muscovy behavior

I own 3 Muscovy Females and 2 Goose Females. Recently the dominant Muscovy(Dotty), has been bullying (chasing, harassing, etc.) one of my other Muscovy's(Penny). Penny has started not staying with the flock and instead watching them from across the yard and sitting alone, Dotty however is...

It is the middle of winter here in Alabama and I have a Muscovy hen going broody. We're in the middle of January! I don't understand what’s going through her mind, other than she's a Muscovy duck and they just love the process of hiding and sitting on eggs. I don’t think this is a good idea...

I've raised ducks for 6 years but roosting is new to me. I am 1 year into raising my muscovy ducks. They are completely independent and live on a large pond surrounded by plenty of trees and snags. They spend most nights roosting on the neighbors dock and free range during the daytime hours. As...

Hey so first time having muscovys and i adore them, i asked the breeder for two hens and have started to question if one of them is a drake. The main problem i have is the one in question is mating the other and worried its going to drown her, is this is normal for two females? From looking on...

I need help! We have 9 muscovy ducks - one drake, 8 females, and one little duckling that hatched out just under 4 weeks ago. Recently, the drake has been picking on one of the females to the point where she barely has any tail feathers. This has us stumped, because our drake is a really easy...

I just wanted to share with y'all the sounds of my extremely spoiled Muscovy, Cheech (link below). We found her alone in a parking lot when she was a day old (we think) and then raised her in our apartment for the first year of her life, so she's pretty attached. Now that she lives outside with...

My dear Muscovy, Cheech, has developed some concerning behavior in the past 24 hours. She's been more vocal and a bit needier of my attention than usual, and now she's attacking my 3 youngest. They were introduced and started sharing and run and coop in August. Since then, she's basically...

Hi! As the title says, my duckling used to be absolutely fearless! We have a small dog that she used to terrorize, by biting his tail. His curiosity went away, and was swiftly replaced with fear. We got another duckling, so she's not alone at night, and maybe she will forget about the dog, which...

I have 1 rooster whit 5 chickens and my Muscovy has a mate whit 9 other growing muscovys that hatched 2 months ago. HES BECOME VERY AGRESSIVE TOWARDS OUR ROOSTER that every time their in contact whit one another, it turns into a BLOODY mess.!!!;(. The rooster fights for self defense but the...

I acquired two Muscovy females at the end of April. I was told they were probably hatched in February but realize now it was probably more like December because they became broody on July 1. I love them dearly but have no previous experience with ducks which has been so stressful because I...

So, I've been raising a Muscovy from a chick for a little over a month, now (about 6 weeks). I'm almost certain she's female, because she already has a lot of tail feathers, her wing feathers are almost grown in, and she has what someone called a "female beak" (more narrow and a prominent...

My duck Hazel is at least 6 years old. She hasn’t laid any eggs in more than a year. The past week or so, she has been racing to the oyster shell and chowing down on it. Yesterday, I thought she was entering her “psycho stage,” which is not out of the ordinary. Both she and her sister will phase...

I have a batch of 20 Muscovy ducklings about 8 weeks old. They are in a secure combined coop (8x12) and run (10x30) with 24hr access to both. They’re growing well and feathered out completely...except the wings. They seem to be pecking each other’s wing feathers. I culled a couple that were...

Hey all! To start, yes, I know Muscovy are not technically ducks. Now that that’s out of the way lol.... I am a chicken person, never owned water fowl. A friend at our local animal shelter reached out because they had a Muscovy that was dumped at a local park. She is unbelievably sweet and...

I saved a white Muscovy duck from a farmer who couldn’t take care of her. She’s now bug free and laying and seems super happy and healthy...Except, she’s not white. She looks dirty and her feathers are crusty feeling. Her oil gland looks great and I see her preening so I’m not sure what the...

So I have a question, my male Muscovy duck, the black one, sits on the eggs. He’s the only one. He would get off sometime to come eat and he sees the girl one, he’ll chase he and try to get on top of her. My husband took the eggs yesterday because he’s been on them for like almost a month. And...

Crazy Broody Muscovy hens!! I have experienced great frustration with trying to keep my Muscovy ducks safe. We have dealt with snapping turtles, blocked dangerous or inaccessible areas, or so we thought, that they could lay to no avail. I CANNOT get over how very broody they are. Our numbers...

Hello y’all, I have a nine-month-old female Muscovy Who is having a very foul smelling diarrhea. It is almost like an ash gray with some white and very watery. I’ll post a picture to show. She was salivating and started vomiting clear today. She only vomited once that I’ve seen. She has been...

Hi there! I have a 7 month old Muscovy female but the past 2 days she has been making a squeaking noise, almost rounds like a rubber ducky. Other than that he’s behavior has been normal. Any one know what could cause this?