Super dumb question about muscovies

[MissPrissy]

It is possible. People have done it. You just have to be careful and you run the risk of her killing them when they hatch because she suddenly knows they are not ducks. The same way with chickens. They might hatch out anything but some of them realize it is not a chicken and will kill them right off.

 

[Sonia]

Thank you ma'am.

 

[conny63malies]

If you want to try chicken eggs under a muscovy i would start with some designer mutt eggs instead of expensive pure breds.

 

[Omniskies]

I'd b careful with having them hatch out anything too small. Muscovies are 85%+ meat eaters and will happily consume mice, lizards, frogs and, from what I've read, small chicks.

I've never had an issue with mine eating chicks, but I've also never given them the opportunity.

 

[fancyfowl4ever]

I am sure a scovie can hatch chicks, but I would be more worried about if you leave them with her that she will encourage them to follow her into water. Or if they don't and she returns to them all wet etc she can kill them just because they get wet from mommy who is supposed to keep them warm. Ducklings have a protective layer of down who keeps out a light coat of water so they can huddle under a wet mom without freezing, but chicks would get cold imidately.

Ducklings like humidity but chicks really don't do well with it.

As for tameness, I got my drake as a untouched 7 month old who was intended for the local asiatic market(I don't like white ducks so what better place to look for the blackest ducks possible then at a breeder who breeds for people who don't like white feathered fowl). Anyhow, he was the biggest spook but he calmed down within 2 months and even though I cannot catch him unless he is cornered he will still stand by my feet and wag his tail at me, hissing and bobbing his head as a greeting every time I enter the enclosure.
If you get him he will just kinda hang there with the "dang, she got me" face, no scratching or anything.

I did have a Moulard(PekinXScovie) drake once back in germany, and nothing will turn a 8 yr old off of ducks faster then a large, muscovy sized drake with the most hysterical nature and Muscovy claws....... I still have the scars up and down my arms and stomach from that hysterical beast.....

Took me 9 yrs to want to give ducks a try again(tried mallard derrived ones and their spooky nature just wasn't my thing) and then I got 12 scovie ducklings and a 7 month old black pair and since then I never want to be without scovies again!

Anna

 

[KAKBucks]

I put chicken eggs under 2 of my girls. One hatched half of them. I found the chicks that day. They were dry, but 1 day old and I pulled them right away.

The other broke a number of the chicken eggs and I think they coated her eggs because she only hatched 2 out of about 20 eggs.

My other two have hatched all but one from clutches of 14 and 17.

I can't wait for them to start laying again. I love them!

How much would you guys sell muscovy ducklings (pied) for? I've been selling them on craigslist but I don't think I'm asking enough!

 

[conny63malies]

Forgot to tell you. For the best info on them ask Brenda (ahbee01) . She was the nice lady were i bought mine from. She had them under her own female and had a awesome hatch rate.

 

[truckerswife]

I have a Muscovy that I rescued from a livestock auction. She was wild, but in due time became tame and I adore her!! She greets me with a wagging tail and some "hissing". Years ago I put 3 silkie eggs under her. Two of them got broken 2 days before hatching, I think the Muscovy was too heavy to set on small chicken eggs. Last egg I took out day before hatching out of fear it would also get squished and the next day my white silkie hatched.