Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[BunnyStyles]

I love all those little fuzzlets paddling in the pool.

they kept attacking my hand ahahha and was swimming under water as well

 

[Going Quackers]

Question on before broodiness. I've heard that the hens will store up eggs so lob some will go bad.
Can I stack lots of fake eggs in the nest to encourage her to actually sit, like a chicken?
I've just heard that many eggs go bad by the time she has the amount she wants.

Never happened here, they usually set within a timeframe where that just doesn't happen... not all eggs are fertile though so having eggs go poorly later on is possible. One thing i have also never needed to do is encourage a scovie to sit, if anything quite the opposite how to stop the bloody things!

 

[Going Quackers]

Let my ducklings have a swim today

Oh my goodness! look at those sweet little fuzzies!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Never happened here, they usually set within a timeframe where that just doesn't happen... not all eggs are fertile though so having eggs go poorly later on is possible. One thing i have also never needed to do is encourage a scovie to sit, if anything quite the opposite how to stop the bloody things!

Amen to that one lol

 

[Julie Birb]

they kept attacking my hand ahahha and was swimming under water as well

Very active little kiddos!!

 

[dan26552]

Never happened here, they usually set within a timeframe where that just doesn't happen... not all eggs are fertile though so having eggs go poorly later on is possible. One thing i have also never needed to do is encourage a scovie to sit, if anything quite the opposite how to stop the bloody things!

X3

 

[txcarl1258]

Question on before broodiness. I've heard that the hens will store up eggs so lob some will go bad.
Can I stack lots of fake eggs in the nest to encourage her to actually sit, like a chicken?
I've just heard that many eggs go bad by the time she has the amount she wants.

I've never had eggs go bad, but you do have some options. You can place ceramic eggs in the nest to try and fool her. May or may not work. What you can also do is pull some of the eggs when she starts to brood. I have had hens hatch from 1 to 18 babies. The larger clutches were nests I couldn't find

 

[MsPoultry]

I like your signature lol and what do those type of leghorns look like?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I like your signature lol and what do those type of leghorns look like?

I like that sig too, I have a husband that can't understand how I can spend hours on BYC. lol

 

[Julie Birb]

Thank you for saying that Miss Lydia. I am on BYC a lot too. I need to put the smartphone down and work.