Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[EdenCamp]

Yep, also duck eggs can be tricky to hatch. Easy for mama duck, not so easy for peoples.
Is there a reason you aren't looking for new hatchlings instead?

 

[Triple Willow]

I've looked around for some but didn't find any. I might not have searched hard enough. I'm not positive but I think there is less of a chance of spreading disease to my place with eggs than with hatchlings. I know there are diseases that they can catch through the egg but an even bigger chance once hatched. Are they harder to hatch than chicken eggs?

 

[EdenCamp]

Yep, and take 37 days too. There is a post with some very detailed instructions from someone that has had a lot of luck with it. Dry incubate for one. Try searching - if you dont' come up with it I'll try to dig it up again.

 

[BatonRougeChick]

My Muscovy Daisy loves to eat with the chickens and kitten. The kitten even loves the duck/chicken feed!

 

[Going Quackers]

My Muscovy Daisy loves to eat with the chickens and kitten. The kitten even loves the duck/chicken feed!

LOL! cute! my cat is not fond of the ducks, he's not mean but clearly doesn't trust them but i have drakes and they will lunge at the dogs if he feels their getting to close...

My dogs LOVE the duck feed, they'll eat side by side the ducks, but i chase them out.. wasteful and not good for the dogs anyways. Never seen the cat touch it or try too.

 

[Going Quackers]

I think this drakelet is trying to kill me.. his name should be accident prone... the one on the left, in the pool!



The other week somehow he got a blood feather pulled... so you guess it, one hot mess... cleaned that all up. Last night , my one kid goes is that blood? yep, buddy boy here ripped open his back claw and were dripping blood everywhere!

got that cleaned up!(qwik stop is a marvelous invention! ) i have no idea what the heck he keep doing!! it was that back claw not a front toe so no idea what he did this time.

 

[EdenCamp]

Hmm call him Lucky?

My cats tear into bird feed, and bird babies.
Everyone tears into the dog food.
Have to feed them in the dark so all they have to contend with is the ducks.
Ducks aren't night blind are they?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hmm call him Lucky?

My cats tear into bird feed, and bird babies.
Everyone tears into the dog food.
Have to feed them in the dark so all they have to contend with is the ducks.
Ducks aren't night blind are they?

Mine have to wear night vision goggles to be able to see at night.

 

[Going Quackers]

hmm was more thinking PITA!

The dogs only get into the duck feed when their loose... it's in the pen and barn... the cat doesn't care, like i said he is rather cautious around them. None of them are mean to the dogs/cat but they have no problem nipping at them if they get into their space to much, mostly the drakes but the odd duck here as the attitude as well..

 

[ihavechickens2]

can broody duck moms move there eggs them self? she was brooding for about a week in a dog box, well i went out this weekend and her and all the eggs are gone. her due feathers are everywere also. Im not sure if she moved them (if she can) or if something got her.