Can Muscovies produce offspring if bred with other ducks?

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I had a great reader question today that I thought I would share with you! She was wondering if her female Muscovy ducks could be bred to her Khaki Campbell drake.
The answer is that YES - breeding Muscovies to other types of ducks does result in eggs that can be hatched and raised! However, the ducklings from such a breeding will grow up to lay infertile eggs as adults - it's called "hybrid sterility."
Learn more about what types of ducks can be inter-bred to produce fertile offspring, and why! (Psst...Did you know that a Muscovy isn't technically a duck? True story!)
Have a question about ducks that you'd like me to answer? Send it to asktheducklady@saltinmycoffee.com

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@waddleinnhomestead 2 года назад

I have 2 Pekin females and a khaki Campbell drake. The girls have laid lots of eggs. I opened many and all eggs looked fertile so I incubated many of them over the last 6 weeks and not one every even starts to develops. I thought it was my incubator so I. Bought a new one. When that didn’t help I bought 6 hydrometers to put in ti really get temp perfect. That didn’t work So I started to think it was my girls. The place we got them from never mentioned cross breeding but I’m starting to wonder if that maybe what happened. It’s very strange that both my girls eggs would have this issue. Can an egg look fertile but not have the capability of hatching if the female is mule from mixing

@JacobGrimaR761 2 года назад

I am going to get call ducks and I would like to know if its likely that my drakes would breed with them and have ducklings my drakes are muscovy (I don't expect them to breed with them), mallard, Indian runner and crested.

@SaltInMyCoffee 2 года назад

Hi Jacob! I've definitely heard of call ducks crossing with other breeds, including mallard and Indian runner. Most that I've heard about personally were the result of a call duck male with the larger female. By far the biggest concern I'd have, if you're keeping these four drakes in with call females, is the safety of the females. Breeding season can be hard even on females of the same size, and four drakes is quite a few. That's about the right number of males for a flock of 15-20 ducks, even when all ducks are the same size/weight class. Hope this helps!

@JacobGrimaR761 2 года назад

@@SaltInMyCoffee Thank you. well the muscovy's are kept in a seperate area but they do meet when they are free ranging.

@lorettasanchez310 Год назад

So can my Peking male breed with my Muscovy Female? And if so, will their chicks be fertile?

@indiedavecomix3882 Год назад

No. The issue is the chromosome count is different for each. In Mules (donkey/horse) there are very rare examples, less than 1%, that are fertile, but it's so rare, it couldn't be counted on. I don't know how true that is with ducks, but as a rule, any mix of the two species will only result in infertile offspring.

@kuyanarvin Год назад

I like ducks

@SaltInMyCoffee Год назад

They’re my favorites. Just don’t tell the chickens. 😉

@MaddenC_Outdoors19 Год назад

I have a Rouen pair and some baby mixed breeds could they mate with the Rouens?

@indiedavecomix3882 Год назад

It's not breed related, it's species. The Muscovy is a different species. Different dog breeds can mix, but you can't mix a dog and a hyena. Muscovies are close enough relatives to breed, but not produce fertile offspring.

@ryattsmith6480 2 года назад

I have a mallard drake and a buff duck hen is the Mallard able to get the eggs fertile

@SaltInMyCoffee 2 года назад

Absolutely! Buffs are a Mallard-derived breed, so you should be all set for some healthy ducklings, which would also grow up to be fertile ducks.

@nicetrytry8262 3 года назад

Wow thanks for making a video about my question I sent you. It really helped and made a lot of sense.

@keiarjmckenzie2236 2 года назад

Are you on Instagram?

@SaltInMyCoffee 2 года назад

You betcha! instagram.com/saltinmycoffee

@lizzieromero984 2 года назад

We have a peking couple, two khaki hens, and a Muscovy couple. So far it’s the Peking frame breeding all the hens, I have 10 in the incubator ready to hatch… at they going to be fertile?