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The Biggest Greenhouse Denver Will Allow!
Here is a thorough documentation of the greenhouse that I built in Denver in fall of 2023! Enjoy, ask questions if you have them!
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How to Give Pills to a Duck (Medicine)
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This video shows how to administer a pill/capsule to a duck (Muscovy in this case) for the purposes of giving them medication. Take notes, be careful, and do your best! IF YOUR DUCK IS CHOKING, CHECK THE AIRWAY AND/OR USE ANY OF THESE TECHNIQUES: th-cam.com/video/WUv1_nNozEM/w-d-xo.html Contents of this Video 0:00 Intro 0:19 Use Treats if Possible 1:11 Setup/Supplies 1:58 Types of Pills/Capsule...
Raising Muscovy Ducks PT 9: Weeks 4-6 Development + Sexing
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This is the ninth part in a series on how to raise Muscovy ducks. Here we look at the fourth-sixth week of ducklings and their behaviors as well as a few notes on sexing. Here is the whole playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLrD0MjwZyuv9B8IQRid-gnfrZv8bw2o-0.html). Here is my other vid on sexing Muscovy Ducks (th-cam.com/video/S9U7mqR1TLE/w-d-xo.html) Here is my other vid on treating Angel Wing (th-cam....
If Your Duck has Trouble Breathing: ACT FAST!
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DISCLAIMER: I am not a vet, and if your duck has trouble breathing, SEEING A VET should be your first and fastest step!!! IF YOUR DUCK IS CHOKING, CHECK THE AIRWAY: AND USE ANY OF THESE TECHNIQUES: th-cam.com/video/WUv1_nNozEM/w-d-xo.html Contents of this Video 0:00 Intro 0:16 What You Might Notice/Observe 3:47 What You Can Do 7:18 See a Vet (What to Expect) 10:00 Outro (Be Kind to Yourself) Ar...
Raising Muscovy Ducks PT 1.5: Sourcing Eggs / Meet the Parents
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This is the first-and-a-half part in a series on how to raise Muscovy ducks. Here we quickly discuss the importance of meeting the parents of your new ducklings!! Here is the whole playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLrD0MjwZyuv9B8IQRid-gnfrZv8bw2o-0.html) Contents of this Video 0:00 Intro 0:16 We messed up! 0:40 Double-check before you buy!
Raising Muscovy Ducks PT 8: Weeks 2/3 Outdoor Housing
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This is the eighth part in a series on how to raise Muscovy ducks. Here we look at the second/third week of ducklings and their outdoor housing situation. Here is the whole playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLrD0MjwZyuv9B8IQRid-gnfrZv8bw2o-0.html) Contents of this Video 0:00 Intro 1:00 When to Move Outside 1:15 Male/Female Differences 2:03 The Outdoor House/Setup 3:33 Behaviors 4:10 Some Recommendation...
Raising Muscovy Ducks PT 7: Week 1 Ducklings + Behavior
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DISCLAIMER: The ducklings in this video are not Muscovy Ducks! That being said, everything in this video is still accurate for Muscovy ducklings as they hatch. Lesson learned, if you buy fertilized eggs, meet the duck parents in person! This is the seventh part in a series on how to raise Muscovy ducks. Here we look at the first week of ducklings and their behaviors/needs. Here is the whole pla...
Raising Muscovy Ducks PT 6: First Days and Brooder Setup
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DISCLAIMER: The ducklings in this video are not Muscovy Ducks! That being said, everything in this video is still accurate for Muscovy ducklings as they hatch. Lesson learned, if you buy fertilized eggs, meet the duck parents in person! This is the sixth part in a series on how to raise Muscovy ducks. Here we look at the brooder setup and first days. Here is the whole playlist: th-cam.com/play/...
Raising Muscovy Ducks PT 5: Duckling/Mom Separation
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DISCLAIMER: The ducklings in this video are not Muscovy Ducks! That being said, everything in this video is still accurate for Muscovy ducklings as they hatch. Lesson learned, if you buy fertilized eggs, meet the duck parents in person! This is the fifth part in a series on how to raise Muscovy ducks. Here we look at the options/questions around whether to raise ducklings yourself or with their...
Raising Muscovy Ducks PT 4: Hatching (Early)!!
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DISCLAIMER: The ducklings in this video turned out to not be Muscovy Ducks!! That was the reason they hatched early, and why I was totally unprepared for it. That being said, everything in this video is still accurate for Muscovy ducklings as they hatch. Lesson learned, if you buy fertilized eggs, meet the duck parents in person! This is the fourth part in a series on how to raise Muscovy ducks...
Raising Muscovy Ducks PT 3: Momma Duck Behavior and Candling (Day 20)
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This is the third part in a series on how to raise Muscovy ducks. Here we look at the (mother sitting) duck's behavior and what development looks like on day 20. Here is the whole playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLrD0MjwZyuv9B8IQRid-gnfrZv8bw2o-0.html) Contents of this Video 0:00 Intro 0:31 Mother Duck Behavior 4:06 How the Nest is Left (Mom's Break) 4:27 Candling Eggs (Day 20) Things I did not menti...
Raising Muscovy Ducks PT 2: Candling (Week 2ish)
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This is the second part in a series on how to raise Muscovy ducks. Here we look at eggs and the nest. Here is the whole playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLrD0MjwZyuv9B8IQRid-gnfrZv8bw2o-0.html) Contents of this Video 0:00 Intro 0:15 Candling Gear 1:15 What to Look For (Development) 2:50 Keeping Track/Counting 3:02 What a Dud Looks Like 3:12 Keeping Track/Counting 2 Things I did not mention: move gentl...
Raising Muscovy Ducks PT 1: Eggs + Nest
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This is the first part in a series on how to raise Muscovy ducks. Here we look at eggs and the nest. Here is the whole playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLrD0MjwZyuv9B8IQRid-gnfrZv8bw2o-0.html) Contents of this Video 0:00 Intro 0:26 How to Get Fertile Eggs 2:05 The Nest 3:11 Incubation Things I did not mention: if you are mating a male and female, it is wise to keep the mating pare as separate as possi...
Ask a Muscovy Question Here!!
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If you have a question about Muscovy ducks, please leave it in the comments and I will either answer it there or create more videos based on questions that people have or topics of interest. Thanks!
Treating Prolapsed Vents in (Muscovy) Ducks: Check Those Butts!
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If your ducks just started laying eggs again, it's time to check their butts for prolapsed vent/cloaca! For the truly curious, here is an image of a prolapsed vent: f01.justanswer.com/QVS93bPD/238c8e1c-22ee-4622-9366-f0982c3894fe.jpeg Contents of this Video 0:00 Intro 0:46 What to Look For 1:44 What to Do 3:00 A Visit from JD!
(Muscovy) Duck Temperament Changes...Do They Love Me or Fear Me?!
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(Muscovy) Duck Temperament Changes...Do They Love Me or Fear Me?!
Hold Water and Build Soil with Raised Garden PATHS (Denver)
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Hold Water and Build Soil with Raised Garden PATHS (Denver)
Low-Water Edible Perennial Landscape Update: Year 2 (Denver)
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Low-Water Edible Perennial Landscape Update: Year 2 (Denver)
Candling (Muscovy) Duck Eggs (Ducklings are on the way!!)
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Candling (Muscovy) Duck Eggs (Ducklings are on the way!!)
All About "Broody"-ness in (Muscovy) Ducks
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All About "Broody"-ness in (Muscovy) Ducks
Rainwater Harvesting (Front Yard, Spring 2020)
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Rainwater Harvesting (Front Yard, Spring 2020)
Muscovy Duck Nesting Boxes UPDATE: They're Working!!
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Muscovy Duck Nesting Boxes UPDATE: They're Working!!
Thank you so much, my duck has been sick and I had to figure out how to get him to actually swallow the pill without spitting it out. I asled a friend who's raised ducks and has years of experience and she helped me a lot too. Now im just waiting to see if theres any improvement
You're welcome! I hope your duck gets better!
Wow so cool I have ducks a female and a male but still no eggs !
Hang in there! Try fake eggs to suggest them...
Thanks for this video and the supportive words.
thanks for this advice man!
A random muscovee showed up at my house during this past winter. Wouldn't leave so we have a pet duck now. All this time we thought it was a male but yesterday I was cleaning the pool and giving it fresh water. Imagine my surprise when I noticed an egg sitting in the box in its cage. Blew my mind!
Isnt that the same as a dog harness?
Hey! Having trouble with one of my ducks labored breathing and trying to find answers. Do you happen to have a video of what her breathing looked like prior to medication?
My Muscovite wings are pointing up more than this one . Since she has been laying on the eggs? Is this part of being broody? Will it go back to normal?
Yes, she's probably totally fine and she will go back to normal, but you may need to remove the eggs/nest for her to return to normal.
Thank u needed this information!!!
Thank you!
Hey thank you for this video very informative! I enjoyed your tutorial. Thank you again .
1 video pls on the hacks and tricks to get the duck broody. farmers face this problem because the ducks usually didnt sit on eggs easily like the chickens do
shelf life of fertile egg suitable for hatching.? the day duck laid egg to the 1st day she became broody and sat on it. that time period of the egg remain fit from hatching.?
I only cut flight feathers on one wing, to keep it grounded. The broad feathers insure good cover when sitting.
How do you set up your water and feed system? My ducks always get their water messy so fast or knock over their food 🙃
The yoke to white ratio is much higher than in chickens.
We have a few ducks, males and females. I regularly find eggs in random places. Other than trying to coax them to a specific places to lay, how can I know if the eggs I do find are still edible? How long can the eggs lay around in nature before they are no longer good to eat?
Cast iron stomachs - I expect there are many things ducks can eat which will not hurt them. But if they eat metal they can get hardware disease. I'm not sure if it has to be a specific type of metal. But people could look up hardware disease and find out. You might have to add the word duck to your Google search. Also I have heard someone say when you see your duck opening and closing their mouth, sometimes they're just cleaning out their ears. So yeah, probably want to listen for breath sounds. Not quite sure how to do that with a duck. I did have one girl (Willow) a couple of years ago 2021 She was issuing signs of distress which I don't recall. And she was drooling also. And she usually slept on the top shelf and she couldn't get up there. I had to bring her into the porch. We poured some mineral oil down her throat with a turkey baster. Eventually she recovered. I don't know how. This girl had like four lives. After a couple of days she was eating. But yes last October 6th I carried her out to her pen in the backyard where we kept her during the day to keep her safe from the younger ducks who kept attacking her and left her with a limp. Around 7:00 in the morning and maybe two and a half hours later she died. She was 9 years old. I've had a small bunch of ducks. Right now I think I have seven. In the beginning I had four. I had two others which I sold. I had one that flew away and came back 14 months later. Honestly I thought she was dead. I have never had a duck leave my yard for more than two days. And she was gone 14 months and suddenly reappeared. But I previously counted her among the seven. And then I had one other which I gave away to a friend because he wouldn't stop trying to mate with me. And I had one house duck. So I think that's about 13 adult ducks which lived and died in my house and yard. And two of them made it to age 9. I know they can live longer. And I wish that my first duck, Snuggles, had lived longer. She did have one cataract. But aside from that... The black and white ducks seemed to get this hanging area between their legs. I read a bunch of different things and it seemed it might be ascites. I wasn't going to try to drain it. And they didn't seem to want to eat pumpkin. I forgot the other solutions. So a couple of them just sort of wound down and fell over and died. (Actually petunia was working on dying and Seven was still trying to mate her) and Naomi died when she was 3 years old and we never knew why. She just sat down and she didn't get up. A friend of mine did various interventions and got her back moving and several months later it happened again and she died. But these were never situations where the ducks were gasping as mentioned in the video. These were other things. Willow might have been gasping and choking. The others were not. But when Willow died she was not in one of those choking situations. She had just been going downhill for days and I knew she was going to die. the day before, I Sat in a chair and put her on my chest and cuddled her and cried a lot. And then she wanted to go so I let her. And the next day, she died. Also last summer when it was really hot, a friend of mine was texting me about his ducks. They were gasping and panting. I didn't have any good suggestions. He gave them water with various electrolytes and vitamins and things. And he put fans in front of them. I have never heard of anyone doing this. Then again it's never been this hot in this part of Florida. They all recovered. By the way, I like the way you sweetly told your duck to be quiet and she did. I have to go It's time for my ducks to go to bed like right now
I have a wild Muscovy duck made a nest in my front yard flower bed next to my front door she has eggs I been talking to her every day to get her used to us. I made her a house with 30 gallon storage box flipped it upside down & cut out 2 sides of it for her to see us coming in & out of my house & easy entrance & escape & gave her pine bedding. figured her babies be hatching around 2nd week of next month. we gave her a name & the rest of her family. she use to come over with the rest of the family they all met us. now she been staying all day & night & take about hour break in late afternoon. I tried different foods, but she rather go forage over at the pond across the street behind people's homes. kinda crazy she stay on her nest while I put up some wall art work around her figured I try the scare crow effect help keep pretors away from her & decorate her nurser Sary area & she still stay there as I do yard work with the machines running & when all the kids are playing out front it doesn't bother her for being a wild duck. I think she getting better at feeling safe & comfortable with us now she allow me to put my hand in her box to give her more bedding when she needs it. I think she might walk the babies over to the pond when they are ready to go live back over there. she a wild duck so I don't know much about ducks.
Hi my name is Karen I had to take eggs from a nest, because the mother duck was killed. These are just wild Muscovy ducks. Wondering if I would be able to release the babies ducklings I was able to hatch in an incubator.? There is a mother duck that comes by me to eat with her baby's. So my question is would she take them as her own? Just curious.
My male duck messes with her eggs and sometimes tries to lay on them...strange
I also have ideas for your next video theme: Muscovy Ducks Recipe! It's surprisingly very difficult to find ways to cook your muscovy, since it's quite a rare delicacies. The meat are tough if you grill them like a normal meat and the only way I found effective to cook them is by slow cooking them for 8 hours to make pulled meat for tacos and such.
I have trouble mixing my new muscovy pack (3-weeks old) and the old ones (5-months old). The old ones are 2 males and the new pack is 5 females. My 2 drakes kept pecking at the younger ones even though I have let them see/familiarize with each other (separated by a see-through bamboo gate) for more than a week now. How long should I wait before I merge them into one pen? Please make a video about that 🙏
Hello. What's the best way to handle a skittish young duck (four weeks)? Thanks!
I would say handle as often as possible, lots of treats, make it positive for them and they'll get more and more used to it. Peas and corn are great treats!
Hello sir thanks for sharing I love Muscovy Duck
I have gotten good using the beak. Females have a more pronounced ridge from middle of top of the beak.
Thanks for the information. We just spotted this the other day on one of our ducks. Hoping we’re able to rest in time by cleaning, putting back in, and giving some antibiotics. Wish up luck
I also have muscovy duck, some of my young male duck started to die , i dont know the reason , can a mature male duck kill them
In short, yes; males can be very territorial, killing young. Sorry, good luck!
Wild ducks layed eggs in the yard one by one and leaves. Will the ducks sit on the eggs? How long does it take for them to hatch and leave?
That's a big maybe! Lots of variables there. If they're comfortable and have access to food/water then yes! Time depends on the species.
Do i need to candle the eggs considering the female duck sitting on them
Only if you want a sense of how they are developing...that gives you insight into if they are growing and when they might hatch. Check out my recent series where we candle!
I love both!!
Ive got a bad feeling our 12 week old is a boy when the breed said he is pritty sure its a girl..keeping fingers crossded.
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The thing that helps you in particular out the most, is that your little ducko is quite will behaved. Or rather quite often handled? My ducks would rather succumb to whatever illness they have than sit between my legs. 😂 fantastic work, sir, truly!
It's true! I know there's some disagreement about taming ducks/animals sometimes but WOW does it help when you or a vet needs to handle them! That being said, this technique can still be done with a nuts duck, you'll probably just need another person to help :)
Wish I had of known this, and had noticed when my duck got bad. I could have helped her sooner rather than have her put down.
So sorry to hear that. It is a strange/rare thing but can get bad.
so adorable when they start talking
My Muscovy duck has popped on some of her eggs will they hatch any remedy
Maybe; it's not great if they are dirty, so it's a maybe...if you can remove the dirty ones that's probably best.
My Muscovy duck started laying on August 31st and has been laying continuously from then to yesterday 10th September but has not layed today is everything ok
Generally yes; ducks in general can get interrupted from their laying patterns by changes in routine, but Muscovies in particular have cycles of laying. Usually 2-4 weeks on or off. That's their only downside...not the best layers. But their other benefits outweigh that for me :)
@@homegronhomestead8640 thanks.... I'll keep updating you if something new pops up be blessed
Ive been raising meat chickens for about 8-9 yrs now and once in awhile I d encounter somthing like this. Thanks for info. Keep it up. Enjoy 😉
very nice video! what other species are the other ducklings?
Thanks! Since they were falsely advertised, we won't know for sure until they mature.
what survival rate do you usually have with your ducklings?
Usually between 60-90% if the mom doesn't trample them. It will be lower if you use an incubator. Once they're in the brooder we've only ever lost one duckling past the hatching stage, so really high if you keep their environment good.
@@homegronhomestead8640 thanks for the response!
Great video very informative
companionship from a lil flock of ducks sounds awesome thanks for the socializing tips
very nice video! they look really cute i cant wait to watch them grow up :)
Great video looking forward to more!
DUCKLING TIME!!!
im sorry about the ducklings you lost, i know that chicken eggs can hatch early because of warm temperatures, thats the only explanation i can think of
very good video thanks for explaining what duds look like!
IM LOVING THIS SERIES KEEP IT UP
What a sweet boy. I have a little female mallard that has pin feathers and can’t figure out the best way to wrap her. Hopefully I’ll get it right before it’s too late.
So I have a question specifically for eggs, what should the embryo look like during different stages? I’ve tried to look at infographics but can’t find much on Muscovy specifically. I’ve candled the eggs, one looks watery and clear and the rest look full but I can’t see blood vessels or veins.. they are about 23 days old and I’m not sure what I should be looking for, I don’t see movement either.. any tips?
Hey great q's! I am currently doing a video series on that, have a look on my page and you should see the newest vid or two on what to look for!