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Just got 3 new muscovies (MFF) from a local breeder & wondering how long to keep them segregated until the current pair will accept them. Current pair (MF) are 2 yrs old, newbies are 3 & 4 mo old. Don't have room to segregate more than 3 @ a time so if this goes well, I'd like to get 3 more...

Will a muscovy male hurt 8 wk old muscovettes? My 2 adults are closed in their coop at night with their kids but free range all day. Mom can fly back into the kid's yard at will but I can't remember when I last saw Dad leave the ground (too heavy I think). So Dad spends a lot of time pacing in...

ISO 1-2 yr old CP goose or rehome my lone CP gander. Got hit by coyote 2 nights ago & lost all but one gander. He has chickens & muscovies for company but really needs a mate. Won't go in at night & I'm afraid he'll be snagged next. Too old to ship - must pick up or find a goose within a day's...

All my chickens free range 24/7. As a result, every morning is an egg hunt (I really don't see the appeal of easter egg hunts anymore). I recently found 2 well hidden nests with 14 and 31 eggs in them respectively, about 2 wks apart. The chickens are getting smarter. I tossed all the eggs...

Our CPG has failed to hatch for 2 yrs now. Last year she abandoned the nest after 3 wks. This year all eggs were dead at 4+ wks. Now she is sitting on an empty nest, hopefully not contemplating another clutch. I do not have an incubation area nor is it feasible to set one up. So, what ever the...

My CPG has 4 totally dark eggs she's been sitting on for a month. I assume they're all dead - no air pocket, no movement. Should I dispose of them all and will she try a new nest or will taking her eggs drive her crazy? I would really like to remove them before they explode. She is 2 yrs old and...

1 wild turkey has made it over the fence into the duck yard. There’s a large flock that usually ambles alongside the chicken yard but this is the 1 st time one has found it’s way in. Are they a threat to my birds (chickens, ducks & geese) in any way? I also don’t want to feed them - poultry feed...

A large hawk has been haunting my poultry yard yesterday & today. It's about the same size as the geese & muscovies so I don't think it will attack them - it came out of the muscovy house today! leaving the geese & muscovies huddled together at the back. I worry about the chickens though...

I have a nipple waterer for chickens in which I use an immersion heater for stock tanks. Is this safe for buckets of water where duck stick their heads in? I worry about it shorting out & electrocuting them or them trying to nibble it & getting burned. I have heater buckets which have not been...

Tried so hard to collect all the eggs I could find since I don't want to increase my flock, and still, a black Australorp showed up with 10 chicks today, maybe a week old. I thought she had given up - I guesss she just smartened up & found a place to nest. Everyone, 12 chickens, 5 muscovies, 3...

I want to move food & water out of the coop. Last year I would find ice on top of the heated buckets, even in coops some mornings. I'm loathe to use insulation since the chickens always seem to find some crevice to access it & eat it on my hose house. I have a mixed flock: the geese are bullies...

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Got five muscovy 9 wks ago & four are drakes. 3 have to go. All white with black cap. Pick-up only please. TIA

I have 3 CP geese that have been biting at the fencing around my muscovy ducklings for 6 wks. The muscovy are 9 wks old & now bite back at the fence & geese. If anyone's bills get through the fencing or under the gate, they get bit - no harm done though. Are they playing, fighting, competing for...

Got five muscovy 9 wks ago & four are drakes. 3 have to go. All white with black cap. Pick-up only please. TIA

I am about to acquire 6 muscovy hatchlings & hoping my chicken will accept them. She has been sitting on several eggs in a separate pen, for 4 wks with no signs of them hatching. Every few days I find an egg broken outside the nest - rejects, I guess. The other chickens are showing increased...

My 10 month old goose dropped 2 eggs in the yard last month, then became pretty much absent for the last 2 weeks, showing up occasionally for brief periods, then disappearing. I believe she must have a nest somewhere but haven't found it. For the past 4 days, she's back in the yard constantly...

This year I've found Muscovies offered by several hatcheries. I tried to get them before but was told they were illegal. I found this: "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: - Muscovy Ducks: You do not need a federal permit to raise and sell captive-reared muscovy ducks (See 50 CFR 21.54 ). Release of...

Hi, I am looking for large duck breeds that can't squeeze through or fly over our fencing or squeeze under the gates. We have Mallards and Aylesbury ducks. We've lost 3 Mallards to road traffic lately. Unless we re-fence the entire 3 acres, we expect we may lose the rest. They have plenty of...

I've been feeding & watering my birds (chickens, ducks & geese) in their coops where I can keep the heated water buckets plugged in & food dry for 8 months - since hatching. The birds are accustomed to going in at sunset for food. Now that it's not subzero at night, I want the little slobs to...