The muscovy....

I was going to do a blog on a breed of my chickens That I so love, but since it is raining here today, decided  to a post on the ducks here.....My Muscovy.....
I have had Muscovy ducks for quite awhile....When I was growing up we had Muscovy , I remember  one of them their foot froze off at that time when I was growing up we didn't have any water for them to get in....they were in with the chickens...and pretty much stayed penned up....

My Muscovy as a adult free-range....I never hardly penned them up, unless the hens have babies...I have a small kiddie sandbox, the ones shaped like a turtle, neither one of my two girls rarely played in,  besides they are too old now to play in a sandbox, so that is the duck pond...
Muscovy really don't need water to play in, but I like to have them water to take a bath and play in and besides get a drink...
Muscovy duck are a quiet duck, hardly do they ever quack....they do quack, but not very often . Their quack is not like any other duck...

As you can see in the picture I use both the top and the bottom....but mainly the bottom of the sandbox....This is Boss, my drake, he is a dark blue pied....I trade a hen for him a few years ago, He has produce me some whites with blue eyes....I named him Boss since to me he looks like some mob boss type ....yes all of my ducks are named....

 

The above is lavender, a blue pied....Something got her this year....she always produce  very pretty babies.

 

This is Mary with one of her babies...at the duck pond

 

This is one of the babies as well,,,,something got him

 

Mary, with her brood

 

 

This is Lillie, I rehome her to someone that was looking for a hen....don't really know what color she would be considered....

 

This is either Mary or Miah...they look alike

 

Lavender with her brood

I traded for these, I really wanted the white drake seen in the picture, we named him cotton, then let him out and he disappeared, Boss chased him off and I rehome the other drake in the picture and kept the chocolate pied hen...named her Miah

 

Here is Boss and mascara...

Mascara was from a chocolate pied hen and a chocolate drake....The drakes name was chocolate,...I don't remember what the hen was named....

The Muscovy I have now are pretty much all related except for miah...That is why I wanted the white drake for....but I guess I should have penned Boss up ...

 

Well I hope you enjoy the Muscovy pictures.....

Enjoy!