Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[Buck Oakes]

first of all he isn't meaning to hurt you , if you say he's finally starting to mate and he's then doing that, its because he's trying to mate with you, he truly has no intention on attacking you he just wants to get lucky lol. I'm not the best person to ask on advice to make them stop doing this however, because when i pick them up and put them on my shoulder they play with my hair and just sit on my shoulder (things they've been doing since they were babies) So i dont know how other people handle it. I think pretty much everyone on here other than me can tell you how to make them stop

 

[chickengr]

when my ducks get crazy I also pick them up and they calm down. they are like babies, just asking for attention.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Miss Lydia, we must have a sisterhood. We had some extra plastic netting that we made a makeshift side pen with. It looks pretty sad but it will make a great temporary shelter right beside the pen so she can interact and see them, pick grass and such but they can't peck her. Yay! I hope and pray no predators can get in as it is t near as sturdy as chicken wire.

It had to do for the night. Thank you all.

If you just use this during the day hopefully the duckling will be safe, I wouldn't trust it at night though. Glad we thought alike you never know what maybe laying around just waiting to be used.

 

[Buck Oakes]

when my ducks get crazy I also pick them up and they calm down. they are like babies, just asking for attention.

exactly lol

 

[TherryChicken]

My 1 girl is too good of a broody. She attacks me everytime I remove eggs or put eggs under or check. N hurts!! Yes she attacks not just mouths

I'm afraid to let her hatch babies :/

 

[jennifleur]

Brown duckling, much bigger than the others. I think its a drake.


It's hard to see in photo but this one has peachy orange tone on head chest and belly, with gray (lavender???) tail and lower back feathers. This was a very light tan wild type duckling when born. Could this be a buff? The one to the right of it is coming in all gray with a white bib and head. I've only had one silver, and my silver seemed more streaky than this gray. The seller I bought eggs from said lavender was a possible outcome.


the duckling standing on right facing camera, directly in front of the blue and white mom, has gray and tan feathers edged in white. Maybe a lilac barred?


most are brown barred, looks black in photo. they have changed a lot.

 

[TherryChicken]

Brown duckling, much bigger than the others. I think its a drake. It's hard to see in photo but this one has peachy orange tone on head chest and belly, with gray (lavender???) tail and lower back feathers. This was a very light tan wild type duckling when born. Could this be a buff? The one to the right of it is coming in all gray with a white bib and head. I've only had one silver, and my silver seemed more streaky than this gray. The seller I bought eggs from said lavender was a possible outcome. the duckling standing on right facing camera, directly in front of the blue and white mom, has gray and tan feathers edged in white. Maybe a lilac barred? most are brown barred, looks black in photo. they have changed a lot.

Beautiful!

 

[jennifleur]

Thanks! I have seen pictures of yours. You have some amazing birds.
Muscovy genetics are kicking my butt. I bought this batch of chicks as eggs, all except the lone blue chick that was from my own ducks egg.
I did get Holderalds (sp?) book but muscovy genetics still puzzle me. The gray colors, sepia and pastels especially. What I wonder is what happens as more people get the lavender gene and it's mixed with the silver, and chocolate lets say. Or why would buff take a double blue (silver) chocolate and ripple? Isn't ripple a pattern? What does a ripple day old chick look like? Why can't you calculate aytipico into the gene calculator? Do we have sepia in the USA, is it the same as Bronze? What combo would give you the coloring some describe as mid-purple? Fume, torte, calico,looney and faux bronze arghh. Blood red chest? I just ran across a mention of that one. Crazy

 

[ricebabyca]

My 1 girl is too good of a broody. She attacks me everytime I remove eggs or put eggs under or check. N hurts!! Yes she attacks not just mouths



I'm afraid to let her hatch babies

I bet she'll be a good momma!

 

[ricebabyca]

Brown duckling, much bigger than the others. I think its a drake.


It's hard to see in photo but this one has peachy orange tone on head chest and belly, with gray (lavender???) tail and lower back feathers. This was a very light tan wild type duckling when born. Could this be a buff? The one to the right of it is coming in all gray with a white bib and head. I've only had one silver, and my silver seemed more streaky than this gray. The seller I bought eggs from said lavender was a possible outcome.


the duckling standing on right facing camera, directly in front of the blue and white mom, has gray and tan feathers edged in white. Maybe a lilac barred?


most are brown barred, looks black in photo. they have changed a lot.

Nice!