Incubation progress of Muscovy eggs

[Dianne88]

Pic of my babies

New one of Solo

 

[Miss Lydia]

New one of Solo

Do you have a front view of Solo showing legs? How old now? or have you already determined which gender?

 

[Dianne88]

Do you have a front view of Solo showing legs? How old now? or have you already determined which gender?

Not sure about Solo, I have one more pic I took today but I will take better ones tomorrow,

 

[Marggy]

What does piping mean???

 

[Miss Lydia]

What does piping mean???

Internal pipping means the duckling has made it's way through the membrane external means ducklings chipping away at shell. usually you'll see a small raised area when it happens.

 

[AnimalQuackers]

I have enjoyed reading this thread!

Our 8 month old female Muscovy (Zippy) has started laying. She lives with 10 chickens (no roosters) and a 6 month old male Muscovy (Claude). They've definitely mated!

We've been removing her daily eggs and putting them in a styrofoam incubator. So far, we have nine eggs. I weigh each one before I put it in the incubator, and the first egg, which was the smallest, weighed 62 grams. The largest weighed 77.8g, but they generally have weighed between 72-76g.

I watched a youtube video suggesting turning only ONCE a day and keeping humidity levels - at this stage - lower. We are turning every morning, keeping the temperature at 99.5, and the humidity between 20-35%.

I've candled, but not sure anything looks good. Some look completely clear, and others look cloudy, but I don't see veins anywhere (although I am not sure I really know what I am looking for!). However, we DO have pet birds, and have hand raised parakeets successfully before; this is our first time using an incubator, and I understand that Muscovies are notoriously difficult to hatch from an incubator.

Can someone explain to me, please, the "mist and cool" process? Cool for how long, and to what temperature? Since they are all at different stages (being set from 1-9 days), how do you cool just the "older" ones - remove from incubator?

I'd sincerely appreciate any other suggestions and advice anyone is willing to give.

Many thanks,

Michelle

 

[casportpony]

Here is a muscovy egg that I cracked by accident and I think it's between 4 and 7 days incubated, but can't be sure because it's one from a nest and I have no idea when she started to sit. The candler I use is a Brinsea OvaView and is't pretty bright.







-Kathy

 

[Miss Lydia]

and more info. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-and-hatching-muscovy-eggs

 

[casportpony]

and more info. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-and-hatching-muscovy-eggs

I'm going to try some experiments based on that fabulous link! Hopefully I will learn something that I can apply to peafowl eggs.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

@Miss Lydia , you sure do find the best links, lol. This is one you posted at the beginning of this thread: http://wildliferehabber.com/sites/default/files/wr_duckeggchart.jpg and it says to me that my egg pictured above would be at day 8 if it were a regular duck egg.

-Kathy