Muscovy x khaki mules

[Duckiewuckie]

So just to be absolutely clear, a muscovy x khaki mule will not lay edible eggs but a khaki x muscovy hinnie will?

 

[AlleysChicks]

I thought they laid eggs but can’t be fertilized and hatched?

 

[Duckiewuckie]

I thought they laid eggs but can’t be fertilized and hatched?

That's what I'm wondering

 

[cheezenkwackers]

Storey’s Guide to Raising Ducks says, “Commercially, Muscovy drakes are crossed on Pekin, Rouen, or other large ducks. These eggs hatch in 4 weeks, and both males and females are a similar size at butchering age. The hybrid females from this cross (Muscovy drake × Mallard-derivative duck) typically do not lay, and the males are usually sterile. The reciprocal cross of Mallard-derivative drake × Muscovy female produces offspring that take approximately 5 weeks to hatch and have considerable size difference between the sexes. The resulting hybrid females usually lay small eggs that do not hatch. Males from this cross are sometimes fertile.”
I hope that answers your question.

 

[chickens really]

They lay eggs but won't produce off spring. You can eat the eggs..

 

[sourland]

The mallard drake/Muscovy hen crossbreds that I raised did not lay eggs. Just my experience. For others it may differ.

 

[chickens really]

The mallard drake/Muscovy hen crossbreds that I raised did not lay eggs. Just my experience. For others it may differ.

Strange...

 

[sourland]

Strange...

Stranger yet, they would build nests/pull feathers and go broody with no eggs.

 

[chickens really]

Stranger yet, they would build nests/pull feathers and go broody with no eggs.

Strange eh...I have no experience with that cross..

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have full Muscovy who go broody on no eggs