Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[Miss Lydia]

My black female from show stock. She is my favorite with her beautiful green sheen.

Lovely duck

 

[Going Quackers]

Food wise? i cannot break it down but for argument sake.. between all ducks and chickens i own almost 100 birds... (94 to be exact)

I go through 800lbs of feed per month, that is a combo of grower, scratch(almost 11% protein) and whole corn...(my sheep get a little of that too lol)

almost all ducks free range with the exception of my bantams. I mainly keep large waterfowl too, Muscovy, and a few pekin and then buffs which are mediums.

Forgot while it's close, i do still own more ducks than chickens... lol

 

[Miss Lydia]

Whatever works. In my case, and others probably, my ducks are very rarely handled so any chance of catching them is nonexistent. They are well-trained and will follow voice commands when I tell them to go to their pen, etc. The only time I handle them is to clip wings or if one is injured. If I handled them more, catching no doubt would be easier. Again, whatever works for each person.

yep.

 

[Going Quackers]

My black female from show stock. She is my favorite with her beautiful green sheen.

Pretty! i own one too.. we dubbed her Licorice..

 

[Buck Oakes]

My black female from show stock. She is my favorite with her beautiful green sheen.

She's beautiful! Perfect show quality!, I'm jealous ! but I couldn't mistake my own for not being beautiful even though they aren't true show stock, they just barley meet breed standards. But I lovem any way <3

 

[Onlyducks]

Once you grow accustomed to catching Muscovy it's not that hard, main keys are strong, heavy sleeved coat(i have a carhartt) and gloves..thick ones. I get the bird into a corner and ensure i have the wings down, i often tuck them under one arm.

FWIW i am small, like 5'2.. under 100lbs so this is very doable is you do it often enough, i started in scovies and have raised them for years so i have a solid method down, i would NEVER grab by legs and nets with those claws? i see trouble, be very careful, the breeder i got a duck off years ago ripped her claws permanently out readying her for me.

It's fine you see trouble grabbing with nets. I see trouble grabbing in a corner. One method does not suit everyone. If you can corner and catch, fine. My ducks are not handled enough for that method and I have NO intention of doing so just so I can look like a super nice person who is a duck whisperer. Netting is used by many people for duck catching and it works perfectly well. I agreed that cornering, grabbing, netting, anything but leg hooking, was fine. It's too bad people are so set in their own worlds that they cannot see there is another way of doing things. Personally, I don't care how people catch their ducks. I was just answering how I caught my ducks and how the breeder caught them when I bought them. If the questioner liked the method, fine. If not, perhaps he/she can try your method and see if they end up scarred and bleeding like their friend. It really does not matter to me—though I am sure it does to said person. They can choose what they want to do and hopefully will not believe theirs is the only "proper" method.

 

[txcarl1258]

Thank you Buck! She is my pride and joy! She was the only egg to hatch from 6 EBay eggs. Took me a long time to find solid colored birds. Every breeder I found mixes their birds or has pieds. Nothing wrong with that, but I'm not fond of the white head look and it seems just about every flock has them in it. I am hoping to get a pair of blues from padgetts poultry. They have awesome stock. I am going to breed her with my chocolate ripple drake to start my dark ripples.

 

[Buck Oakes]

cool, i try to breed pure white heads lol ! and solid colors are hard to get, i had this pure chocolate girl right and then when molt came around she started to turn blue! Blue of all colors!, and now she looks like a little puddle!, So it is really had to get solids.

 

[muskuslove]

Hi folks!
Here are some pics of my flock! I`m so proud! And they are so sweet....!

As you can see, after a long long and hard surch, i finaly found my blue duck....

With my blue came my black duck.... wauw


This sweetie is finaly getting wings! She was clipped by the previeus owner...




My oldest duck. She`s the big boss....!




The man....






Thats it!

XOXO from the Netherlands!

 

[Onlyducks]

What gorgeous ducks!