My chickens and ducks 'house' fine together. Now - during the day, they are all outside free ranging and go their separate ways but at night - they all come in and house together. I even have one Muscovy who roosts with the chickens! I primarily have Muscovy's but have 3 Blue Sweds. I must admit though - I enjoy my Muscovy much more - they are quiet, don't make a mess and are more friendly. But the blues are pretty but I don't plan on breeding them - mine are all for meat.
I originally came here trying to figure out which one of mine is a drake. I have three and two quack really loud and the third isn't as loud. I was hopeful that the sound difference may determine sex? They are all pretty much the same size - is there any distinguishing feature? I can easily tell the difference in Muscovy's but am having problems with the blues - I ordered mine from Ideal http://www.idealpoultry.com/assortment.html and got 1 blue, 3 black. one died and now there are three. But I will say - those three are FAR louder than my 25 Muscovy altogether! They are cute though and I know when they're around 'wank wank wank wank wank'
Connie
My chickens and ducks 'house' fine together. Now - during the day, they are all outside free ranging and go their separate ways but at night - they all come in and house together. I even have one Muscovy who roosts with the chickens! I primarily have Muscovy's but have 3 Blue Sweds. I must admit though - I enjoy my Muscovy much more - they are quiet, don't make a mess and are more friendly. But the blues are pretty but I don't plan on breeding them - mine are all for meat.
I originally came here trying to figure out which one of mine is a drake. I have three and two quack really loud and the third isn't as loud. I was hopeful that the sound difference may determine sex? They are all pretty much the same size - is there any distinguishing feature? I can easily tell the difference in Muscovy's but am having problems with the blues - I ordered mine from Ideal http://www.idealpoultry.com/assortment.html and got 1 blue, 3 black. one died and now there are three. But I will say - those three are FAR louder than my 25 Muscovy altogether! They are cute though and I know when they're around 'wank wank wank wank wank'
Connie
The one with the softer voice is probably the male. Go figure, females are louder than males. Plus the male generally has some curls on his back near his bottom.