Such a handsome boy!Here is my Muscovy boy D'Artagnan.
He was an unplanned duck - my son calls him my bonus duck.
After we received our 3 Khaki-Campbell's 2 India Runners, and one Pekin - all ducks - in mid March we were set. Then in late May I got a phone call form my son's teacher. They had found a lone duckling in the school garden, and after watching it for over an hour determined there were no parents. To this day no other duck has been seen there, and we have no idea how this guy showed up. My son mentioned we kept ducks, and after being unable to get a sanctuary to take it they called me. I walked down and picked him up, totally unaware of what sex, or kind of duck he would turn out to be. We raised him by himself, as the others had just gone outside.
He is very affectionate. Eventually it became obvious - from the claws - that he was a Msucovy. Recently it became obvious he was male, first from the hissing, then from the rising crest, and now from the near constant mating.... sigh, some unplanned conversations with my son from that. The first time he saw Dartie on top of Sonia the Pekin he ran outside yelling, "Dartie get ahold of yourself." I swore I would never have a muscovy or a drake, but.... here he is, and he's so sweet, and he comes running when any of us come outside. He is such a sweet boy.
And when much Younger.
They seem to change colour as they grow, don't they? I'm looking at the black cap he used to have when he was a chick in the last pic and then in the first pic that is gone. I wouldn't believe he is the same duck in all pics if you didn't say so! LOL!So, I guess my brown baby might change a lot as it grows! Got to get some new pics and post them here!
