Started with 12 eggs, one was not viable, the girls jettisoned one and two may not hatch.

I was recently able to acquire a group of muscovy ducks, consisting of one drake and 5 females. I just wanted any insight and or advice on their husbandry. Specifically if anyone has breeding advice i’d be very grateful.

My duck, Daffy, was born in December last year, and 2 weeks ago i noticed her broody behaviour, as she started wandering down the small hill of our property. For context, my yard is around 10,000m². Daffy went right from our house down our little hill. I tired following her 2-3 times to find her nest but each time something got in my way, like dinner or she was being too slow and wouldn't go on with me watching her.

After observing the direction she was headed, I narrowed it down to under a shipping container. I checked multiple times, no sound from a broody girl, and I could barely see anything. Once my cat crawled under there, and usually my birds make a sound when my cat comes strolling around, but nothing. There are also no signs of loose feathers from her nest that would be there, I can't see any signs of her.

After last week, I figured she's settled, but would come out for water and food, but i have not seen her since. I'm afraid something's happened to here, and/or she's ventured off my property to someone else's. Any advice on what I can do? I will try and check the shipping container again, with a better light, but I'm losing hope. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

Edit: She's been spotted!! Over a week and she's finally showed up having a bathe and a drink!! Will keep a close eye on here, I am so relieved! Still need to sniff out her nest, she won't be showing up as often because if her nest.

They are just short of two months old. We have (from left to right):
Crackle, Tanzy, Flippers and Crumble.

Anyways they are beautiful and love pats. Any ideas of genders?

I've been feeding Muscovy ducks for years now around the neighborhood pond. This one in particular is over 3 years old and I call him Black Foot. He's extremely friendly, will eat from my hand and even nudge me for food.

2 days ago I found him by himself with an injured wing. Today both wings seem to be injured but he is with the main group at least. I know these guys are great at healing (I've seen feet that looked like dead pieces of meat heal just fine many times) but can someone tell from this video if this is the type of injury that will heal ok on its own, even if it means he can no longer fly but will at least heal back in some fashion? This is the first time I've seen any kind of wing injury before. Thanks.

My HOA calls them a nuisance. Pssh. The cutest nuisance ever, maybe.

The white one is gorgeous 🥰

First time duck owner(maybe?) in Missouri!I’ve been chosen. We moved into our home 4 months ago and were visited twice a day by a Muscovy Duck I call Mama. She lives 99% of the time in the pond behind my house. I already feed the birds a sunflower seed blend. She likes to eat them out of my hand. And I recently brought her a bowl of water and started putting the seed in the water and she LOVES that! But I feel like the seed is just a treat. She wags her tail and huffs n hisses at me. ❤️ I love her to death. When I bring my friends to see her she puts up her hackles on her head. But when I come to visit alone she runs up to me. We have a special connection. So I have questions:
1. What are foods/treats I can buy her other than this cheap bird seed?
2. Will she leave when is snows/freezes?
-if not should I build her shelter where she sleeps? (Under the bridge by the pond)
3. Are they loner ducks? She has no babies or companions other than a flock of Canadian geese or a big stork thingy that visits her but none her species…
4. What’s up with the red thingies?
5. Do they get attached to people and recognize their voices n smell n face?
6. Probably so many more questions but those are it so far!! Thank you animal lovers ❤️❤️❤️

I currently have my 3 teenage (10 week old) muscovy ducks sleeping in a little play pen inside my screened in patio. The past few nights i’ve seen a raccoon and what I think was a fox or a coyote. I’m in south florida, a lot of predators. I’m wondering if anyone has any ideas for something that is predator proof or can be made predator proof? Apparently my screened in patio won’t stop any predators from getting in… I’m worried and I need something that has LOTS of ventilation because of the heat and humidity here. It also needs to be relatively small. Nothing massive or heavy. Would something like an extra large dog crate work? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I’ll put a picture of what they are currently in, so you can see how much space can be taken up.

I hate having to make this post. But, my circumstances have changed beyond my control. My mind and body aren’t what they were 3 years ago when I got my flock. I can’t keep up with the upkeep of the coop and my wife already has too much on her shoulders. On top of my health issues, my FiL is getting to the point where he needs help almost full time. We can’t bring the ducks with us, and I’m not sure where to turn. Is there anyone in or near northern Indiana willing to take in 16 Muscovy (6 drakes 10 hens) and 2 female Cayuga? Or someone who can tell me where to start?

“Why are you taking a picture of me ? Erase it!!! “

Due to some less-than-stellar decisions, I find myself with three drakes. The dominant male bullies the other two something fierce. I have been mulling trying to separate them, but it would be difficult to sequester them every night when I put them up (they free range during the day). I wonder if anyone has any clever ideas for alleviating male-male bullying.

Eating/culling one is not an option.

Girlie tried to drag the bad egg back into the nest as well 🤦‍♂️ why she wanted to keep that egg instead of the ones she decided to eat that were actually developing I have no idea 🤷‍♂️

I dont actually know how old he is, hed a neighborhood duck whos just a friendly little baby who likes peas and knocking on our back door. The younger guys bite him a bit buts he's generally chill with most of them except for one guy.