In a message dated 8/1/2004 3:08:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I also have a neurotic male that I adopted, fully grown, in 2000. Follows me everywhere and...
In a message dated 8/1/2004 5:05:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I'm not sure about Beth's bird, but mine bites hard and will draw blood. If you are sitting...
One adult Muscovy cannot generally hurt another adult. Yes the fight will scare you to death as I've seen two go at it for twenty minutes straight but...
Nine years is a good, long time. You obviously take very good care of your ducks! Pix ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved...
With all due respect, there is no such thing as a vicious swan. There is only the encroachment of wild habitat by humans that puts birds like swans (who are ...
Scott is right; Muscovies can bond to humans readily if a lone duck but if you got him a female you would find an amazing difference. Although we have...
It could be that he is that way because he has no females. They really get aggressive during mating season. My first muscovy was a male that I raised from a...
In a message dated 8/1/2004 8:53:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... He drew blood and it was his beak. He also draws blood with his claws and uses his wings when...
Adding a female will probably help his demeanor, but just in case I would have the people you get her from willing to take her back if anything negative...
"Negative reinforcement does not work with birds; they'll just attack harder." The one thing that they will respect is physical domination. That is how the...
I have to agree with your treatment... But I can say some creatures still will not respond. Specifically two Swans I've had experience with. There was no ...
OK I wasn't sure you and I were thinking the same thing with "negative reinforcement." "Bad duck, baaaaad duck" just isn't going to work. (I know that sounds...
I can say the female Muscovy is the head of the flock and she stopped the male Runner from Pecking the babies. She grabbed him by the neck and bites his back....
Female Muscovies are excellent mothers, very protective. ... From: jbowden To: muscovyduckgroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 6:32 PM Subject:...
I had the same problem with my beloved male muscovy Galaxy. Because he had been brought up indoors with us we were very scared to bring in a female.Added to...
I have two freshly laid Swan eggs and the swans arent sitting on them nor are they in a nest. I have observed the Black Swans mating. I hate them to tell ...
Scott look for a hatcherie there, we have one but we are way to far from you. Not hard to incubate IF you have the correct type of one. If you went to your...
Scott...do you have a food dehydrator?? You can use that as a incubator. We've used ours sucessfully to incubate chicken eggs and a pekin egg at one time. I...
I checked into shipping ducklings and it's more complicated than I thought. I thought I could call Baxter Global (the shipping company used by the University...
The swans cannot draw blood, often times I let then hang on to my forearm or hand or whatever... feels like closepins... However, those ballpeen hammers in...
Actually I do have a dehydrator... I know I can adjust the airflow through it which affects the internal temps plus it must be cooler near the top of the ...
I remember the scene from the movie Cold Mountain with the Rooster and the women who was terrified and terrorized by it until the other women cooked it. ANYWAY...
We have a little silkie rooster that attacks all the time. I basically ignore him and tell him not to attack me. It doesn't work of course, he still attacks....
Hi Scott I am looking online to find out the correct temp for ya. As far as the time, I am finding anywhere from 27 days to 35 days. Yes, we just put a...
You can call Ken Howell, a swan breeder in Oklahoma at 918-427-4813. He should be able to help you. ... through it ... top of the ... monitor temps? ... inside...
Have you tried carring a squirt gun? I've never tried it on roosters but it's very affective for cats for training not to scratch furniture. We have a little...
This morning I let out my ducks for the day with food , water , kiddy pool etc. The female that is sitting got of the eggs to have her breakfast. My child who...
Contact a local wildlife rehabber in your area. If the Muscovy was close to hatching they may be able to do something. ... __________________________________ ...
