Shaws call duck incubation thread (hatch a wonderful(worthless to Ralphie) dux thread)

[Alaskan]

@Alaskan does

Yep, I have a flock.

If they are raised separately, (so Muscovy know that they are Muscovy, not chickens, or calls, or whatever), then I think it works out fine.

I usually keep my Muscovy in their own pen, but last winter I put them in with the chickens and they were fine. Mostly the 2 groups just avoided each other.

My drakes have been great with the females and the ducklings.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Stop making me want a goose!

Just kidding. I love seeing everyones gooselets
I'm in over my head with duxlets no room for a silly goose.

How much trouble could a teeny goose or two be!

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Thanks! I really do love them

Here's my oldest baby from this year:

Adorable even without counting his stripey cousins to make it even better!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

You watch it, or I'll make you want emus

Too late! Boy oh boy it's a good thing I live in town or I would have a bird zoo.
I would absolutely love to hatch and raise an emu. I don't know how I would feel about it when it got big enough to take my face off though.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Yep, I have a flock.

If they are raised separately, (so Muscovy know that they are Muscovy, not chickens, or calls, or whatever), then I think it works out fine.

I usually keep my Muscovy in their own pen, but last winter I put them in with the chickens and they were fine. Mostly the 2 groups just avoided each other.

My drakes have been great with the females and the ducklings.

I got my muscovies used at an auction as adults. They crushed some goslings despite there being several adult hen ducks around. Can't know how they were raised but they had a mule with them too.

 

[Pyxis]

Too late! Boy oh boy it's a good thing I live in town or I would have a bird zoo.
I would absolutely love to hatch and raise an emu. I don't know how I would feel about it when it got big enough to take my face off though.

I'll not show you what Ciara did to my arm when she got scared while I was loading her into a crate then.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

How much trouble could a teeny goose or two be!

I saw the kootest gosling all by itself at a feed store last year. . I still remember it looking up at me with those pleading eyes . .I just know it was saying take me home Shaw.
Hubby said absolutely not. . walk away!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I'll not show you what Ciara did to my arm when she got scared while I was loading her into a crate then.

I can only imagine! I'll bet they can kick Hard already.

 

[Pyxis]

I can only imagine! I'll bet they can kick Hard already.

Spoiler

 

[Alaskan]

I got my muscovies used at an auction as adults. They crushed some goslings despite there being several adult hen ducks around. Can't know how they were raised but they had a mule with them too.

if they had a mule with them, then it is a good guess that they were raised with other fowl.... clearly they were interbreeding to make the mule.

Mine ignore the chickens that like trying to sneak into the muscovy nests to lay eggs.

The one summer that I had geese, they HATED and tried to kill the adult geese... but then the geese were trying to kill the muscovy. Not sure why they hated/distrusted each other.

When I had turkeys the turkey (had 2, 1 died) was friendly to all.... the muscovy just ignored it.