I cant remember where I got this photo but it is my idea of a slimmer smaller and good flying wild native South American muscovy. Over hundreds of generations...
... the larger they become, also different color mutations begin to segregate. It would seem the larger size would not be conducive to the wild state, the non...
Robert & Kathleen
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Jan 1, 2003 3:10 pm
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Scott, You apparently copied that photo from my wild muscovy web page, as it's one I took several years ago. I have been breeding them for 15 to 20 years....
dye
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Jan 1, 2003 3:47 pm
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Happy New Year to all you Muscovy duck group members! We are doing fine here in Seattle, it is raining hard. My ducks had cucumbers today as a special treat. I...
My one and only duck gets a big variety here. My husband grinds everything up for the poultry here. He gets many things including laying pellets and greens....
until six weeks of age, my ducks preferred their food in the following order with #1 being least desirable. 1. dry start and grow 2. soupy wet start and grow ...
Hi Julie in Seattle! Julie in Oregon here! :-) We have one duck, the infamous Porch Duck, who turns up her beak at just about anything except dried cat or dog...
I know it's out of season but try seedless watermelon. She might like that. If your not afraid to hold a cricket try that when you get her to speak give her...
Thanks everyone for the food feedback! My ducks do love watermelon and got tons this summer. I was concerned when they stopped eating scratch-I guess the...
... hopes of training its humans to be easy going. <<< ... From: <farmers7@...> To: <muscovyduckgroup@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003...
Robert & Kathleen
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Do muscovies actually quack like a regular duck? I haven't heard mine make any noise other than his baby chirps. Renie ... From: Robert & Kathleen To:...
my muscovy just love sweet feed the kind you feed cows and horses. ... From: Robert & Kathleen To: muscovyduckgroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 05,...
I am nearing the end of my 50 pound bag of Purina Start & Grow with my six now 9 week old scovies. Their recent daily feedings have been two loaves of sliced...
We're still feeding Ducky laying pellets, ground corn, whatever he finds in the backyard...and greens when we have them. Bugs are sorta optional this time of...
Scott, Have you thought about making a box out of 2x4's {sides only} No top and No bottom more like a square frame that sets on the ground, and to leave near...
Scott, ... Their recent daily feedings have been two loaves of sliced bread thrown on the water in the morning ... Scratch Deer Corn Feed Corn I understand...
Thanks for the suggestion about the sand box. I think maybe I will get a plastic tub and put sand in it and place it under the upside down canoe so that it...
Scott, FYI: Mazuri Waterfowl Main. floats also. Thought I let you know that I feed my pet duck a combination of Mazuri Waterfowl and Scratch(50/50). She is...
What a lucky duck. A duck which cannot walk is kept alive fir what, your ego? I dont intend mean-ness, I wonder why. In my mind, the end couldnt come soon...
Robert & Kathleen
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Jan 8, 2003 3:20 pm
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That's the difference between sentiment and realism, but just because the duck is handicapped doesn't mean that it's suffering! And Penny's e-mail sounds like...
I second the "keep up the good work, Penny". Your little duck is very lucky to have you, and be able to live its life safely....
Walter Burbank
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Jan 8, 2003 4:02 pm
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Based on that logic I probably would have been done away with long ago :) I think I am the lucky one. We all have our passions to pursue strange as they may...
Horse? You have a horse...you is my kinda man now....LOL ... From: Scott Perkins To: muscovyduckgroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 6:51 AM...
It's a PET duck....would you have your pet put down just because it lost a leg??? ... From: Robert & Kathleen To: muscovyduckgroup@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
I saw the post about feed and had to reply!! I have an assortment of birds including muscovies. I feed a mixture of grains. I checked on Mazuri and thought it...
Sounds like I have some explaining to do!!! First and foremost I'm a Rehab Specialist and Yes! Bailey is my "Pet Duck" She's just now a little over 2 1/2 yrs....
Dear Penny and all, Thanks so much for your recent post Penny. You should not have had to explain, as you have made yourself and what you do very well known to...
My wife and I have been observing that just in the last 2 or 3 weeks as the feathers have been comming in really fast in that all six spend a lot of time just...
