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.
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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.