HEY I AM IN GEORGIA TOO!!
SO I AM LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WILLING TO TAKE IN A MALE MUSCOVY DUCK. HE IS VERY GOOD WITH PEOPLE, WILL EAT OUT OF YOUR HAND BUT DOESN'T LIKE TO BE HELD! HE IS BASICALLY A STRAY DUCK...APPARENTLY SOMEONE A FEW PONDS AWAY HAD SOME MUSCOVIES THEN MOVED AND A PAIR WERE LEFT BEHIND AND ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE SORT OF FED THEM AND ENJOYED THEIR PRESENCE. THE FEMALE APPARENTLY WAS HIT A BY A CAR. SOMEHOW THE MALE FOUND HIS WAY TO MY PROPERTY WHERE I HAVE DUCKS, BUT NO MUSCOVIES. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO INTEGRATE HIM INTO MY FLOCK AFTER TAKING HIM BACK TO HIS POND AND HAVING HIM FLY BACK BY THE NEXT MORNING, BUT HE DOES NOT GET ALONG WITH MY PEKIN MALES. FRANKLY HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE ROUGH FOR MY FEMALES BUT MOST OF THEM ARE SMALLER DUCKS AND I THINK THE MUSCOVY FEMALES ARE TOUGHER, TO HANDLE THE VERY DOMINANT MUSCOVY MALES! IDEALLY HE WOULD GO WHERE THERE ARE OTHER MUSCOVY FEMALES AND IN A PERFECT WORLD HE THE ONLY MALE, BUT JUST MAYBE WHERE THERE ARE PLENTY OF FEMALES TO SHARE. HE HAS BEEN HERE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS NOW AND I HAVE GROWN VERY ATTACHED TO HIM, SO THE DECISION TO RE-HOME HIM WAS NOT AN EASY ONE. HE IS VERY LOVEABLE, AND HILARIOUS TO WATCH, HE WAGS HIS TALE CONSTANTLY AND HE DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A MEAN DUCK AT ALL, JUST OVER EXCITED...I THINK MY DUCKS JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HIS INTENTIONS AND HE GETS FRUSTRATED.
MY OPTIONS ARE TO JUST KEEP HIM IN A SEPARATE PEN WHILE MY DUCKS FREE RANGE, BUT I FEEL THAT IS CRUEL AND HE IS JUST TO HAPPY AND FUNNY TO PUT DOWN. SO I CAN EITHER GET RID OF HIM OR POSSIBLY FIND A MUSCOVY FEMALE TO SEE IF HAVING A COMPANION OF HIS OWN SIZE WILL CALM HIM DOWN....
SO, SORRY FOR THE LONG POST, BUT TO SUMMARIZE I AM IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND AM WILLING TO TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN NORTHEAST GA OR SURROUNDING AREAS WITHIN REASON TO DELIVER THIS SWEET DUCK TO A NEW HOME OR TO PURCHASE/PICK UP A FEMALE COMPANION FOR HIM!!!
THANKS FELLOW FLOCK RAISERS!!