CatSidheSilvie
In the Brooder
- Aug 7, 2024
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I finally took the leap and decided to pick up a pair of aleady sexed duck hens to add to our little homestead!! I'm so excited, since I've wanted them for years. This post is half-gushing, half asking for IDs 
I just got over the trauma of raising a bunch of chicks and my favorite two turning out to be roosters despite the breeder vent sexing them the day I got them (two days old), so I decided to be smarter and pay more for grown birds so there was no question or stress
More work to make them friendly, but no fighting to find homes for the boys this time. We only want them as pets/eating eggs, and I don't want my chickens being bothered, so no boys are allowed.
I found someone looking to sell off all her free ranging birds because of issues with coyotes, and when I showed up, she gave me three for the price of one.
I had originally wanted Muscovies because my neighbors are close and prefer quieter birds, but she said she had an extra female (the brown one) that she definitely wanted to go to a good home since she had her for a while and because she would provide us more eggs since the muscovies don't lay as many. She was very calm and friendly and pretty quiet, so I said yes. She had been hanging with the younger ones with a lot of them following her around. The prior owner said this brown one wasn't the mother of that brood and didn't have a brood of her own.
Looking at these guys, and seeing her barnyard be a mix of a bunch of different breeds, I am curious what specifically I have, especially my surprise brown one. I was thinking either a Khaki Campbell or Rouen? Or a mix? When I asked the prior owner, she said she couldn't remember because her husband had got her, but she thought she may be Khaki. Pictures on Google don't look too much like her, though :/ She has penciled feathers, orange feet with claws, orange beak with black in the middle and tip. Her wing feathers are all clipped and the ones that arent are growing in. Some have white, as pictured. No blue like I see in Rouen pics.
As far as the other two, I know the caruncles can be small on females, but do the black and white ones look like regular muscovies and not crosses? What are their colors called? The black one has an iridescent purple to her feathers that is beautiful. She has been trilling like I've heard females are expected to do, so I'm fairly cetain she is a she.
She did say that she was 90% sure the white muscovy is a female, but promised to swap her out if she turned out to be a boy. I'm desparately hoping NOT to have to drive the hours back to return her if she is a he, but will be watching them closely.
The brown one is my favorite so far. She is so pretty and let me pet and cuddle her already without making much noise ;v; The kids named her Viper, we'll see if that sticks lol. Names pending on the other two.
I thought before I get too attached to the others, I'd post and make sure that I know what to expect from all three if they are some kind of barnyard mix or another variety with different needs than the muscovies I prepared for.
(pictured in transport crate, they have a big coop and a pond after they pass QT. They have kinda runny noses but seem clear from mites, so we'll be keeping them away from the chickens for a few weeks. Any tips for the runny noses, I'd appreciate.)
Can get clearer pictures tomorrow, but I didn't want to stress them too much after a several hour drive to get them
I just got over the trauma of raising a bunch of chicks and my favorite two turning out to be roosters despite the breeder vent sexing them the day I got them (two days old), so I decided to be smarter and pay more for grown birds so there was no question or stress
More work to make them friendly, but no fighting to find homes for the boys this time. We only want them as pets/eating eggs, and I don't want my chickens being bothered, so no boys are allowed.I found someone looking to sell off all her free ranging birds because of issues with coyotes, and when I showed up, she gave me three for the price of one.
I had originally wanted Muscovies because my neighbors are close and prefer quieter birds, but she said she had an extra female (the brown one) that she definitely wanted to go to a good home since she had her for a while and because she would provide us more eggs since the muscovies don't lay as many. She was very calm and friendly and pretty quiet, so I said yes. She had been hanging with the younger ones with a lot of them following her around. The prior owner said this brown one wasn't the mother of that brood and didn't have a brood of her own.
Looking at these guys, and seeing her barnyard be a mix of a bunch of different breeds, I am curious what specifically I have, especially my surprise brown one. I was thinking either a Khaki Campbell or Rouen? Or a mix? When I asked the prior owner, she said she couldn't remember because her husband had got her, but she thought she may be Khaki. Pictures on Google don't look too much like her, though :/ She has penciled feathers, orange feet with claws, orange beak with black in the middle and tip. Her wing feathers are all clipped and the ones that arent are growing in. Some have white, as pictured. No blue like I see in Rouen pics.
As far as the other two, I know the caruncles can be small on females, but do the black and white ones look like regular muscovies and not crosses? What are their colors called? The black one has an iridescent purple to her feathers that is beautiful. She has been trilling like I've heard females are expected to do, so I'm fairly cetain she is a she.
She did say that she was 90% sure the white muscovy is a female, but promised to swap her out if she turned out to be a boy. I'm desparately hoping NOT to have to drive the hours back to return her if she is a he, but will be watching them closely.
The brown one is my favorite so far. She is so pretty and let me pet and cuddle her already without making much noise ;v; The kids named her Viper, we'll see if that sticks lol. Names pending on the other two.
I thought before I get too attached to the others, I'd post and make sure that I know what to expect from all three if they are some kind of barnyard mix or another variety with different needs than the muscovies I prepared for.
(pictured in transport crate, they have a big coop and a pond after they pass QT. They have kinda runny noses but seem clear from mites, so we'll be keeping them away from the chickens for a few weeks. Any tips for the runny noses, I'd appreciate.)
Can get clearer pictures tomorrow, but I didn't want to stress them too much after a several hour drive to get them
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and duck world. I see at least 2 muscovy. The brown one doesn't look like Muscovy, But better pictures would be a good idea. Very pretty!
