Chicken laying on a duck nest

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THescovieguy

THescovieguy

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Aug 2, 2015
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HELP!my muscovy duck layed 7 eggs and when i check the nest i always see a chicken in there,how do i remove the chicken
or how to stop a chicken from laying in there,the big problem is the chicken is not mine.the muscovy hen also do not go back to her nest after she has stopped laying,she sometimes dont know where to go that i always carry her to her nest.her caruncles are red but her voice is a high pitch chirp,what do you think i should do
 
THescovieguy said:
HELP!my muscovy duck layed 7 eggs and when i check the nest i always see a chicken in there,how do i remove the chicken
or how to stop a chicken from laying in there,the big problem is the chicken is not mine.the muscovy hen also do not go back to her nest after she has stopped laying,she sometimes dont know where to go that i always carry her to her nest.her caruncles are red but her voice is a high pitch chirp,what do you think i should do
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Is there some reason you can't just pick the chicken up and put it back where it belongs? I'm not trying to be a smart a** or anything. I'm just confused about what the problem is. If you're afraid to remove it, you should tell the person who owns it that they need to come collect it from your nest.
 
Is your Muscovy broody? Does she actually want to sit on the nest? Other people here have had chickens hatch ducks.... If your chicken is broody and so is your duck, you may have to remove the chicken and pen her away from the nest.....
 
caesargirl said:
Is your Muscovy broody? Does she actually want to sit on the nest? Other people here have had chickens hatch ducks.... If your chicken is broody and so is your duck, you may have to remove the chicken and pen her away from the nest.....
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The chicken isn't his. Sounds like that's at least part of the problem. I was hoping we'd have more information by now. If I found a strange chicken on one of my duck nests, which I wouldn't because my nests are in the pen, I would remove the chicken and tell the owner they needed to keep it out of my area or I was going to consider it my chicken.
 
JadeComputerGal said:
The chicken isn't his. Sounds like that's at least part of the problem. I was hoping we'd have more information by now. If I found a strange chicken on one of my duck nests, which I wouldn't because my nests are in the pen, I would remove the chicken and tell the owner they needed to keep it out of my area or I was going to consider it my chicken.
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Yup! Might even consider it dinner!
 
THE chicken that steal my broody scovie's nest ****** me off this morning,i saw my scovie with her caruncles and part of the eyes are damage
 
i will post a picture soon of her damage head which makes me angry,everytime i see the chicken i hit it always with a stick so it wont come back again,but always come back,i moved her away from her nest and put her into another one,which is successful
 

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