Why is Muscovy duckling so vocal ?

[VicDck]

Dear community,

I’ve got an entry level question here:

We just got a 1 month old Muscovy duckling yesterday at a fair. This girl (we were told so; the workers told us that the pack was all female, but they weren’t sure) CHIRPS A LOT, and sometimes really loud. We bought the Muscovy duckling mainly because we heard Muscovy is supposed to be a quiet breed, and we live in a kind of near urban neighborhood(yard only 3000 sqft). We really don’t want the ducks sound to annoy our neighbors.

Is a one month old Muscovy chirping a lot something normal? Will they become less vocal when they’re older?


Thanks so much in advance!

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Did you only get 1? Does it have any duckling friends?

 

[Jpat]

Its sounding off for its family "WHERE ARE YOU!?"

They scream when their hungry and thirsty too

 

[VicDck]

We plan to get a male duckling at a breeder's place later; however, we got this female Muscovy because we wanted a QUIET female, but we were surprised that this female is very vocal.

Our main concern now is when the Muscovy duck gets older, say, in a couple of months, will she still be as vocal as now(assume she's got a company by then)?

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

So, she is scared and lonely.
Why not get her some friends now?
1 drake to at least 3 females is a good ratio.