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Post by Duck Diva on Jun 10, 2009 19:14:38 GMT 8
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Post by fluffychook on Jun 10, 2009 19:27:46 GMT 8
Never having had muscovies I can't really help you. But when I had the dark campbells it had a lot to do with the sound they made. Boys were very quiet and sometimes like a squeak, girls very loud. Try on BYP heaps of breeders on there can help.
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Post by Cluck N Waddle on Jun 10, 2009 19:28:11 GMT 8
Looks like a girl to me Wendy
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Post by fluffychook on Jun 10, 2009 19:33:26 GMT 8
Or else just ask Steph...lol
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Post by Cluck N Waddle on Jun 10, 2009 19:35:19 GMT 8
lol
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Post by Duck Diva on Jun 10, 2009 19:39:12 GMT 8
lol ;D thanks guys. YAY I hope its a girl She's pretty cute huh?
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Post by Cluck N Waddle on Jun 10, 2009 19:40:35 GMT 8
She's lovely Wendy Looks just like my Maxine & Marjorie
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Post by Duck Diva on Jun 10, 2009 19:43:36 GMT 8
Im hoping she'll mix in nicely with the Pekins. She wont produce fertile eggs from the boys will she? Or is it the offspring that are mules? Just remember reading something once.
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Post by Cluck N Waddle on Jun 10, 2009 19:47:22 GMT 8
Yeh, the offspring will be mules.
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Post by Cluck N Waddle on Jun 10, 2009 19:49:41 GMT 8
Here's a few paragraphs from a page thats saved in my favourites:
Muscovy when crossed with other breeds, produce sterile offspring. For instance, if you cross a Muscovy male with a Pekin female you will hatch mules; if you cross a Pekin male with a Muscovy female the progeny are called hinnies. Whereas a Pekin takes 28 days to hatch and a Muscovy takes 35 days, a mule or hinny takes 32 days to hatch.
Approximately 60% of mule ducks are males. Some of their characteristics are like the Muscovy as they are large, quiet, slow moving and have long claws but are also like Pekin as they swim well, the males and females are much the same size and they do not fly. Hinnies are not grown commercially. Males hinnies are much larger than female hinnies, like the Muscovy, yet the females look Pekin but fly quite well.
Mules and hinnies cannot reproduce. Both males are sterile and only the hinny females lay eggs (though they cannot hatch). If you have Muscovy and Pekin together, the chances are poor that they will cross but if they do, a hinny will probably be the result as Pekin males can catch Muscovy females easier than Muscovy males can catch Pekin females.
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Post by Duck Diva on Jun 10, 2009 20:16:10 GMT 8
Thanks Steph, I just hope the eggs look different as I dont want to get them mixed up if I swap or sell some fertile eggs! Another dilemma
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Post by Cluck N Waddle on Jun 10, 2009 20:22:43 GMT 8
Hehe thats a good point. Cant help ya with that one as I havent seen a Pekin egg but I'd imagine that they look pretty similar to a mussie egg.
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Post by lakelands on Jun 10, 2009 20:45:24 GMT 8
Seems the girls have answered all your questions wich is good as I don't have the foggiest about ducks other than to say what a little cutie she? is. Have you given her a name yet
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Post by Duck Diva on Jun 10, 2009 20:50:30 GMT 8
Hi Carolyn, Ive had a thread on BYP and a few people have also said she's most likely a girl.I have been calling her Sweety but I might change it
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Post by Duck Diva on Jun 10, 2009 20:51:04 GMT 8
lol Steph, Im sure they do! Bummer
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