Chicken Eggs Under A Duck!

FeatherBee · Feb 13, 2016

Hello all, I have a White Muscovey duck sitting on chicken eggs and they hatch tomorrow! What do I do with the chicks? Do I leave them under the duck to get taught how to swim?! I have had this happen before but the chicks got squashed under a much bigger duck! My only problem is I dont have an incubator anymore and I don't know what to do!
Can you help me?

sourland · Feb 13, 2016

I have had chicken hens raise ducklings successfully many times; however, I have never had a duck successfully raise chicks. They generally squash them with their feet or get them wet and chilled after swimming. Your greatest chance of success is to move the chicks to a brooder after hatching.