Muscovy questions.

[smudgley]

Please can anyone answer my questions regarding the sex of our duck & the possible crime of fish theft!

1)- She is about 4 months old now - should we be able to tell the sex by now. I really want her to be a lady. She hasn't got any red yet. Is it a bit young to tell? Would anyone be willing to take a look at a picture of her & maybe tell if she's a lady? I could e-mail a photo.

2) - We have a pond. Which contained about 80 fish (we just moved here & the previous people left them) Various sizes, mainly goldfish.All healthy (or were!) The water is not very clear. We struggled to find a bath big enough for Jemima so started letting her swim in the pond. Suddenly there are no fish. This is all in a very short space of time, they've disappeared. Now Has Jemima been having fish & chips without the chips? Would she really catch & eat them all? There's just no other explanantion. Hubby has netted the pond right down to the bottom. Nothing in there!

[duckmad]

hi smudgely, if you would like to e mail me a photo of the muscovy i will try to tell you what sex it is although it sounds like a female if there is no red on the face, as far as your other question goes a muscovy is actually a goose although known as a duck and will pretty much munch on anything, they like to filter the water through there beak so the fish may have got filtered as well and once she got a taste for them well what a nice snack they were and when are you going to fill the pond for her again. hope this helps

[smudgley]

Thanks Duckmad. My husband is not too happy about Jemima eating all those fish . We knew she was making the pond a bit mucky but never crossed our minds she's eat all her little friends. We only moved here recently & the previous people left us a note saying - you are welcome to the fish please look after & care for them

I'll mail you a photo of Jemima then, I know it's difficult to tell from a photo but I'd appreciate your thoughts. I'll mail you a photo I have from a few weeks ago, but I'll take a recent one to send you at the weekend.
Thanks again.

[smudgley]

Have sent you an e-mail Duckmad.
She's changed a lot since those photos though.
She's black and white now.