So this @duckfarmer1 finally got some new Muscovies!!

[Duckfarmer1]

Thanks for the suggestions! I've looked on craigslist ,not much available locally. The closest person with chicks /juveniles is a 2 hour drive from here. Another lady is selling fully grown females but again thats over an hour and half to 2 hours from here. I'm kind of leary of buying fully grown ducks though because I wont know exactly how old they really are or how much time has spent with them. I'd like to start with younger birds (under a year old )to make sure egg production is as good as it can be and I'd like my birds to be as tame as possible. I have enough room in my coop and run to house 4 to 5 birds comfortably so right now I'm looking to add 3 females. Not sure what my little one is yet. Hoping its a female though.Hatcheries usually only sell straight run and even when they do offer sexed muscovies they usually won't sell less than 15 birds at a time. I do have some leads on a few breeders on Fb(gorgeous birds!) but they are really far from here . It would be quite a trip for those birds to get here! I sure would love to have a beautiful blue or lavender hen though! (I'm in north Florida)

I have to tell you that we just made a drive..2hrs one way to get chickens. This guy is starting his own little local hatchery. He wouldn’t let me buy any Muscovies because the6 were too old and not laying. H3 wouldn’t let me buy any of his fan German chickens because he hasn’t built up his breeding stock. The place was beautiful. We were there for hours! We bought 19 birds...quite a steal. It’s worth a drive to get juvenile birds....you will spend more mone6 and more t8me buy8ng ducklinglory chicks, if eggs are your goal. If pets ar3 the goal..go with the young. But, driving shouldn’t be a factor when it comes to buyin* healthy good stock birds...I hate to say that..because, a few weeks ago, it absolutely was for us!! But, now, after seein* this place...we will absolutely go back!! I have him in my speed dial!! I learned sooo much from that guy!! It was worth the drive. So, if you have access to a hatchery...a small one, who can give you info, not just make a buck....I’d take it.