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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: goosepimple on April 23, 2012, 08:30:05 pm

Title: Good pic - Muscovy's 17 hatchlings
Post by: goosepimple on April 23, 2012, 08:30:05 pm: This is the first hatch this year - a fantastic 17 hatch! Only 1 didn't hatch :-\. We have another 5 Muscovies sitting at the moment too (that's the ones we can find!) Help!
Title: Re: Good pic - Muscovy's 17 hatchlings
Post by: jaykay on April 23, 2012, 08:34:06 pm: Excellent :thumbsup: What colours will they be?
Title: Re: Good pic - Muscovy's 17 hatchlings
Post by: suziequeue on April 23, 2012, 08:36:27 pm: OH MY GOD!!!!

That's FANTASTIC..... well done duck and goose pimple
Title: Re: Good pic - Muscovy's 17 hatchlings
Post by: Mammyshaz on April 23, 2012, 08:37:41 pm: A fab little nestful there :thumbsup:
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Post by: robert waddell on April 23, 2012, 09:01:52 pm: will that be duck and goose on the menu at the black bull ;) ;) :farmer:
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Post by: little blue on April 23, 2012, 09:35:02 pm: oh, they are so lovely!

Stick a couple in the post for me... ;) :D
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Post by: Padge on April 24, 2012, 07:09:43 am: AAWWWW :love: don't have ducks......................yet :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Good pic - Muscovy's 17 hatchlings
Post by: Bert on April 24, 2012, 07:21:49 am: Got to get me some of them :&> Very very sweet :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Good pic - Muscovy's 17 hatchlings
Post by: goosepimple on April 24, 2012, 08:17:31 am: I'm working on the assumption they're all girls ;) ! as last year we had 13 and only 2 males. In fact we have 17 Muscovy in total, so that means we've just doubled our stock with this brood.
As for colours Jaykay - liquorice allsorts I think - we have south american looking black white and reds, northern european all whites with blue eyes and graceful greys somewhere in between.
We don't kill / eat anything (I know, I know, soppy ::)) so will be spreading them around or at the sales later this year.
Title: Re: Good pic - Muscovy's 17 hatchlings
Post by: MAK on April 25, 2012, 09:33:58 am: Great news and what a result 17 !

Still no ducklings here and mum must have been on them 40 plus days. We do have 3 other mums sitting and another popping an egg every day so fingers crossed.

The males are a pain but the greedy things put on weight quick and we ate our first. Not sure that we can eat > 60 ducks a year so we may have to sell some if they all hatch.

We have one albino mum so I am keen to see if we get more.
Title: Re: Good pic - Muscovy's 17 hatchlings
Post by: blades on April 25, 2012, 09:40:39 am: Fantastic.... we have a couple and just love them!! :&>
Title: Re: Good pic - Muscovy's 17 hatchlings
Post by: bloomer on April 25, 2012, 10:17:56 am: Quote from: MAK on April 25, 2012, 09:33:58 am
Great news and what a result 17 !

Still no ducklings here and mum must have been on them 40 plus days. We do have 3 other mums sitting and another popping an egg every day so fingers crossed.

The males are a pain but the greedy things put on weight quick and we ate our first. Not sure that we can eat > 60 ducks a year so we may have to sell some if they all hatch.

We have one albino mum so I am keen to see if we get more.

60 ducks in a year is a lot but i think i'd be prepared to give it a try, duck is yummy!!!
Title: Re: Good pic - Muscovy's 17 hatchlings
Post by: Mel on April 25, 2012, 06:32:13 pm: It is,60 wrecked our place last year ;D ,look at these little mites,they are soo beautiful and 17 too,that is a brilliant hatch rate!