NEW PICS***PLEASE HELP What breed of duck is this? E. Coast, Australia

[Sjisty]

I was told my duckling was a Magpie - here's what he looks like. He looks a lot like yours. He's my first duck, just got him a week ago, so I'm no expert. I do know he is cuter than pie and spoiled rotten, plus he really enjoys his daily swim.

 

[Countedsorrow]

They do look similar, except all the muscovy duckling pics I have seen
(and I don't know anything about non-australian ducks, or the names for the markings)
have the chocolate brown on their head go down past their eyeline.
But that might not be all of them - I am clueless

The markings are similar though - I guess It will be a game of wait and see!

V. pretty duckling btw, good luck with yours!

PS What is in the bowl with it in the 2nd photo?

 

[Sjisty]

I'm in Florida. The only thing in the bowl is one duck, a bunch of paper towels, and a stuffed doll that he sleeps with/on. The only way to keep him quite is to put it all on my desktop so he can watch me while I work - the little spoiled brat! If I leave my desk he starts peeping at the top of his little lungs until he sees me again.

I'm also clueless - just having lots of fun with little "Stinky."

 

[Countedsorrow]

Stinky - I hear you!

It must be the doll (that I couldn't figure out in the picture)

Good idea - though ours isn't so shy,
chasing our dog around looking for a cuddle -
though it turns out the only thing our dog is afraid of
is ducklings (and storms).

The same dog who chases chickens and cats, barks at the postman
and has watched us treat pelicans, owls and seaeagles without batting an eyelid.

...Must be the smell

hehe

 

[keeperofthehearth]

Look at the bill. Notice the Muscovy bill is long and narrow with a fairly distinctive shape to it. The duclair pied pattern is taken fm the Magpie. Black and white Tuxedo.
BTW - Love the owl photo!

 

[Countedsorrow]

Thanks kepperofthehearth!

Obviously I have no idea, I appreciate your help and explanations

PS Aw, Thanks! That very cute Tawny Frogmouth is a Native Australian Nightjar,
they are similar to owls (and are often called the lazy owl) but they have weak feet
and instead of soaring and grabbing things in taloned feet, they soar on silent wings and
scoop up moths and other yummy bugs in their gigantic mouth. Hence the "lazy" part, they are not much of a hunter

They live to about 40years old... so that cutie has a while to go yet!

I love them because they have big personalities and are very expressive
Just like chooks and ducks!

 

[goosedragon]

Just a comment on one of your comments--"I have issues with people who ring wildlife groups looking for "free pets". When I first got into waterfowl, I contacted a local rescue group and made a nice $ donation and told them that I was willing to provide a nice "NO KILL" home to any DOMESTIC waterfowl or poultry that they came across so they could concentrate on the wildlife. (I didn't feel I had the time to take all the training required to to get the permit required to house and handle wildlife for release) The person was very polite but made no comment on my offer. I thought that was strange because I knew the group rescued the waterfowl dumped on various ponds and lakes that were used by wild waterfowl and the chickens that fell off the trucks going to the chicken processing plant at the edge of town. While I was visiting another rescue group, RAPTOR RESCUE (hawks, owls, & eagles) I spotted a young duckling hiding in the cage of a hawk) I of course asked what was going on and was told the hawk was being taught how to hunt! I asked if my donation was going to purchase ducklings for this purpose and she informed me that the poultry came from the first group that I had approached, and that any bird that was to big or healthy for the birds to feed on were taken to a place where they kept large cats (lions & such)
Well that closed my checkbook for the first group, but I consider myself a realist and birds of prey do need to know how to hunt before they can be released....I protect my ducklings and goslings with a net over their run and came home one afternoon to find a small hawk completely tangled in the net. I cut the net and got the hawk down to Raptor Rescue as fast as possible. There I got called names and chewed out for "traping" the poor hawk! I am called goosedragon for a reason and I flamed back and pointed out that I could have left the hawk in the net or rapped it over the head. The next day when the gamewarden checked out my runs for the 'trap' I was reported to have by guess who, I locked my checkbook and my heart for any self claimed rescue group. Now I only give advise when asked like you did. There are usually two sides to any story.

 

[keeperofthehearth]

PS Aw, Thanks! That very cute Tawny Frogmouth is a Native Australian Nightjar,
they are similar to owls (and are often called the lazy owl) but they have weak feet
and instead of soaring and grabbing things in taloned feet, they soar on silent wings and
scoop up moths and other yummy bugs in their gigantic mouth. Hence the "lazy" part, they are not much of a hunter
They live to about 40years old... so that cutie has a while to go yet!

I love them because they have big personalities and are very expressive
Just like chooks and ducks!

Thanks! The close up looked very much like an owl.

I have seen Nightjars, also known as Nighthawks here, here in the states, in particular New Mexico and Colorado. I loved watching them swoop around grabbing bugs at dusk out of a clear New Mexico sky.​

 

[evonne]

omg.. the frogmouth is adorable.. i've never seen one.... but hubby already told me i could not have an owl.. so even if these were in the US i doubt he'd say yes to that..
granted, he also has told me no to peacocks and goats before.... *looks out the window at the peacocks and goats*

rofl...

just a few notes.....

as far as hubby goes.. ROFL.. my hubby also said no ducks... we have 3 mallard drakes.. lol... kinda funny.. i forgot about thosein the above list...
anyway... i also go with the apologize later theory.. lol... hubby doesn't know about the 6 marans that are being delivered by a friend the begining of dec...

for the pooping, get a ducky diaper... i'm sure someone will have a link or knwo who makes them....

as far as having single ducks... we had our first duck by himself for about 2 weeks before his 2 little brothers came home.. we got him off craigslist since we knew we would be getting a duck from the classroom hatching experimant...
the single from craigslist was 3 weeks old when we got him.. and his name was boston....
boston threw an absolute fit if he couldn't see you... wanted to be with one of us at all times....
as soon as we brought home quakers and flippers(who became vegas and pheonix), all that stopped... he wanted nothing to do with us anymore and was content with his new adopted brothers...
so i guess in the end it depends on what you want.... if you want a companion and want to wash ducky diapers.. keeping a single is the thing for you... if you wnat outdoor pets you can watch and feed treats, but play in the yard content. you need a couple...

our 3 mallards live with out chickens in their run.... the chickens can get out of the run.. we have nothing covering it... but the ducks can't fly.... or don't.. haven't figured it out.. but they're big, so i think can't...
today i was laughing as the 3 of them bullied up on my roo.. serves him right.. he's been getting a little coky again latley...
but for the most part, i haven't had problems keeping them with my chickens...

good luck with your little one.. whether you keep him or find him a nice home....

 

[rainplace]

If you wanted to add another little muscovy to your flock, I found some here

http://www.farmstock.com.au/Classifieds/Poultry/Sale/