Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[LBejaran]

We have a huge female sea eagle hanging around at the moment..related to and about the same size as a bald eagle...im thinking that might be where shes gone

Oh no! Let's hope she shows up again. I do know that I've had hens get off the nest for hours and most chicks will still hatch. The same for ducklings of other breeds (my ducks left a nest of 20 eggs in the rain and abandoned them for an entire night and 13 still hatched).

If something did happen to her, I'm so sorry. I know the feeling of losing birds too well and it always gets you hard.

 

[Miss Lydia]

We have a huge female sea eagle hanging around at the moment..related to and about the same size as a bald eagle...im thinking that might be where shes gone

So she was on a nest in the open?

 

[Deej211]

Yes. We have huge area at the back with a dam on it surrounded by 6ft chainlink. We have the ducks in there. They always lay their eggs on the island but i cant put a shelter on there as it goes under water a few times a year. Im going to have to put up a nesting area and just shift eggs into it next time...will they sit back on them if you move them? They make such a gorgeous nest.

 

[Kathy farms]

it just depends which spot you think would work best for you and your birds.

Which is most predator proof, and will not have the mama duck being disturbed by too many other animals.

Thank you for the input.

 

[Kathy farms]

And just be mindful if you leave them in the coup, in my experience they don't like to be close to one another. Also in my experience they would switch nests and get confused and sometimes fight one another. When I have kept one brooding duck alone in the coup, things have turned out much better.
Also agree with what Alaskan said.

Thank you, now I'm trying to identify which of the girls are laying then try and isolate them from the main coop and see how things will turn out.

 

[Buck Oakes]

Yes. We have huge area at the back with a dam on it surrounded by 6ft chainlink. We have the ducks in there. They always lay their eggs on the island but i cant put a shelter on there as it goes under water a few times a year. Im going to have to put up a nesting area and just shift eggs into it next time...will they sit back on them if you move them? They make such a gorgeous nest.

they should sit on them, its a natural behavior that they have, even if something gets there eggs or anything they will still try to set on eggs and that why some people give them fake ones so they can just be broody, but in order for it to work they have to be in full broody mode

 

[Buck Oakes]

We have a huge female sea eagle hanging around at the moment..related to and about the same size as a bald eagle...im thinking that might be where shes gone

in your country is it legal to call the wildlife fish and game and get it removed? here in the u.s we can call fish and game and they can come move the eagle/ hawk i think, or a falconer can most definelty since they have to have a license to handle those types of birds.

 

[Deej211]

There rear area of our block borders a heritage forest area. like natiomal park...so no. We have to Put up with her. They won't remove her.

 

[Alaskan]

I have seen floating islands made for ducks... then the floating island can have a little roof over it....

just an idea

 

[Miss Lydia]

There rear area of our block borders a heritage forest area. like natiomal park...so no. We have to Put up with her. They won't remove her.

Best thing to do is have a designated place for laying and brooding leaving a duck or any fowl outside to brood is asking for trouble a predator is going to find them . They need a night time sleeping house and inside privacy for laying and brooding.
A couple years ago there was a beautiful blue Muscovy down along our river, and after seeing her along the road i tried many times to get to her I wanted to bring her home I'm sure she flew off from someones home. any way she was so skiddish every time i'd try to get near her she'd fly down to the river very steep sides so no way of getting down myself. Well one day my dh comes home and says we have an Eagle on the river we jump in the truck and head down there and there the eagle sits in a tree right above where this Muscovy is hanging out, next day she is gone. No doubt in my mind who took her. I hated it happened I wanted to bring her home so bad.