Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[Miss Lydia]

The way I have set it up, there won't be any jumping.


But thanks lots.

I have two more walls to do on my duck coop, I don't like working on this in the cold "brrrrrr" but at least the rest has been finished.

Good for you, any snow yet?

 

[Alaskan]

A little bit of snow....and water is freezing more...... My pond has been frozen over for more than a week now, but I am starting to have problems with my poultry waterers.

I was just thinking through how in the world I am going to heat the duck water all winter long.

Maybe I can skip making a roof/shelter over the waterer, and instead take a feed bucket, nail it to a fence post, and have the extension cord plug into the water deicer cord inside the feed bucket...that would keep it all dry, and still easy to reach the cords to unplug it etc.

Ooh!

Brilliant! I just thought that all through while typing it in, I think that will work perfectly!

 

[Miss Lydia]

A little bit of snow....and water is freezing more...... My pond has been frozen over for more than a week now, but I am starting to have problems with my poultry waterers.

I was just thinking through how in the world I am going to heat the duck water all winter long.

Maybe I can skip making a roof/shelter over the waterer, and instead take a feed bucket, nail it to a fence post, and have the extension cord plug into the water deicer cord inside the feed bucket...that would keep it all dry, and still easy to reach the cords to unplug it etc.

Ooh!

Brilliant! I just thought that all through while typing it in, I think that will work perfectly!

Or you can buy heated buckets. I have been using them for about 4 years now and can't imagine not having any, the chickens use them too.

 

[Alaskan]

But I still need to put the plugs in a safe and dry spot.

I have tried heated dog bowls and did NOT like them, I haven't tried heated buckets.

 

[Miss Lydia]

But I still need to put the plugs in a safe and dry spot.

I have tried heated dog bowls and did NOT like them, I haven't tried heated buckets.

I have feeder houses that I made out of scrap lumber I run the extension cords up off the ground using large cup hooks, then where they plug into the buckets cordI wrap with gorilla tape everything is out of the weather except the cord which are 12 guage out door cords. All plugs are under cover so not exposed to elements. And I wrap the plugs to keep anyone from chewing on them mainly my goose the ducks are too short to reach them but my goose will chew anything. I use heated dogs bowls for the FF I feed the flock one thing I like is that they are on a thermostat so when it gets up to 35 they cut off.

 

[muskuslove]

. What I would see in my young drakes is they seem to walk and lay down then get up and do it again where the ducks would be all over the place.

Wow gosh Miss Lydia... I sure do hope it`s a girl. Two drakes....

I`m gonna take some pictures today and post them. Maybe you can tell if it`s a boy or a girl.
And if it`s a drake , i hope it will work out just fine. No fighting....

 

[Miss Lydia]

Wow gosh Miss Lydia... I sure do hope it`s a girl. Two drakes....

I`m gonna take some pictures today and post them. Maybe you can tell if it`s a boy or a girl.
And if it`s a drake , i hope it will work out just fine. No fighting....

Since you have open areas for your ducks with a nice body of water fighting would probably be minimal, fighting here usually looks like a wrestling match the only time there usually blood is when they get up against the fence and hit their wings. But anyway I hope it's a duck too.

Get some pics facing front and some side views of whole body with legs.
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[Going Quackers]

A little bit of snow....and water is freezing more...... My pond has been frozen over for more than a week now, but I am starting to have problems with my poultry waterers.

I was just thinking through how in the world I am going to heat the duck water all winter long.

Maybe I can skip making a roof/shelter over the waterer, and instead take a feed bucket, nail it to a fence post, and have the extension cord plug into the water deicer cord inside the feed bucket...that would keep it all dry, and still easy to reach the cords to unplug it etc.

Ooh!

Brilliant! I just thought that all through while typing it in, I think that will work perfectly!

Heated buckets are good, i have some around here mind you this year i have cheated and plugged in the one 50GAL trough

With 20 in the big flock buckets would be drained. Um, do you have any of those rubber livestock bowls? i would get some if you don't, they withstand the ice and cold, stomp on them and refill no joke.. i have 3 now out in the field for the ducks, i am waterland here i guess.

You can also cover plugs of cords.. i ensure mine are heavy duty for outside use.

 

[muskuslove]

I`d really like to know if this is a boy or a girl. It`s raining today so i couldn`t take better pictures. The last one is the most recent one. Pictures are from my Phone, so not the best quality.

 

[Going Quackers]

I`d really like to know if this is a boy or a girl. It`s raining today so i couldn`t take better pictures. The last one is the most recent one. Pictures are from my Phone, so not the best quality.

Gosh it's cute! honestly, i'd lean towards drake. Those legs/feet in the first pic, that stuck out chest. All leads me to believe that.