Incubation progress of Muscovy eggs

[saladin]

Personally, I always let my Muscovies hatch their own eggs. A Muscovy duck could hatch a rock! The thing I don't like about incubators with Muscovy eggs is trying to get the cooling off period correct. Leaving the door open for half an hour seems to work best, but the timing is the key.

 

[Lacrystol]

Sticky can also restrict their ability to breathe properly.

-Kathy

CORRECT..

 

[AnimalQuackers]

Here's an interesting link:
http://www.avianresources.com/Nursery_Mgt.htm

-Kathy

You have the greatest resources!

 

[Lacrystol]

Where do I want the humidity in the NON-lockdown bator?

It should be low down to 40 - 45

 

[Lacrystol]

That makes sense, too - which is why I was cleaning out the nostrils and mouth, right? Like having a really stuffy nose you can't breath from...

YOU GOT IT,,,,

 

[saladin]

In the normal hatching process, a Muscovy duck will get off the eggs for an extended length of time each day to eat and then bath. She will come back to the eggs dripping wet each day.

In a regular year, we hatch between 150 and 200 Muscovy ducklings.

 

[Lacrystol]

Here's an interesting link:
http://www.avianresources.com/Nursery_Mgt.htm

-Kathy

OMG, those babies are kind of ugly, thank god they grow up to be GORGEOUS..

 

[Lacrystol]

Personally, I always let my Muscovies hatch their own eggs. A Muscovy duck could hatch a rock! The thing I don't like about incubators with Muscovy eggs is trying to get the cooling off period correct. Leaving the door open for half an hour seems to work best, but the timing is the key.

They say the Same thing for Call Ducks that the eggs should be Cool down, I have NEVER cool down my eggs....

 

[saladin]

Like I said, I almost always use natural incubation with the Muscovy simply because they do such an outstanding job. If they weren't so heavy, I'd use them to hatch all the chickens too!

 

[Lacrystol]

Where do I want the humidity in the NON-lockdown bator?

Make sure they are being turned at least three times a day.