Muscovy - White Duck

Muscovy ducks are native to the swamps and rivers of Brazil. As they are a flying duck, they will often perch in trees though their nests are always on the ground. They are genetically different from all other breeds of domestic duck (which all originate from the wild Mallard duck). If you cross a Muscovy and any other domestic breed of duck, the progeny are infertile and cannot reproduce. See our article on Mule Ducks or Moulards.

Male Muscovy are almost twice the size of females as adults. By three weeks the two sexes are beginning to differentiate by size. Muscovy, especially the males, are very strong and it is best to use gloves when handling them because of their sharp nails. They do not try to attack you as a rooster might, but you can be accidentally scratched.

Muscovy have been bred for excellent meat production. In France over 90% of the duck consumed is Muscovy. You will also find it in many of the nicer restaurants throughout the United States. It is leaner than Pekin meat and the male Muscovy will produce a very large breast that is almost beefy in taste and texture. The male Muscovy breast is often served rare.

Muscovy eggs take 35 days to hatch (versus 28 days for all other breeds of domestic ducks). Oftentimes they are difficult to hatch in an incubator but a broody Muscovy will do an excellent job of hatching and raising her young. If you remove the ducklings by 3-5 weeks, she will probably produce one or two more broods during the season. Muscovy normally start laying later in the spring than other ducks.

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Customer Reviews of Muscovy - White Duck

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Louise J. | Muscovy the quiet duck

I ordered 6 Muscovy and lucky me I have 3 males and 3 females. I love these guys. They all come running to the gate to greet me when I go out to feed. And they wag their tails like puppies. They are so quiet. And they have blue eyes.

Hillary F. | Review

All three Muscovy ducklings made it safe to NH in less than 48 hours and are doing awesome! Definitely think the grogel is a must when shipping day olds now. The packaging was good and there was a nice big heat pack in there to maintain the ducklings temp. They were checking out their new home and eating and drinking within a hour being here. Very alert but not skiddish either. Can't wait for my next order to come in next week.

Steven O. | Baby Duckling

Very happy with our oder all came healthy and doing well.

Lorie C. | love these

they are wonderful to watch. they sit on top of our chicken coops and keep watch. love to see them. we ordered 4 last year and will order more when the blacks become available this summer.

Dawn U. | My Muscovy ducklings

They arrived alert and healthy. They started eating and drinking as soon as I got them home. I've had them a week now.

Kristen H. | Beefy birds

I was nervous after reading shipping was harder on muscovies than other breeds, but my order arrived with everyone alive and healthy. So healthy, in fact, I'd almost describe it as aggressively healthy! I've never seen birds so bouncy after a long trip. I ordered 4 muscovy ducks and was sent 5, which was a nice surprise. Even better, there turned out to be 4 hens and 1 male! The boy is massive, and at 12 weeks weighs as much as my 22 week old buff american geese. The girls make beautiful trilling noises, and they all come up, to me, wagging their tails and expecting treats - and nipping my feet if I have the audacity to approach them without a grasshopper or some peas! They are very calm, quier, friendly, and meaty birds, and I'd recommend anyone ordering them in a heartbeat.

Michael G. | Good weight at 13 weeks

I just weighed some males and females of this line live. One male was just over 10lbs, the other 11lbs. The females were around 6lbs. This was with free range grass + 18% non GMO feed, occasional scratch grain and 20% feed the first 3 weeks. No health problems in the flock. I don't have an exact feed ratio as I have a mixed flock and didn't weigh feed, but I'd estimate around 25lbs of feed per bird, possibly less. Seems to be around 2 females to every 1 male.

Ratanak M. | Super Heavy

My white Muscovy ducks hatched on 08/21/2023, and I weigh them at 11 weeks old 11/05/2023. The male is over 11.7 lbs, and females are over 6.5 lbs. all of them has black spot/black crest on top of the head with blue eyes. I really like it. I raise them as pets, not for meat. I feed them with Mazuri duckling feed and Grower crumble. I do not have the exactly feeding ratio. For me this is the gigantic size.

Dianne L. | muscovies

i ordered 3 Ducklings, received 4. all ducklings arrived healthy. Surprise for me was 3 of the duckilings ended being black muscovies. Now they are big enough to determine their sex, I ended up with 3 drakes and 1 hen. wish 1 could have gotten more hens but I love them anyway. I spend hours just watching them play in the water and eating their mealworms.. thanks for the healthy babies

Ashlie S. | White Muscovy

I just picked them up this morning. They arrived looking great and healthy. They were very vocal. I could hear them as soon a i walked into the post office. My kids were so excited. Will definitely order again when we need more ducks.