Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[Soon2BChixMom]

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Bell with her new ducklings!

So sweet!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Such a precious pic.

Congrats!!

 

[Verboortchics]

Hi!
I'm looking for opinions on what breed of duck we should get. Muscovies are on the top of my list.
My husband wants ducks, so I thought for Father's Day I would get him 2.

We currently have 34 chickens that have a large coop. We have an automatic chicken door for the coop.

We do not have a covered run. The reason is because the run is under our fruit trees. It is fenced. They have around 2500 square feet.

We have neighbors that we annoy with our 5 roosters, so that's a big reason I have been looking at muscovies....the quiet factor!

Can 2 ducks fit in with this set up?

We do have a smaller coop as well that we use for chicks/pullets before they get introduced to the big flock.

The 2 breeds I thought sounded good for us are Muscovy or khaki Campbell.

Any and all opinions welcomed!

Thank you!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Hi!
I'm looking for opinions on what breed of duck we should get. Muscovies are on the top of my list.
My husband wants ducks, so I thought for Father's Day I would get him 2.

We currently have 34 chickens that have a large coop. We have an automatic chicken door for the coop.

We do not have a covered run. The reason is because the run is under our fruit trees. It is fenced. They have around 2500 square feet.

We have neighbors that we annoy with our 5 roosters, so that's a big reason I have been looking at muscovies....the quiet factor!

Can 2 ducks fit in with this set up?

We do have a smaller coop as well that we use for chicks/pullets before they get introduced to the big flock.

The 2 breeds I thought sounded good for us are Muscovy or khaki Campbell.

Any and all opinions welcomed!

Thank you!

My muscovy get along with my chickens for the most part with occasional goosing of each other. You can clip a wing on hens to keep them grounded. They will cause wetness around your waterers, and will need at least buckets or pans to take baths in year round. I like them because they are quiet too.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Hi!
I'm looking for opinions on what breed of duck we should get. Muscovies are on the top of my list.
My husband wants ducks, so I thought for Father's Day I would get him 2.

We currently have 34 chickens that have a large coop. We have an automatic chicken door for the coop.

We do not have a covered run. The reason is because the run is under our fruit trees. It is fenced. They have around 2500 square feet.

We have neighbors that we annoy with our 5 roosters, so that's a big reason I have been looking at muscovies....the quiet factor!

Can 2 ducks fit in with this set up?

We do have a smaller coop as well that we use for chicks/pullets before they get introduced to the big flock.

The 2 breeds I thought sounded good for us are Muscovy or khaki Campbell.

Any and all opinions welcomed!

Thank you!

I love my muscovies. They can fly and perch. I keep mine separated from my chickens though. The chickens like to figure out the pecking order and I don't want them pecking my babies (12 weeks old so they probably aren't really babies, but they did scream and run when the chickens tried to kung fu fight them.)
However, yesterday the chickens made their way to the duck side and by the time I found out, they were all getting along ok. The ducks were staring at the chickens and when I shooed the chickens back to their side, they ran past the ducks like they were running for their lives.

 

[casportpony]

Bell with her new ducklings!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

My muscovies live in with my chickens with no issues but they were also raised with them. My Drake does not like turkeys though!

 

[JanetMarie]

We had to butcher a male muscovy. He terrorized the mom and her ducklings, killing one.

 

[Lil Drake40]

Aww sorry

 

[The Moonshiner]