My heart is broken, Scovey Hen flew off yesterday

[Bleenie]

But wouldn't they be Mules? They take around 29 days, don't they? I have only hatched Muscovy X's once and they hatched all crazy at different times! but that was in the incubator, I am positive a hen could do better than me!

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[PlumTuckered]

My only Drake is a Mallard so yes they'll be Mules. I tell ya this has been the longest 22 days of my life. Thank you for the Prayers Hon...they sure are appreciated. After I hug and kiss Scooter like crazy then give her some peas I'm going to lecture her on putting me through this worry LOL the little booger!

Michelle

 

[Bleenie]

I am definitely keeping my fingers crossed for ya. I had a hen do this to me a couple years ago but thankfully i found her within a week under one of the buildings, along with a fat nest of eggs! Maybe Scooter just needed a break from the other birds

 

[treldib]

Scooter!

PlumTuckered,

 

[treldib]

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[keeperofthehearth]

PlumTuckered
Yesterday 10:30 pmMy only Drake is a Mallard so yes they'll be Mules. I tell ya this has been the longest 22 days of my life. Thank you for the Prayers Hon...they sure are appreciated. After I hug and kiss Scooter like crazy then give her some peas I'm going to lecture her on putting me through this worry LOL the little booger!

Michelle
Bleenie
Yesterday 10:25 pmBut wouldn't they be Mules? They take around 29 days, don't they? I have only hatched Muscovy X's once and they hatched all crazy at different times! but that was in the incubator, I am positive a hen could do better than me!

You're right it would be around 29 days. Figured Scooter might have "found"

herself a Scovy drake somewhere in the area and is nesting closer to him. Those boys do seem to get around.

I've had a number of people looking for a few hens to keep company w/Scovy drake that just happened to show up on their pond & they want to keep around.

 

[Suzie]

Eek! The only Mule I know about is a cross between a donkey and a horse!

Please explain to me ( an ignorant English person) what a "Mule" duck is! Is it a cross breed? i.e. between two different pure breeds?

Scooter - please don't turn up at home with equines with you - you will have a LOT of explaining to do to your Mum ( Mom )

PlumTuckered - time is passing and Scooter will be home soon with her babies, keep being strong and have faith - thinking of you constantly!!!

Suzie

 

[treldib]

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Mule Duck - A hybrid between any Female Mallard-Deriviative Breed (Anas platyrhynchos) Duck and a Male Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)

They are a sterile cross with traits from both parent species.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thats exactly how we got both our Muscovie drakes they flew in to our part of the river, and because we have girls of course they end up here, I love them too.

 

[desertdarlene]

Lately, I've been subscribing to the thought that, if I haven't found any evidence to indicate otherwise, a missing animal/bird is probably OK and just hidden or out of the area. I've worried a lot about missing birds, but they've always shown up somewhere else or later on.