Maintenance, breeding and care of musky ducks

It's about an interesting and beautiful species of ducks. Muscovy duck or she Indo-woman is an advantageous breed of bird. The name musky comes from the specific smell that is released in these ducks from the growths above the beak. It is believed to have a real musk scent.

This breed of birds comes from wild muscovy duckswho are native to South America. There they are found like forest ducks. Their desire to fly and sit on tree branches confirms this information. Meat Muscovy ducks tasty, low-fat, red, dietary. Because of their taste and unpretentiousness in care, Indo-women are popular in economic activities in many countries of Asia and Europe. Many experienced owners prefer only this kind of ducks in their yard. Read the instructions for breeding and keeping this breed below.

Appearance description

Muscovy ducks are different colors: white, black, blue, white-black, blue-white. The name Indo-women, acquired also due to the fact that near the beak they grow red-black growths, similar to those of turkeys. Therefore, Indo-women speak them. A detailed description of the breed is posted below.

Like any ducks, they often like to feast on leftovers from the table after a family dinner. Nowadays it is not particularly difficult to find good food, since nowadays in stores you can buy different types of food and vitamins for birds and animals.

This bird the nature calm, meaty breed, unlike other ducks, especially white, Peking ducks, which are very noisy. After observing these two species, the Indo-women will appeal to any hostess. They are calm, hardy, in the yard they behave quietly and constantly away from other birds. They do not like fights and companies of other birds. White ducks are often annoying with their constant quacking, which cannot be said about the muscovy duck.

At first glance it will seem that indows are dumbbut it is not. Sometimes they make sounds, but quiet, inconspicuous. They can kind of "hum" being in each other's company. When a drake starts grooming a duck, he too can publish interesting attractive tunes.

Of course, like any other bird, muscovy ducks love walk free, graze, but they can be kept in cages, fences, if there is a great need for this. Or close it to protect the bird from wild animals and other unforeseen events.

Often in rural areas, owners like to let Indo-girls walk freely without looking after them. And they can go and walk slowly along the carriageway and dangerous places, because of which they fall under the wheels of cars. Therefore, villagers must fence the Indo-duck and do not leave them unattended. This is especially at a time when they are gaining weight and are very heavy in weight and find it difficult to react quickly and develop speed in order to escape from danger.

Detailed characteristics of the breed and methods of cultivation

Muscovy duck weight, drake, can reach up to 6 kg, and ducks up to 3.5 kg.

Indo-ducks are wonderful laying hens, of course they are still inferior to white ducks, but this does not affect the disposition to this bird. Egg production - 100-110 eggs. Egg weight is approximately 75 grams. Indo-ducks lay eggs in cycles, starting at 180-210 days of age. They rush for about five months, and rest for ninety days, then again rush for five months.

Female musky ducks are considered lovely moms... They not only can hatch eggs well and diligently care for them, but also are attentive to their brood, ducklings. Protect them, warm them. Constantly on the move with them and teach kids to pinch the grass, look for food. Little ducklings they are very obedient to their mothers, repeat all her movements and commands after her, and are satisfied with her care. Indo-ducks can hatch not only their own eggs, but also other birds; chicken eggs, goose.

Along its edges you need to put a little more hay or straw, raise the edges of the nest. So that the brood hen turns out, as it were, in the deepening of the nest.

On average, 160-210 grams of feed is consumed per day for one Indo-duck. This is not a large dose, in comparison with the dose of food that the Peking duck eats, it eats much more, so raising a healthy bird of a different breed is not so expensive. Of course, it also depends on the appetite of the bird itself and the calorie content of the feed.

They need to be fed with different types of grain: wheat, crushed barley, sowing, crushed corn. For the winter, be sure to stock up on herbs: nettles, dandelions, woodlice and other herbs, silage. Of course, it will be useful to add vitamins to food, such as A, B1, B2, B3, B6, B12, Sun, H, C. Which are contained in feed, premixes, food additives. Vitamin-rich greens, cereals, grass flour, fish oil, bran, yeast, peas, beans, beet greens, carrots and other herbs.

Indoor varieties: brown wild, white and others

Muscovy ducks are different types: mute, mute, Moscow. And they have many different colors. Especially the color and appearance changes if Indo-ducks are crossed with other domestic ducks. These types of birds (hybrids) are called Mulardami... Regardless of the color of the male and female, mularda chicks are dark in color.

Muscovy ducks can be white, black and white, brown and white, black, blue, white with a pattern. Classified for such species as: brown wild, wild, wild blue and others. Attention is attracted eyes ducks, which are, for example, gray-blue, brown, light brown. These ducks are especially beautiful because feathers on the wings and tail, they can shimmer beautifully.

Breeding and keeping musk duck at home

The most convenient floor for ducks is mesh, it should occupy 2/3 of the area of ​​the house. The mesh size in the mesh floor is 24 by 24 mm, the distance from the mesh to the floor is 30 cm. It is advisable to make the mesh freely rising, so that it is convenient to lift and clean the house.

Muscovy ducks love walk free... Sometimes Indo-girls can fly up onto trees or rooftops. You need to remember this, especially if you have neighbors, because then you will have to collect them in the next yard, and you can get to the guard dogs.

The litter can be prepared from dry straw, hay, large and small sawdust, but only so that the litter does not sit for a long time, since aspergillosis can flare up due to mold and dirt.

Care and feeding of ducklings in the first days, choice of food

Then gradually add cottage cheese, various small grain mixtures in milk or broth to food. Herbs can also be given, especially nettle, dandelion.

In two weeks add boiled potatoes, Jerusalem artichoke to food, as mentioned above, that ducklings especially love this product, and Jerusalem artichoke contributes to the rapid growth and weight gain of Indo-duck. Gradually introduce grain feeding already grown ducklings. The grain can be boiled at first.

Ducklings care must be thorough. The duckling can be taken from under the brood only half an hour after it has hatched from the egg. But immediately you need to cook for them warm place and heating, as they need care and warmth. Put a warm heating pad on the bottom of the box, and install a heating lamp at the top. Make sure that the heating pad does not cool down for a long time. Eat they start on the second, third day. They do not know how to eat themselves right away, so they need help by serving food to their beak. The next day, the ducklings will be able to consume food themselves.

Diseases

It can be viral hepatitis, lack of feathering, pasteurellosis or cholera, aspegillosis, salmonellosis.

If you find out in time disease, then it is quite successful to cure the bird with an antibiotic "Terramycin"... Because of viral hepatitis the liver of ducklings can be severely affected, which then leads to their death.

The best method of dealing with such a disease is vaccination chicks. The Capevas vaccine is used for this purpose. You need to do it twice, after four and eight weeks of ducklings' life.

Advantages and disadvantages of ducks of this breed

This musky duck bird is almost hard to find limitations, except for special attention to cleanliness, dryness and temperature conditions. Indoor hardy bird... They look beautiful in the yard, even to some extent, serve as its decoration. Important, big beautiful drakes slowly pace the grass, brown or white Indo-dots quietly stand in groups next to one another. They try not to move far from each other, they make quiet beautiful sounds. Sometimes you want to stop and listen to their "quiet speech". It is very pleasant to watch them, and especially for ducklingshow they quickly run after mom, waddling in different directions in their beautiful black "Hats" on the head. And all the ducklings must wear black glasses. They are simply unusually beautiful and it is not surprising that children love them and can tirelessly play with them all day long. How funny they are!

Reviews about Indookas, tips on how to keep and feed

I can only leave positive feedback, since I myself had to grow such a type of duck as musky. Meat of excellent taste! Non-greasy, which I could not even believe right away. Subcutaneous fat almost completely absent. It does not have a specific unpleasant odor, like a common white yard duck. The smell of which, even when cooked with spices, was not always removed. Although Indo-women grow longer, but their taste and great weight they make up for this shortcoming.

Yes and on request: muscovy duck, the Internet will give you a lot of information about this type of bird. You can read quite a few different instructive reviews from the owners of amateurs who write useful, instructive information about Indo-girls: conditions of keeping and feeding.

Conclusion

Muscovy ducks are of particular interest in the production of delicious lean meat and in the future this bird can become very popular. Although she has already gained a lot of interest in different countries of the world. The poultry farmers took it seriously cultivation... In addition, Indo-mother hens are the best brood hens, which can incubate a large number of eggs and not only their own, but also other birds.

If there are poultry farmers who have not tried muscovy ducks yet, good advice: be sure to try! And you won't be disappointed. You'll like it delicious meat this bird, and it is much easier to care for them than for an ordinary white yard duck.