Where to find muscovies?

[1lpoock]

What hatcheries sell anything other than white muscovies? I really like the look of the chocolate ones, where can I find them?

 

[MDC]

Where are you located?

You can check the link in my signature to find breeders/hobbyists. Hopefully someone will have what you're looking for.

If not let me know and we can go another route.

 

[1lpoock]

I live in northern Ohio. There are a few in Columbus ,Ohio but I was just wondering if it is easier to buy hatching eggs from someone on the forum or get ducklings shipped to me(they would be sexed if I used that option, you never know what I would get with eggs.)

 

[MDC]

Personally I would go the duckling route. Muscovy can be incredibly difficult to artificially incubate successfully anyway, add the stress of shipping to that and you're reducing already low odds.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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Personally I would go the duckling route. Muscovy can be incredibly difficult to artificially incubate successfully anyway, add the stress of shipping to that and you're reducing already low odds.

I agree 100% on that, they are very hard to incubate and hatch. The RH% has to be just right at the end or they die without making it out of the shell.

On the other side though a Muscovy hen can sit on 20 eggs and hatch 25 ducklings!

Once you have a good sitting hen you will never run out of ducks.

Steve in NC​