broody frizzle sitting on fifteen muscovy eggs

[Mom 2em All]

I have nine chicken eggs in my incubator and I also have a broody Frizzle chicken outside. I just moved her- against her wishes- and counted fifteen 'should be fertile' muscovy eggs and six nonfertile chicken eggs. I had to help her out. I took everything but six duck eggs.

I just put the scovy eggs in the incubator with my chicken eggs- against my better judgement. The last time I tried hatching muscovies it was such a disaster I vowed never to do it again. (Last time, they made it to hatching day, pipped and died. very very sad for me.)

Wish me luck.

 

[Sootsie]

Best of luck hope all goes well

 

[Mom 2em All]

hmm. I was just thinking about it- and my Frizzle has been broody about three days. Perhaps I should change out the chicken eggs in the incubator for the scovy eggs. Considering my chicken eggs are on about day 2- and scovies go 35(?) days. I worry about her deciding to unbroody herself before they hatch. Then she can hatch my chicks- and I can add all the scovy eggs to my incubator and up the humidity.

 

[sevenchickens]

I can't believe you have a broody hen at all in this bi-polar weather we are having. What are the chicken eggs?

 

[paddock36]

Boy is she gonna be surprised when those ducks hatch and don't look like chicks.

 

[Mom 2em All]

o-Shamos.
Now, I will give away the roosters individually. Because I cant have them, and as everyone knows- they cant be housed together or with any other roosters, but I really wanted a couple of those huge game hens. But, now, I cannot count my eggs before they hatch...

And she is a Frizzle, of course she is broody. Like a silkie, it only takes one day of sunshine to send them into broody mode. Lol.
I think I will go ahead and switch out those eggs with these chicken eggs though. Makes more sense.

But sevenchickens, I shudder at the thought of trying to hatch scovies again after last years disaster.

 

[Louise's Country Closet]

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Roosters can be housed together actually, just depends on how much space they have so they're not on top of each other.

Are those duckies harder to hatch or something? I had a guy give me what were suppose to be turkeys eggs and a TON of ducks hatched out instead and I didn't have to do anything differently than I did with chicken eggs, lol

 

[Mom 2em All]

Shamos are game- I thought they will fight to the death if housed together once they are older?

And ducks require higher humidity during incubation/hatching. I hatched out different ducklings before with no problem, but the muscovies were an awful experience for me.

 

[sevenchickens]

it was depressing! Fully formed ducklings dead for apparently no reason. I don't think I'll try to incubate them again. I'm hoping mother nature will take care of that for me.

 

[Mom 2em All]

Sevenchickens-

is your name still correct? lol.

Im sure with five of them in my backyard, I should have Mother Nature doing that for me, as well. HOWEVER- with nine inches of stupid snow out there now, it may not be any time soon.

I put some food in the coop next to my frizzle. She is almost in a trance. She is locked down tight on those eggs. I think I will wait until we get close to the chicken eggs hatching date to switch out with her.