you are so knowledgeable. I am at a hotel in Florida right now and there are two Muscovy ducks that are super friendly. they came up to us like puppies begging for food. lol
that's because florida muscovy ducks are not really wild. they are homless ducks that someone released and now they are breeding like crazy. (muscovy ducks are from south america)
I am very fond of the Muscovy around our pond here in Florida. I give them seeds in winter. It does get cold here in Jacksonville. They really like a water dish when you feed them. My favorite MAMA has not done too good with a big bunch of babies. This time she is down to 2 babies and they are 2-3 weeks old and so cute..
Damn....100k' th view! That alone deserves a thumbs up! I've got Muskovy ducks and Mallards around our house and.. well... I'm absolutely hooked and diving down the rabbit hole so to speak but I'm going to build some nesting beds and tubes for both species.. it's probably wrong for me to do that but if a couple of them decide to use them I figure why not.. I don't intend on interfering in any other way and I do only feed them sparingly and only quality feed ( no salted crackers or breads etc ) but they have become somewhat therapeutic.. definitely never eating duck again... Lol thanks for the video!
Same! I got some Muscovy ducks a while back. I rescued 3 of them. They were all so dirty and never actually took a bath in a pool or anything. (The yard was so small where they lived, they all lived in one little cage..) Now they come up to me every morning to say hi! They all love the water! But, the male mated with the female. Now, we're waiting for some eggs 😅
Late January (our Winter) and our muscovy ducks are already going broody! Hopefully we have a large hatching this year! ruclips.net/video/GtMT5oMTpAw/видео.html
I haven't seen any for sale around west TN. I order chicks by mail sometimes but I've never seen Muscovy for sale in their catalogs. How did you find yours?
Mike Davis, we traded some chicken with another local guy. There is still some questionable stuff about whether it is legal to sell them. Essentially, they were classified as invasive, making them illegal, but then the USDA said they wouldn't enforce it while the investigated their findings further. I haven't looked in to that in about a year so I am not sure if it has changed.
Very cool! I'm gonna add ducks to the mix as soon as I dig a few small ponds. I had two hens go broody just before winter-great timing right?... Now I have 13 chicks running around, they've all survived the cold and are fully feathered now doing great.
Had a bunch of ducks in our yard when I was growing up mostly lays eggs that are fertile so hope yours are too also they are some mighty goodeating try making egg custard with duck eggs soo good.
Hi there! Enjoyed your video. I was wondering if the eggs ended up being fertilized? I live by a pond and we have some Muscovy ducks. I believe there are two males and two females. Over a month ago, the females began laying eggs in our front yard. Together, they ended up laying about 18 eggs. After they were done, one female became broody. She has been laying on the eggs since, but none have hatched. It has been over 30 days and I am worried they are not fertilized. She seems to be wearing herself out! I'm worried about her. Is there a way that I can tell if they are fertilized now? Or should I just wait one more week?
Yes, ours were fertilized. If it were me I would wait. Either they'll hatch or she'll give up. We've never had a duck die on a nest because she refused to stop trying.
My broody welsh harlequin wont let me anywhere near her nest she hisses like a goose then tries to bite you and she won't let any other birds even the drake near her. Her names big girl because she's so much bigger then the rest but we've had ducks for 8 years and never had one go broody so it's all new to us. I couldn't believe how nice that duck is to handle in the video.
I hope a lot of them are fertile. We owned quite a few ducks years ago and most of them would easily hatch off several clutches each year. Except for one who we named, "Eggeater" for obvious reasons.
I noticed that our ducks seemed to stagger their brooding. They were all one to two weeks apart. We would have had more hatchings last year, but one girl chose a bad spot for her first nest and the pig got loose and destroyed the her second nest. Poor girl had nothing but bad luck last year.
We have a mascovy duck sitting on a desk near a gutter pipe in our apartment complex. We see 3 obvious eggs. She has been sitting on them almost 2 months and no babies. Do you think they will ever hatch?
To prevent other ducks to come in and lay more eggs while she's brooding, I have swinging door on that nest. The brooding duck will remember to come back to her nest if she had to come outside, but other ducks won't come in and lay more eggs.
Good luck with the eggs mate. I hope her work pays off! Do you breed them for the meat Jarod? I know they're great for keeping the flies down and incubating chicken eggs but hadn't considered them for meat. I butchered a goose a few years ago but it was all breast and no leg. having never cooked goose, I roasted it (badly) when I should have probably just grilled the breast meat.
Chris K., not much to say about him. We got a phone call saying that the local animal shelter had taken in some chickens and they wanted to know if we would take them in. We did. He was one of those.
There may be another way, but we usually waited a few weeks. Right about the time they have put on their true feathers the males are slightly bigger than the females and you can pick them out pretty accurately.
thank you, my duck's wings feathers are nearly fully grown and as you said, one of them has a bigger head than the others, hopefully I have a drake and 2 girls. thanks mate
There are actually many ways to tell the gender of Muscovies, even when they're quite young. This is pretty much the complete list (with pictures): www.raising-ducks.com/determining-muscovy-gender/
Very dedicated mum :-)
Would be great to see a load of ducklings running around your place..
Cheers Jared..
RobBobs Backyard Farming, or 2 or 3 or 10 loads of them ;-)
you are so knowledgeable. I am at a hotel in Florida right now and there are two Muscovy ducks that are super friendly. they came up to us like puppies begging for food. lol
You're too kind. Enjoy the ducks!
that's because florida muscovy ducks are not really wild. they are homless ducks that someone released and now they are breeding like crazy. (muscovy ducks are from south america)
@@alexsmith5606 Very cool ducks. I have the same
I am very fond of the Muscovy around our pond here in Florida. I give them seeds in winter. It does get cold here in Jacksonville. They really like a water dish when you feed them. My favorite MAMA has not done too good with a big bunch of babies. This time she is down to 2 babies and they are 2-3 weeks old and so cute..
Damn....100k' th view! That alone deserves a thumbs up! I've got Muskovy ducks and Mallards around our house and.. well... I'm absolutely hooked and diving down the rabbit hole so to speak but I'm going to build some nesting beds and tubes for both species.. it's probably wrong for me to do that but if a couple of them decide to use them I figure why not.. I don't intend on interfering in any other way and I do only feed them sparingly and only quality feed ( no salted crackers or breads etc ) but they have become somewhat therapeutic.. definitely never eating duck again... Lol thanks for the video!
Same! I got some Muscovy ducks a while back. I rescued 3 of them. They were all so dirty and never actually took a bath in a pool or anything. (The yard was so small where they lived, they all lived in one little cage..) Now they come up to me every morning to say hi! They all love the water! But, the male mated with the female. Now, we're waiting for some eggs 😅
I'll be hanging around for sure, lots to learn.
*****, always appreciate you're comments :-)
Nice that your Muscovies have laid eggs. I hope they will hatch soon. Good video eudcative
Shanta Manohar, thank you :-) We now have 3 sitting nests. So exciting!
I hope you have a successful hatch this year!
MollyDolly, thank you!
Late January (our Winter) and our muscovy ducks are already going broody! Hopefully we have a large hatching this year!
ruclips.net/video/GtMT5oMTpAw/видео.html
How much do the ducklings usually go for?
Mike Davis, $5, but I don't expect we'll be selling this year - need to build up our stock.
I haven't seen any for sale around west TN. I order chicks by mail sometimes but I've never seen Muscovy for sale in their catalogs. How did you find yours?
Mike Davis, we traded some chicken with another local guy. There is still some questionable stuff about whether it is legal to sell them. Essentially, they were classified as invasive, making them illegal, but then the USDA said they wouldn't enforce it while the investigated their findings further. I haven't looked in to that in about a year so I am not sure if it has changed.
Oh I didn't know that. I only heard about them from either you or alderman.
Very cool! I'm gonna add ducks to the mix as soon as I dig a few small ponds. I had two hens go broody just before winter-great timing right?... Now I have 13 chicks running around, they've all survived the cold and are fully feathered now doing great.
*****, glad to hear they made it through winter!
Had a bunch of ducks in our yard when I was growing up mostly lays eggs that are fertile so hope yours are too also they are some mighty goodeating try making egg custard with duck eggs soo good.
Mmmm, egg custard!
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Hi there! Enjoyed your video. I was wondering if the eggs ended up being fertilized? I live by a pond and we have some Muscovy ducks. I believe there are two males and two females. Over a month ago, the females began laying eggs in our front yard. Together, they ended up laying about 18 eggs. After they were done, one female became broody. She has been laying on the eggs since, but none have hatched. It has been over 30 days and I am worried they are not fertilized. She seems to be wearing herself out! I'm worried about her. Is there a way that I can tell if they are fertilized now? Or should I just wait one more week?
Yes, ours were fertilized. If it were me I would wait. Either they'll hatch or she'll give up. We've never had a duck die on a nest because she refused to stop trying.
+J&J Acres thank you!
@@kait10790 good
My broody welsh harlequin wont let me anywhere near her nest she hisses like a goose then tries to bite you and she won't let any other birds even the drake near her. Her names big girl because she's so much bigger then the rest but we've had ducks for 8 years and never had one go broody so it's all new to us. I couldn't believe how nice that duck is to handle in the video.
I hope a lot of them are fertile. We owned quite a few ducks years ago and most of them would easily hatch off several clutches each year. Except for one who we named, "Eggeater" for obvious reasons.
Gardening With Puppies, thank you :-)
I noticed that our ducks seemed to stagger their brooding. They were all one to two weeks apart. We would have had more hatchings last year, but one girl chose a bad spot for her first nest and the pig got loose and destroyed the her second nest. Poor girl had nothing but bad luck last year.
MotherOfManyHorses, I think ours are working on something similar.
I sincerely thought you looked like Josh Gates in the thumbnail! 😅😅
We have a mascovy duck sitting on a desk near a gutter pipe in our apartment complex. We see 3 obvious eggs. She has been sitting on them almost 2 months and no babies. Do you think they will ever hatch?
2 months seems too long too me.
We always candle one week after the duck goes broody. By that time, the eggs are always developed enough to know if they're fertile.
Excellent, thanks for sharing!
trust me I live in Fort Lauderdale fl they are every where
I really enjoy my muscovies. I've kept them since I was a kid.
They are an awesome breed of poultry.
I've been watching some of your older videos. I hope you don't mind.
MIND?!? I couldn't be HAPPIER! Thank you!
;)
To prevent other ducks to come in and lay more eggs while she's brooding, I have swinging door on that nest. The brooding duck will remember to come back to her nest if she had to come outside, but other ducks won't come in and lay more eggs.
Good luck with the eggs mate. I hope her work pays off! Do you breed them for the meat Jarod? I know they're great for keeping the flies down and incubating chicken eggs but hadn't considered them for meat. I butchered a goose a few years ago but it was all breast and no leg. having never cooked goose, I roasted it (badly) when I should have probably just grilled the breast meat.
Ben Jamin, we do raise them for meat. Wonderful red meat in a muscovy. Has a very large breast and good sized legs as well.
*Interesting and fun video **J&J Acres**, very cool. :)*
Thanks :-)
Nice
How do you encourage them to go broody? Do you just leave they're clutch they're or they'll just go broody when their ready ?
We leave it all up to them. Round about 20 eggs one of the ducks will set it. 28 days later, ducklings.
+J&J Acres thanks you've been a great help. Do a update on the ducks please!
No, if they are muscovies, it takes 35 days to hatch.
This Was Lovely to watch, Thank you for the Knowledgeable Information, I really appreciate it.😀
Thank you for watching!
Our duck is broody and has a nest outside could we move her
Thank you for Video,, I have a 4 Muscovy in the third month and did not distinguish male from female Is there a way
+toufik saadani, size, purely by size. Bigger = male.
I'm not for sure, but just to ask, would you sell some ducklings
lifeonthefarm, we do sell a few locally, but we do not ship.
J&J Acres oh ok
good
Thank you
Masha ALLAH
Hey I really need to know how they look when they reach maturity
It would be hard to show that in a video. Either way, we don't currently have any ducks on the property. Sorry.
Egg candling should be done at night or in a dark room.
Just makes it hard to film videos ;-)
can u do the one about that bantam game looking one the old english bantam looking rooster
Chris K., not much to say about him. We got a phone call saying that the local animal shelter had taken in some chickens and they wanted to know if we would take them in. We did. He was one of those.
J&J Acres he is one nice looking grey man they are great!
:) good man! Beautiful duck!
at all very interesting)))I'm from Russia and we are going to raise ducks
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how many acres do you live on?
The deed says +/- 6.69 acres
Thank you
how can you tell a drake from the rest of them, my ducks are young
There may be another way, but we usually waited a few weeks. Right about the time they have put on their true feathers the males are slightly bigger than the females and you can pick them out pretty accurately.
thank you, my duck's wings feathers are nearly fully grown and as you said, one of them has a bigger head than the others, hopefully I have a drake and 2 girls. thanks mate
You're quite welcome!
There are actually many ways to tell the gender of Muscovies, even when they're quite young. This is pretty much the complete list (with pictures): www.raising-ducks.com/determining-muscovy-gender/
@@AnimalLoverGirl885 difference in growths on the beak
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