| Muscovy ducks are originally from Mexico, Central and South American. They like to perch at night, can fly, especially when young and are for the most part very quiet birds. The hens, squeak, whistle and peep. The drakes as adults can only hiss. They are also very large birds and make excellent parents. Bonus on these birds is they will catch and eat small rodents and snakes. Our flock is widely varied in color- we have very pale cream and white, chocolate and white, gray and white and black and white- with several variations of all of the above. They are penned at night and in inclement weather, but are allowed access to grass on a regular basis. You can see a video of our flock on YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_dDwKIcfHQ The 2 drakes are: Sinatra, a chocolate and white with blue eyes and Goose, a gray and white with the normal dark eyes. We have 9 hens currently ranging from pale cream, buff, tan, chocolate, gray and black all with heavy white markings. They are a beautiful flock and I am sure that their babies this next year will be just as gorgeous. They will be available Spring 2010. I will ship eggs upon request. Live birds will need to be picked up here at the farm. |
Muscovy Ducks
Sinatra, One of the drakes, named for
his blue eyes
his blue eyes
Hershey, one of the hens
Several of the hens, starting to develop the
carbunkles around their eyes as is typical
of this breed.
carbunkles around their eyes as is typical
of this breed.
Young Muscovies, before they developed
their eye patches. These were still getting
their adult feathers.
their eye patches. These were still getting
their adult feathers.
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