If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

These are our new muscovy ducks. They don't quack! The male hisses and the female kind of chirps (bit like a guinea pig). They are my (not) birthday present come a bit early.

We were a bit worried that the chickens might attach the ducklings, but after an initial set to between the drake and the cockerel everything has been peaceful.

Muscovys don't lay huge numbers of eggs each year, but we are hoping for a few as well as perhaps three batches of duckings each year - yum!