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They went to their new home yesterday evening. A 20 acre fenced farm with other farm animals (goats, sheep, pigs), and some other ducks. Beautiful place with a huge pond, and completely enclosed (the farm has dogs that roam around too to protect the animals from predators). Confident they'll...

Including a picture of their climate-controlled enclosure. i add a fresh sawdust layer every day. Gonna miss these ducklings when they're at their new home in 2 weeks =(

Few more pictures (today) of these ducklings! They're swimming now

Growing like weeds!! :D

Installed two cameras (one in their crate and one in their enclosure) to monitor them :)

Happy ducklings! They LOVE being outside during the day (weather is perfect), and then in the evenings I bring them to their inside home.

Promise you I've done my research, and then some. Spoken on the phone to people around the country that have raised Muscovys for decades, etc. Predators during the day will not be foxes and raccoons - I live in the suburbs, with an 8' wall around all 4 sides of my property, and neighbors on 3...

there is one that's a full day and a half younger than the rest. I introduced him to the pen earlier than i probably should have, only a few hours after he hatched, because on his own in the incubator he was freaking out - hearing his brothers and sisters - but although he's noticeably smaller...

they're now 1 week and 3 days. amazing how they're developing their own personalities. they still go crazy and freak out from time to time, running around their little pen, but now they're a lot more chill. i can reach in and grab one and they don't run around. tomorrow i'll start...

Trust nature. One thing I learned (i've spent dozens of hours talking to people on the phone that have raised Muscovys, reading posts, researching, etc) - is that Muscovys will sit on their eggs for a few hours to prevent them getting too chilled. Once they've laid ALL the eggs then they'll...

Hey - was in a similar situation - 20 eggs, so you figure the mother must have been laying for a few weeks. Muscovy eggs need to incubate for a full 5 weeks (a week longer than other ducks) But once they're laid, if she isn't sitting on them they can sit out for weeks. Once they start being...

Oh treats are <5% of their total diet. i throw in 20 or 30 mealworms once a day. But they go CRAZY for them. Their regular food they're eating consistently. They're double the size they were a week ago - it's amazing

these things LOVE mealworms...

I made some calls today and was able to find 3 spots that are good. Fenced in, couple acres, each of them with other farm animals but no dogs. Ducks can live out a good life once they're a little older and don't need heat lamps, etc. I'll divide them up between the 3 spots. All 3 are...

Hi! I live outside Houston, TX, and have 14x healthy 2-3 day old Muscovy ducklings. Trying to find a good home. I have a contingency plan in the form of my family members that have property up north, and am happy to raise them until they're old enough to take there, but would love if anyone...