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[alexsamp]

I don't seem to get many replies on the duck forum but I was wondering if any one has muscovies and knows a bit about their personality.

This would really help me out in my duck quest.

Hear from you soon.

[tom123]

I wouldn't reccomend them for first timers as they are relatively flighty. A Muscovy duck can fly a good few miles! Even with the wings clipped!

 

Have a look here & herefor some more information about them

[bessandra]

Hi Alex

I cant help you I'm afraid - I have Khaki Campbells - great first time ducks

[jayjay]

Yes Get Khakis - they are fab. I am a first time duck owner and am delighted with my khakis. We were advised that they were great for the first timer and I couldn't agree more. Friendly, great personalities, talk to you lots, go to bed (with a bit of a shove), look GORGEOUS. Couldn't be happier. Try them - go on - you know you want to.....

 

 

JJ

[Lesley]

We have White Campbells and would agree about Campbells.....they're great first time ducks.

 

There are fewer duck keepers than chicken keepers on this forum - have you tried looking around on the Practical Poultry forum?

[Guest]

I did look at rehoming some muscovy ducks and went to have a look they are apparently good at going broody & good mothers. They are very big and not so good looking. The ones I saw were living on the edge of a lake so I presume from what has been said they must have been wing clipped but the looked very slow to me and very heavy type of duck(more turkey)!

 

Perhaps try to find a breeder or the domestic wildfowl trust are very helpful, they sell ducks

 

good luck indie

[Jimbob]

Hi Alex,

 

I've got x4 khaki campbells (x1 drake, x3 ducks) and a muscovy duck (maddie). I've had the campbells for 18 months and only had maddie for approx x5 months. Both breeds make great pets. The campbells are great egg layers and really friendly and are a great duck to start with. However, I must admit maddie is my favourite. She is really inquisitive and behaves really differently to the campbells. She is quite flighty if you startle her or try to pick her up but other than that she is really easy going. She just plods round the garden bobbing her head and doing her own thing and hisses at the campbell drake if he gets too close. It took the campbells weeks to pluck up the courage to come to the kitchen door for bread but after x3 days maddie strolled into the kitchen and started eating the cats dry food and drinking their water!!! The cats were watching at the time

I did have to get her wing clipped to stop her flying off but she has never tried to escape. My wife thinks muscovys are really ugly but I think their character more than makes up for it. If you want a duck that lays lots of eggs and you can be a bit more 'hands on' with i'd go for the campbells but for pure character i'd go for the muscovy. The 'domestic waterfowl club' site has more info on muscovys if you need it.

 

I hope this has helped.

 

Jim

[smudgley]

We hand reared a mucovy a few years ago, she was lovely (Jemima) very frinedly, although she had a lot of contact from us from day old. I thought she was pretty, but in a "only-a-mother-could-love" kind of way

[Mayo]

I've brought up two muscovies from babies to adulthood and one from middle to very old age - please feel free to pm me with any specific questions if you think I might be able to help.

 

M.