Answers to all these questions are probably somewhere, but the muscovy thread has 800 pages!!!!!!!!
Long time lurker/first time muscovy owner here. I have five ducks and a drake. They roam about the yard and farm all day. I feed free choice flock raiser. I got them a few months ago, they were almost full grown then.
First - Can males get too big (and fat) to be healthy? And if so, how can I tell. Romeo seems to really waddle a lot more than any other animal I've ever seen!
Second - is it easier for them to um, you know
in the water, and if so, how much water do they need? They have a small tub that is only about 8 inches deep.
Third - I took 20 infertile eggs out from under a duck and put four eggs from another nest under her. She stopped setting and left the nest about a day later. If I candle the eggs in the nests of the ducks that are now setting will they abandon their nests? I want to candle them because Romeo (the big drake) is just figuring out his job and I don't want the ducks to sit on infertile eggs for a month.
Fourth - Why are they more afraid of me when I'm talking nicely to them than they are of the huge skid loader bearing down on them?
I LOVE these ducks - boy can they clean out a water mellon rind!!!!
Long time lurker/first time muscovy owner here. I have five ducks and a drake. They roam about the yard and farm all day. I feed free choice flock raiser. I got them a few months ago, they were almost full grown then.
First - Can males get too big (and fat) to be healthy? And if so, how can I tell. Romeo seems to really waddle a lot more than any other animal I've ever seen!
Second - is it easier for them to um, you know
Third - I took 20 infertile eggs out from under a duck and put four eggs from another nest under her. She stopped setting and left the nest about a day later. If I candle the eggs in the nests of the ducks that are now setting will they abandon their nests? I want to candle them because Romeo (the big drake) is just figuring out his job and I don't want the ducks to sit on infertile eggs for a month.
Fourth - Why are they more afraid of me when I'm talking nicely to them than they are of the huge skid loader bearing down on them?
I LOVE these ducks - boy can they clean out a water mellon rind!!!!