Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[petjem]

A few months ago I took the plunge and got my first 7 scovies. Supposed to be one drake and the rest ducks and one was quite a bit bigger when they came. Then I'm agonizing that they might be all drakes because all thier feet look big, they've all got carunkling before flying, not any huge difference in size, etc, etc with all the ways one is supposed to be able to tell.

I'm out getting all the coops and pens winterized, building new nest boxes - enjoying the weather..and these two are getting busy on my saw! So either I've got at least one duck or I have bigger problems than an all male review! What color would you call him?


Meanwhile, I'd been making calls looking for for sure ducks to go with the boys (chocolates and blue fawns in particular) so I can expect eggs and babies next year...and I get a picture of these drakes. The one on the far left looks to have blue and brown mixed along with the white. The one up top has a lot more white but also appears to have blue and fawn mixed in. What do you all think?
I was given up on "calico" scovies not existing - but .....

Pics are not from the right angle to tell their sex. We need pics from their legs, their heads and from the side. As a group.

And first pic is way too small to see anything. I could only figure that 2 ducks mating, the one in the bottom having much less caruncles than the top duck.

 

[EdenCamp]

Actually with the mating action the genders involved are kinda clear....
Also know the gender of the drakes in the second picture -
Question was as to color of the drake in top picture and the drakes that are not chocolate in the second.
Sorry for the confusion...

 

[petjem]

Actually with the mating action the genders involved are kinda clear....
Also know the gender of the drakes in the second picture -
Question was as to color of the drake in top picture and the drakes that are not chocolate in the second.
Sorry for the confusion...

Well not always. I've seen my granmas young roosters mounting one another. When you have only males or very few females in the flock this may happen.

 

[EdenCamp]

Wellllllllllll all righhhhhhhhhty then! LOL! I do have plans to pick up some for sure girls this week - that may help sort out things. No feed back on the amourous guy as to color....smoke? Blue pied? Grey pied?



I have run across another mystery tho....
Black caruncling? Any thoughts on this?


Another pic some color ID would be appreciated


Thanks!

 

[TeamRetic]

Here is Pinky sitting on my lap. I am hoping it is a drake. Still not sure.

It is a friendly muscovy.

 

[TeamRetic]

A few months ago I took the plunge and got my first 7 scovies. Supposed to be one drake and the rest ducks and one was quite a bit bigger when they came. Then I'm agonizing that they might be all drakes because all thier feet look big, they've all got carunkling before flying, not any huge difference in size, etc, etc with all the ways one is supposed to be able to tell.

I'm out getting all the coops and pens winterized, building new nest boxes - enjoying the weather..and these two are getting busy on my saw! So either I've got at least one duck or I have bigger problems than an all male review! What color would you call him?

LOL, that is so funny. He has a saw for a mate. Muscovies are such funny ducks.

 

[maggiemmm]

Pretty one there!
This one is named "Pepper"Flipper is the male , darkwing is the blue/black and Flier is the brown one.


POHI is in front (malformed wing) DarkWing is in the cold frame.

I need to add more pictures because Salt looks just like Darkwing - but now that Darkwing is 3 she is getting so much white on her wings! when she spreads her wings it looks like someone has spilled a can of white paint on them ;-)

 

[crissycriss]

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A few months ago I took the plunge and got my first 7 scovies.  Supposed to be one drake and the rest ducks and one was quite a bit bigger when they came. Then I'm agonizing that they might be all drakes because all thier feet look big, they've all got carunkling before flying, not any huge difference in size, etc, etc with all the ways one is supposed to be able to tell.

I'm out getting all the coops and pens winterized, building new nest boxes - enjoying the weather..and these two are getting busy on my saw!   So either I've got at least one duck or I have bigger problems than an all male review!  What color would you call him?


Meanwhile, I'd been making calls looking for for sure ducks to go with the boys (chocolates and blue fawns in particular) so I can expect eggs and babies next year...and I get a picture of these drakes.  The one on the far left looks to have blue and brown mixed along with the white.  The one up top has a lot more white but also appears to have blue and fawn mixed in.  What do you all think?
I was given up on "calico" scovies not existing - but .....

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No ideas on gender but the color looks like my lilac drake and lilac pied duck.I'd say yours is a lilac pied.Im no expert thou just going by mine. very pretty

 

[Miss Lydia]

Here is Pinky sitting on my lap. I am hoping it is a drake. Still not sure.

It is a friendly muscovy.

Looking at the legs from the side I'm thinking drake. How old?

 

[TeamRetic]

It is 9 weeks old and it looks taller then my other muscovy.