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[gaitngirl]

Okay my Muscovy's died of some pond water they drank it had a dead mouse in it I sent the corpses in for testing and I will get them tomorrow or later this upcoming week to make shore that it wasn't something more dangerous, My Muscovy's were 10 2/3 months and counting, R.I.P these were my first batch of Muscovy's and I let them free range (BAD IDEA) I have 8 Muscovy's I let my sis try keeping at her property for 2 months and I was getting them back in a week to rejoin the flock, thanks for caring everyone

I will let you know what the results are as soon as I get them, for now I gotta cross my
fingers and hope for the best

if you have any suggestions I'd be happy to hear them, btw CUTE pics everyone I wish you all the best of luck with your scovies

If the mouse had been poisoned maybe? And I guess the effect of that would depend on the size of your pond even . . . My Muscovies free range, too. All of my ducks and chickens do. I've only lost one to mysterious causes. Hopefully it was a freak thing. I do agree with Edencamp on having the water/well checked.

 

[Going Quackers]

Hope you get some answers and that its a easy to fix freak thing. Best leave the birds at your sis's til you're sure.
Dead mouse in a pond dosen't sound reasonably responsible - scovies eat mice. Unless some poison/chemical has leached into your water table there. Hope not. Are you on a well?

I agree, mine eat mice, i'm on a well too. Free ranging isn't the issue mine do it too short of being nabbed by a predator or getting into poison, they should do just fine. I hope the results can provide you with some info.

 

[Going Quackers]

They could definitely be twins!!! Yours has more carnunckly carnuncles, lol. How old is he?

Yes, he does! he's 2yrs old.

 

[Going Quackers]

No, seriously - if you are on a well - don't drink the water!
Have the health dept check your water ASAP.
If you have something toxic seeping in the water table.......not good.
Could be doing bad things to your family.

I don't disagree with having it tested but wells depends, if you have one, is it a dug or drilled? do you know how deep those things all play a factor in their functioning.

Frankly, i'd trust well water over chemically treated town water, any day especially for livestock!

 

[EdenCamp]

I don't disagree with having it tested but wells depends, if you have one, is it a dug or drilled? do you know how deep those things all play a factor in their functioning.

Frankly, i'd trust well water over chemically treated town water, any day especially for livestock!

If it's clean, that's true. Unfortunately, man's destruction knows no bounds. Fracking, chemical leeching and runoffs are poisoning ground water and even the aquafers. We take purity and safety of our water for granted - and shouldn't. Periodic testing is often ignored. Not sure why surface water was flagged as a possible source of the problem (other than a dead mouse) but when it comes to health and saftey of ones family...wouldn't play. It's inexpensive, if not free, usually through the health dept.

 

[Duck Love07 AR]

good news and bad. I candled all of my eggs to day, 20 of them. Good news was they aren't all dead, bad news is only three of the twenty are alive. The three living ones were moving and seemed rather healthy, I'll have to find nice homes for them because I can't keep them but it is good to know my girls did something right. Maybe next time they'll have better luck.

 

[Miss Lydia]

good news and bad. I candled all of my eggs to day, 20 of them. Good news was they aren't all dead, bad news is only three of the twenty are alive. The three living ones were moving and seemed rather healthy, I'll have to find nice homes for them because I can't keep them but it is good to know my girls did something right. Maybe next time they'll have better luck.

Aww sorry to hear that, but honestly finding homes for 3 is a lot easier than for 20.

 

[LILMaranLady]

If it's clean, that's true. Unfortunately, man's destruction knows no bounds. Fracking, chemical leeching and runoffs are poisoning ground water and even the aquafers. We take purity and safety of our water for granted - and shouldn't. Periodic testing is often ignored. Not sure why surface water was flagged as a possible source of the problem (other than a dead mouse) but when it comes to health and saftey of ones family...wouldn't play. It's inexpensive, if not free, usually through the health dept.

I'm sure its not anything in the well cause my well has been tested last year and I'm about get it tested again so yah I think I can rule that out, I interrogated our neighbors and they have been putting deacon out

so that Is my supposed culprit, the pond is a medium kiddie pool size its a runoff from a duck pond up in the woods so there might be something about that my hubby hiked up there to see what's up with that pond, and my sis is going to happily keep my ducks for a while, and I will get the tests results in 2 days because we live close to a place that does that

and my marans and buffs and barred rocks are okay.

 

[EdenCamp]

Sounds like your neighbors may very well be the source of your problem then.
Might want to give the lab a heads up to look for it.
Simple solution if this turns out to be the source.
Thanks a bunch neighbors - can you warn us next time!

 

[Frank Phinster]

Finally, some more picture of my muscovies.

They are going to be sold this week, I found someone who wants to buy all five of them. Although I still don't really want to give them away I'm glad that they can stay together.

But at least mother duck is sitting on a new clutch, despite the five young ducks as company she managed to build a nest.




The fuzzball showing her wing.



Faust and Selma in the foreground. The caruncle above the bill is developing, the facial feathers are receding.