for frying her babies {still mad at myself for that} but she didn't seem to mind too much. She's got like hundreds of birds, and had birds for over forty years!

I need to wait to incubate them though, since we're going away...

 

[keeperofthehearth]

Awww, how cute that Quackmire is willing to share HER bed.

Either your chihuahua is a very large one or Quackmire is a girl. If she is mostly feathered in and is still that small.....yeppers... Congrats, you have a SWEET Girl.

I have a long legged 18lb male cat that my Scovy drakes may not outweigh but def. look as big as or bigger than.

 

[Quackmire]

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I know, "he" is most likely a "she". We've called Q a he for so long it's hard to get into the habit of calling him "she". lol

The chi is a well-fed (fat) 8 pounds. So she's not very big at all. Q weighs just over 4 pounds and is about 11 weeks old. So yeah, we've all kinda figured he's a girl. (with a gender identity crisis if it's left up to me!)

Wow, an 18 pound kitty. Our biggest cat weighs in at about 13. I love big bodied (not obese) kitties.