Whats popular in Muscovy?

[Miss Lydia]

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I just read this about 30 min. ago.

 

[fowlman01]

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That is a nice article, but it doesn't prove a thing. They are still studying the Muscovy. Some of the things they are "learning" have been pretty well known for years. (muscovies not being monogamous as an example). Mallards aren't either and that's why there are so many hybrid mallards flying around.

In the scope of things, studying a bird for 13 years hardly makes them "experts", especially when some of their findings are common knowledge in the non scientific community. I am retired from a university, does this make me a Muscovy expert......no. What I have learned about waterfowl has been hands on practical experience and I can admit that I am still learning....as they are. They don't claim to know it all.

Walt

 

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[fowlman01]

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OK are we ready for more Muscovy info?

Walt

 

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

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That is a nice article, but it doesn't prove a thing. They are still studying the Muscovy. Some of the things they are "learning" have been pretty well known for years. (muscovies not being monogamous as an example). Mallards aren't either and that's why there are so many hybrid mallards flying around.

In the scope of things, studying a bird for 13 years hardly makes them "experts", especially when some of their findings are common knowledge in the non scientific community. I am retired from a university, does this make me a Muscovy expert......no. What I have learned about waterfowl has been hands on practical experience and I can admit that I am still learning....as they are. They don't claim to know it all.

Walt

Im ready for some more Muscovy information. There are some things in the article I agree with and some things I do not. I have had Muscovies all my life and as with anyone, I dont know everything. As the same with Walt, I am still learning, but most of my knowledge is hands on and not just hearsay from someone else or something I read.

 

[fowlman01]

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That is a nice article, but it doesn't prove a thing. They are still studying the Muscovy. Some of the things they are "learning" have been pretty well known for years. (muscovies not being monogamous as an example). Mallards aren't either and that's why there are so many hybrid mallards flying around.

In the scope of things, studying a bird for 13 years hardly makes them "experts", especially when some of their findings are common knowledge in the non scientific community. I am retired from a university, does this make me a Muscovy expert......no. What I have learned about waterfowl has been hands on practical experience and I can admit that I am still learning....as they are. They don't claim to know it all.

Walt

Im ready for some more Muscovy information. There are some things in the article I agree with and some things I do not. I have had Muscovies all my life and as with anyone, I dont know everything. As the same with Walt, I am still learning, but most of my knowledge is hands on and not just hearsay from someone else or something I read.

It seems to say that they were not bred to comb ducks. Is that what you got?

Walt

 

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

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Im ready for some more Muscovy information. There are some things in the article I agree with and some things I do not. I have had Muscovies all my life and as with anyone, I dont know everything. As the same with Walt, I am still learning, but most of my knowledge is hands on and not just hearsay from someone else or something I read.

It seems to say that they were not bred to comb ducks. Is that what you got?

Walt

Yeah, thats pretty much the same thing I got from reading it.

 

[fowlman01]

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It seems to say that they were not bred to comb ducks. Is that what you got?

Walt

Yeah, thats pretty much the same thing I got from reading it.

How would you go about making a blue fawn muscovy?

 

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

You can make 'Blue fawn' females from breeding a chocolate male and a Blue female. Im also guessing if you bred a Silver to a chocolate you could also make a Blue fawn. Blue fawn is a color I would never use. From what I have learned from breeding muscovies, when breeding a Blue fawn to anything, you get off color on the chest. Chocolate in a Blue line, in my opinion, is not a good thing. I monitor closely while breeding Blues if I decide to use a Black on a Blue if the black is split to chocolate or not, which only males can carry chocolate. So usually I breed a Black female into Blues.
Here is some pictures to make my point.
These young ducks below are from a Blue line where chocolate had been introduced. Neither of their parents were chocolate, both Blues. (I have since discontinued this line)

Now here is a Silver from a Blue line where Chocolates have not been used.