Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[Taniagirly]

Thanks! Are they Muscovy? I didn't realise that 2 very patterned parents could create so many solid coloured offspring! Proves the saying that ugly people have beautiful children hehehe

 

[zook]

Here's the male protecting wifey- in the last 3 months since she laid her eggs he has become fierce!

Here are the 7 week old babies (4 drowned and 3 were not fertilized) I can't believe how beautiful the offspring are!

I think they are muscovies....

Very beautiful colors. The drake is nice too..

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thanks! Are they Muscovy? I didn't realise that 2 very patterned parents could create so many solid coloured offspring! Proves the saying that ugly people have beautiful children hehehe

Yes they are Scovy and beautiful ones. I have never seen an ugly Scovy of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[Buck Oakes]

Aren't they a cute couple?!

 

[countrygirl5]

Hi all. I live in NE Iowa and have a 1-acre homestead. We currently have chickens and meat rabbits. We are located near a very large dairy farm, and the Mississippi river. So of course, we have flies and mosquitoes constantly! A friend of mine has a flock of beautiful muscovies and has offered me some of her offspring to help with the bugs, and to raise for meat and eggs. I do have room for them in a separate run near the chickens, but I really only want one male and one female to roam the property, lay eggs, and hatch some ducklings for meat. My questions are: 1) Will having only 1 hen be okay or will the drake "wear her out" like a rooster would to a hen? 2.) If I clip their wings at a young age do they stay clipped or do I have to re-clip each spring like a chicken? We have an above ground pool, and would like to keep them out of it. 3.) Would I constantly be trying to get them out of the surrounding cornfields, or would they stay in the yard? We have a fence all around our property, so I assume that if they can't fly, they'd stay put.

Sorry if these questions have already been answered, but I don't have time to read all 848 pages. Thanks in advance for all the replies! I can't wait to get my ducklings!! My hubby is a little hesitant cause of the pool and surrounding corn fields and I'd love to be able to put his worries to rest.

 

[Buck Oakes]

1) it depends on the male , if he has has a high testosterone count he will wear her out , to much mating is bad for them
2)you'll have to clip their wings every few weeks , they grow feathers very fast , but I would recommend not clipping they're wings, they like t stay in a place they know an won't probably won't venture far from the property
3) muscovies are how ever curious so they'll probably go near the corn fields but maybe to scared to go in them

Muscovies are great birds and great big waters so enjoy them while you can

 

[gardengoats11]

You would have to clip the wing after each molt not every few weeks. They might still be able to get to the pool.

 

[Buck Oakes]

Then my muscovies are different from yours

 

[gardengoats11]

How are you clipping that would cause them to grow back in a few weeks?

 

[MuscovyLover]

Wow I clipped mine when they first feathered in as babies.
They've just turned nine months old and I will probably need to do it again in a month or so.
Every few weeks would be bedlam here.