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[Buck Oakes]

Ok need some advice. If there is a drake and hen related by 2 generations. What is the outcome of the ducklings? Is it safe to have them as breeding partners for long life? Or will th ere be complications with th e babjies?

I inbred mine by a generation but when those babies had babies with each other most died at birth or had leg defects one had angel wing , and one is retarted the ones with the angel wing and foot problems died

 

[TherryChicken]

Aww thats so sad. So u in bred them by 3 generations or?

 

[Buck Oakes]

The retarted one is living though, and some were completlh fine and that's how I have mine with overly average wing spans that can fly so well

 

[mnhomestead]

Got my first Muscovy egg today!! It was an olive color, is that normal for a scovie? For some reason I thought they laid white eggs...

 

[Buck Oakes]

Yeah then it's not a muscovy egg because muscovies do lay white eggs , sorry

 

[maryhysong]

Got my first Muscovy egg today!! It was an olive color, is that normal for a scovie? For some reason I thought they laid white eggs...

Scovies do lay white eggs with a thick waxy coating on them. However when my girls have not laid for a time their first one or two eggs are more of a grey color, then the rest are white.

 

[mnhomestead]

Yeah then it's not a muscovy egg because muscovies do lay white eggs , sorry

Hmm, pretty sure they're muscovies. And while looking through the photos in this thread I see lots of green eggs...

 

[casportpony]

All my Muscovy nests have off-white eggs. If you only have Muscovies, then it gotta be, but if you have other ducks, well, it's probably not a Muscovy egg.

-Kathy

 

[kountryboy4life]

I get eggs from my Muscovy's that are a greenish color.. Not all of them, but some have a green color.. All of my first eggs of the year were like that.. The more they lay , the whiter they are..

 

[kristinn]

Got my first Muscovy egg today!! It was an olive color, is that normal for a scovie? For some reason I thought they laid white eggs...

Can you post a pic? It would be a lot more helpful!