- Oct 30, 2015
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Two broody muscovies are sitting on one nest that are due to hatch any day. I walked into the coop this morning to collect eggs from the non-broodies and saw what looked like a crushed egg in the furthest corner from their nests. It had a duckling inside, already cold, wasn't moving. Thought it was dead and that they threw it out because it died and was going to throw it out but set it to the side since I usually take a closer look at failed eggs.
I thought I saw movement and when I poked it, the inner eyelid flickered. I immediately restarted my incubator (turned it off last night after the last of my bator clutch hatched), wrapped it in plastic (with poked holes) and put it in. It's covered in muck and stuff. What do I do? Do I wash it?
Do I confiscate the rest of the eggs and hatch them in the incubator? I have no idea why they did this. I heard peeping from under them last night when I was locking the coop so I know they're pipping. Why would they reject a clearly live duckling that was probably pipping?
I thought I saw movement and when I poked it, the inner eyelid flickered. I immediately restarted my incubator (turned it off last night after the last of my bator clutch hatched), wrapped it in plastic (with poked holes) and put it in. It's covered in muck and stuff. What do I do? Do I wash it?
Do I confiscate the rest of the eggs and hatch them in the incubator? I have no idea why they did this. I heard peeping from under them last night when I was locking the coop so I know they're pipping. Why would they reject a clearly live duckling that was probably pipping?