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I have 8 2 week old baby ducklings. 1 of them has progressively been losi g feathers. What will cause this?? I have checked for mites and saw none. Its not being attacked. and none of the others or losing their feathers. Its so bad now there is no feathers on the side of his face and is ear...

Breed is muscovy. Ok so this is a very unusual case. These eggs were laid over 2 months ago now they are having issues hatching. One of them seems to have also been crushed overnight. Its barely moving and was cool. Brought them inside and broke some shell away. They appear to be stuck...

Hey guys. I have a 2 month old muscovy drake that we have hand raised inside. Day before yesterday I noticed he was vomiting. Yesterday morning he wouldnt stop squeaking.. tou could tell he disnt feel good. Ever since he has been very lethargic, not really eating or moving around. I dont...

Hey guys! So I had to by an incubator this last month because a hen had her hatch but there were a few eggs left over that were laid late. I bought a Nurture Right 360 and guessed about for along it was. I have kept it at 99.5-100. F and the humidity at 53-55% I was a little off on my...

Ok guys, long story short hes 1 week old. I saved him and have nursed him back to health. At about 1 today he started vomiting. I don't.know what to do. Please help

Hey guys! I know it's been a while my muscovys hatched yesterday. They are always hatched and raised by a broody hen. This morning went outside and a little one was in the corner of the pen laying on its head with its tail in the air. I picked it up thought it was dead. But it moved its...

Hey everyone. Happy 4th of July! 2 of my drakes have these lumps on their wings. They are hot to the touch. So you kn ow what this is and how to treat?

Hey guys. I've never seen this before. None of my other ducklings have had this. Is it serious?? Anything I can do?? And it's very wobbly has been rolling on to it's back alot plus they little baby is shaking

Hi guys!!! So today when cleaning out the duck pen one of my nesting hens took her 3 week old fertilized egg carried it away from the nest and I watched her tear the growing embryo out and eat it!! I went and grabbed the remaining shell with yolk and thru it away. I smelled it and it didn't...

HelpLast night I had to help this little guy put of his egg. He had poked ahole day before yesterday and there was no progress. Plus his breathing got very labored. I now he is VERY lethargic. Not able to walk well. I gave him some very diluted vitamin B complex. What is wrong???? What can...

Hey all!!!! I know its been a while since I've been on BYC. Super hectic life. Soooooo I have 2 hens that laid eggs in a mutual nest and now they both want to be sitting on them and keep fighting each other. I tried to put a few eggs in a separate nest near the same location but they end up...

Ok so over the course of the last few weeks when I went to candle the muscovy eggs under my broodies I have had ti throw out several rotting eggs. Today I threw out 10 eggs. They smelled like absolute death and the inside looked liquidy when I candled them. Why is this happening? Is there...

Hey guys, I noticed a large lump and feathers missing in my muscovies wing. Does anyone know what this is?

These are the only ducklings I have left. We decided to keep these 3 beauty's. Funny thing is this isnt the hen that hatched them. She's laying on her own nest right now :)

Today i noticed one of my little ducklings beak was messed up. It seems as if it's a little crooked and it has an under bight. Has anyone ever seen this? Is there something I can do to reverse it? Will this cause this little guy problems?

Hey guys. I woke up this morning and my hen kicked 5 eggs out of her nest in the duck coop. They were outside on the ground very cold. I candled them and they all looked like good viable eggs about 10 days into incu. I'm assuming they are dead now, right? Why is she doing this? Is there...

Ok so I was just able to candle a few of 1 of my hens eggs. They are all in different stages of growth. A few had died and a few it looked like the air cell is like a half circle butted up against the air cell. Does this mean they are dead too? Should u go ahead and take them out? I had to...

Hey guys!! I haven't been on here for the last few days, been pretty busy. Anyway I just wanted to gloat and share pics of my beautiful ducklings. We did sell a couple yesterday and momma got kinda mad for a minute but she got over it with the help of mealworms:woot

My muscovy momma Alice just hatched 18 eggs a1 week ago A few days ago u noticed her stomach looked very strange Is this normal? Why does it look like this?!?!

I was planning on sexing my scovy ducklings this weekend I have never done this before. What is the proper way to do this?