Hello, Last summer I bought a pair of chocolate muscovy ducks. They are now 9 months old and the hen is now setting on about 18 eggs. She is extremely...
Yes my female Muscovy is like that when a male or any other duck comes near her nest. DO NOT LET THE MALE around the babies. They will try to kill them and or...
Hi mine do not fly away but do fly out of the pen at times. I just have to keep putting them back in. They do not do it all the time but mostly the females. ...
If you start with adult ducks you may need to confine them for a while. Many will say 6 weeks but I did not have to keep them locked up that long. You have to...
are they confined so that he can not get away from her? If the pen is large enough so that he can get away from her then I would not worry about it. If not...
My boys slowly learned Mama is not to be messed with.And Muscovy males are not bad with the babies per say.They frankly dont care much about the babies,the...
Hi, If you keep them penned for a week or so and feed them regularly in or around the pen, and handle/pet/talk to them often, chances are they may fly around...
Thank you for the information Jean. I have put a divider between them in their pen. Talk about PMS on your worst day. I guess this shows that she'll be a...
Last summer when my hen set, the male did NOT go near her, but after they hatched he was fine around them he avoided mom and babies...But they were not pened...
Well it finally happened, my two males started fighting yesterday. I don't know why they started all of a sudden. My Black drake is the father of the lavender...
My drakes have fought in the past. They have actually tumbled down the hill, locked in mortal combat, mano v. mano. Somehow it all gets settled out and they ...
I looked at it like this I couldn't find alot of info on it,and since I didnt speak drake,I let them fight.But when I see them fighting I will stop what I am...
Yeah sounds like my situation....I ended up letting the father out so they could duke it out without anything in the way, all they did was pull feathers and...
I had my two boy ducks fighting and one was getting his back of his neck picked clean by the other one. I started separating them at night or when they would...
One of my females (her mom is a Muscovy and her Dad a Indian Runner) is not feeling well and it might be egg binding. She is drinking but not eating much and...
It is not difficult to help the duck out by slipping on some rubber dishwashing gloves and applying large amounts of vaseline as deeply as possible in the ...
Hi all, I was thinking about getting acouple of Muscovys ducks to free range with our small goat herd. Reading up on the Muscovy, I read that you shouldn't...
I see the problem but if if it meant a decision to not get the ducks, I would try it anyway. In essence therefore, the answer doesnt matter. I little flock of...
I see the problem but if if it meant a decision to not get the ducks, I would try it anyway. In essence therefore, the answer doesnt matter. A little flock of...
I should have written last night when I first started this thinking.I live in Michigan,I was one of those folks where all the snow had melted and it was in the...
I would just pull the eggs put them in an incubator then give her some eggs that are not firtile, then when the incubator eggs hatch put them under her and she...
The vet said that the duck did not have this and ended up giving her a shot of vitamin B and some fluids. So far she is going to be kept in and later on or...
Glad to hear Jean, hope she gets better quick! Chris Rhode Island P.S Jean has it ben cold near you to leave the duck eggs in the nest without it being too...
