Liath playing Peek-a-Boo
We finally got them to eat out of our hands!!! It only took 3 months. They still won't let us pick them up without a huge chase but it is a HUGE step in the right direction!
Took some pictures on Tuesday when they were exactly 7 weeks old. I'm still not sure as to what sex they are
Hamsteak and Bigfoot.
Lyla-cakes (I hope it's a girl lol) and Bigfoot. She was supposed to be blue and white too, but as you can see.. she isn't. It's fine though because she's very nice and I love her
Really pretty birds
Bigfoot is mostly blue now but he does have some white on him.
This is Hamsteak. If any of them are drakes I'm betting on this one because it's the most dominant of the 3 scovies. He's kinda funky looking lol. Blue with some weird white splotches.
This is him (?) again. He has a little crest to raise. Pretty cool!
Lyla was eating. I didn't think they would start to get their caruncles so young (7 weeks).
Here are all 3 of them. I can't really see much size difference at 7 weeks. If the 3 of them are drakes I seriously think I'm gonna cry
I love how the ducks are in their own little world. They totally ignore the chickens unless they get too close then they do this soft hissing sound and run the chickens off. I have seen all 3 of them hiss at the chickens when they get too close. Does that mean that they are all males?
Edited because I wanted to add the pictures below. Sorry for all the pics lol
Really pretty birds
I would say that at least bigfoot is a drake since he is larger in size than Lyla and seems to have quite large feet. The other drake with more white on his chest (hamsteak?) might also be a drake, he also seems to be larger and a little more upright which is typical for muscovy drakes.
The colouring of my runner duck is called "trout" and was created in France and Germany indepently from each other after World War I. The drake is gray, if he were trout he would be light gray and his chest more reddish brown than brown.
These mallard-type patterns are quite common and popular here in Germany and it's also my favourite colouring.
Here again some of pictures of y ducks, taken yesterday:
Six weeks old and competing with the runner duck in size, Soenke looks prettier every day.
Fuzzball in the foreground and Flanders in the background. Fuzzball seems to be turning into a "mini me" of Soenke, while Flanders looks more like the average Muscovy.
And all of them in one picture.
My Muscovy's Remington (left), Whisper(middle) and Daisy(right). They are the best pets I have ever had. They all love to be cuddled and love to eat out of my hand!
A nice hatch! looks a wee bit like mine but i have one with the mallard eye stripe lolGot a good hatch of muscovy's on Friday.
