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It’s day 15! I think my flashlight is not quite bright enough or maybe the whole area should have been darker, but I took a look! I saw definite veins and even saw movement in one, so at least someone is alive! There was one with clear air sacs on both ends, which was different from the others...

Today is day 7. I haven’t candled her eggs yet. I think I’ll wait another week as it should be decently obvious at that point, even for a beginner like me! Mama is doing very well and is extremely dedicated. I make her take two short breaks daily to poop and eat and bathe if she wants to. She’s...

It’s time! My Muscovy girl lost her sister last fall, and I’ve been thinking of adding to the small flock of 3 since then. Sooo, I waited and waited. Finally, my remaining Muscovy girl started laying again, and in true Muscovy style dove into broodyness with great enthusiasm. After looking...

Hello all! It’s been a while! I hope that everyone had a decent and safe winter. All is well with my remaining ducks, Remi (Rouen), Matilda (Rouen), and Goon 1(Muscovy). 2023 was a rough year for the crew, with the loss of the matriarch, Daphne, in spring, and the loss of my pied Muscovy, Goon...

I’m still finding 1 quite frequently. I think it’s from Matilda. She’ll be 5 this spring and she took a normal break the last couple of years, so I don’t understand. There’s very few hours of sunlight, and the light is on in the barn only during normal sunlight hours. The eggs are perfect too...

1. Matilda is a machine! I hope she’ll take a break soon. She’s not a “spring duckling ” anymore!

What a determined little lady! My white Muscovy was that stubborn during her most recent broody episode. She sat on an empty nest for weeks, and when I tried to break her of it by destroying the nest, moving the crate she had chosen for her nest and putting it up on one end, and blocking it with...

I am not against having a single drake if I grew attached and he was a nice drake. I just like to keep things as simple as possible. I have a small flock, and I don’t want to deal with the possibility of anyone being over-mated. I’m also very cautious when it comes to “duck math”. The only...

In my experience, there’s always one “spokesduck”. It is the job of the spokesduck to inform the entire world when the flock is bored, in danger, or hungry. In the beginning, my original Rouen, Daphne took the role. When she lost her voice for a few weeks, one of the newer girls took the role...

Thank you! :hugs

:lau I’ll let him know that you are on his side! I think I’d be more enthusiastic about a bigger flock if I wasn’t doing the vast majority of the cleaning! :th

Thank you for your reply! I definitely want her to have a sister. I just want to make sure I choose the right girl for her, whether it is an older girl that someone else is ready to retire or her “own” duckling daughter/sister. I would like to think that she would be welcoming, but she has only...

The French Rouens are really quite amazing! I would imagine that they are bred primarily for meat? The black and white duck was the Muscovy hen who passed away.

Thank you for your kind reply! My Rouens are “production” Rouens, which are much smaller than French Rouens. They are regular old hatchery quality birds.

After sadly losing my sweet pied Muscovy last month due to EYP, I’m back down to a flock of 3, 2 Rouens (4 and 5 years old), and one Muscovy (5 years old). Usually, my rule is that a bad day for one animal should be a good day for another, and I add a new family member as soon as I’m...

Hoping to resurrect this thread. These are from the past week, disregard the inaccurate date and time on the camera. I can’t be bothered to fix it! My other camera that just picks up videos caught the fall bear and bobcat visits last month, but I haven’t uploaded the videos yet.

Thank you all for your support! Goon 2 sadly passed away this morning. Yesterday morning, she was just a bit off, but still able to forage some, and I started looking at available vet appointments. Last night, when I got home from work, she was very lethargic, and her abdomen was swollen. She...

She’s sick again, and it came on very suddenly and has hit her very very hard. She’s the nicest most beautiful Muscovy, and she doesn’t deserve this. I gave her Meloxicam and calcium tonight as it is all I can do for now. I wish her sister wasn’t being a broody brat as she deserves to have her...