Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[Miss Lydia]

Here are a few pictures of my girl Macy. She's now 14 months old. Finished up her molt and is looking nice and fresh

Shes so pretty aoxa, do you think you'll get a Scovie drake?

 

[aoxa]

Shes so pretty aoxa, do you think you'll get a Scovie drake?

I'd like to eventually. I am still really nervous with male drakes and my chickens though. My last drake did mate the chickens, though no one was injured.

 

[Going Quackers]

Here are a few pictures of my girl Macy. She's now 14 months old. Finished up her molt and is looking nice and fresh

Isn't she cute! reminds me of my Dusty but she has less of the colour, more underneath vs being on the back.

 

[aoxa]

Isn't she cute! reminds me of my Dusty but she has less of the colour, more underneath vs being on the back.

She had a lot more colour last fall!

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'd like to eventually. I am still really nervous with male drakes and my chickens though. My last drake did mate the chickens, though no one was injured.

I have 3 drakes and they have never messed with the chickens except to grab a wing if they get to close, but I do know some have posted on here about their drakes going after their chickens for mating. What about your call drakes have they ever tried to mate with your chickens? maybe it's just certain breeds of drakes,

 

[Miss Lydia]

She had a lot more colour last fall!

They change so much,m thats what makes it interesting.

 

[Going Quackers]

I am still not sure on these three - Fellow wants a drake and I want to keep a drake (and of course if any ducks) two are still flyers and are somewhat smaller - but still far larger than the definate and easily ID'd females from another flock. Birds from 3 different flocks will give me genetic diversity to play with.

So my question dear scobivites is..........all males? Or who is or ain't! HELPPPPP! LOL!



Same duck top and bottom right in this pic



Not the best pics I'm afraid.

The first and last def look like drakes, the middle pic is hard to tell.. you meaning the bird in the back?

 

[aoxa]

I have 3 drakes and they have never messed with the chickens except to grab a wing if they get to close, but I do know some have posted on here about their drakes going after their chickens for mating. What about your call drakes have they ever tried to mate with your chickens? maybe it's just certain breeds of drakes,

My call drake is so tiny, I can't imagine him being able to get my big chickens, and he knows he's a duck. He only mates his ducks. If the drake was raised exclusively with ducks I wouldn't worry. Ruth (the last drake) was raised with chickens as well. Macy was too young to breed at the time, so he went for the chickens.

What I really want to do is get some fertile muscovy eggs and let her hatch a brood and pick the male that way. They have to know they are ducks if they are raised by them, right?

 

[Going Quackers]

I have 3 drakes and they have never messed with the chickens except to grab a wing if they get to close, but I do know some have posted on here about their drakes going after their chickens for mating. What about your call drakes have they ever tried to mate with your chickens? maybe it's just certain breeds of drakes,

I think it's personality, i mean out of my two boys, i bet the oldest/biggest wouldn't, the other? oh, heck ya! it's just his way, i would never risk it.

 

[eggfinder12]

I now have Papa Drake and his two sons who are now 5 months old. They don't seem to mess with the chickens because Bucky the rooster won't allow it.