Incubation progress of Muscovy eggs

[Lacrystol]

This is *not* him, but it is how he looked yesterday morning except he was all fluffed up.

-Kathy

awww the poor thing.

 

[Lacrystol]

Well hopefully she'll get better now...

 

[AnimalQuackers]

This is *not* him, but it is how he looked yesterday morning except he was all fluffed up.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Kathy - I don't know if this will make you feel better, or help, but this is how Alcatraz was after he hatched. I watched him like a hawk through the window in the incubator - to watch him breath. He wasn't moving....I was so sure he was going to die. He literally just laid there. The ONLY way I could tell he was still alive was his breathing. I know your little one is older, but it truly took Alcatraz 24 hours to perk up. I'm thinking really good thoughts for your little one!!

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Mine looked like that 24 hours after it hatched, which is why I gave it the Baytril.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

I'll see if I can get some pictures of all of them today.

-Kathy

 

[yinepu]

Kathy... If I remember reading right.. you assisted most of yours?

Assisted muscovys tend to be a bit "weaker" at first than the ones that hatch on their own.. it seems the extra struggling really takes it's toll..



incubator updates...

Emu eggs should be done in a few weeks (only 2 bad eggs.. the others have either hatched or are wiggling)..
this round of chickens:.. Red Broilers and Mottled Cornish due out within the next few days.. then Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons after that.. Heritage Barred Rocks and Jubilee Orpingtons due after those..

I have a test hatch started now for a fertility check on the Heritage turkeys... Sweetgrass tom over Buff hens (Jersey Buff and Self Buff).. Sweetgrass and Bronze hens haven't started laying yet

I have Peafowl and Mandarin eggs slated end of March til the end of April.. several hatches for those ..

also have some goose eggs in the bators.. Sebastopol, Embden and Toulouse.. but they should be out towards the end of this month..
duck eggs are due to hatch mid March (Khaki Campbells and Ancona)... Call Ducks and Muscovys should be in the incubators around the end of March to early April.. not sure if I will set any of the others (Giant Pekin, Cayuga) that we have yet or not... gonna depend on freezer space or if I have anyone who wants ducklings this year as opposed to hatching eggs..

tossing in some mixed goose eggs (colored Sebastopol X Embden) to check fertility this week...

Parrots will go in as soon as I get the phone call to pick them up (depends on when the breeder birds start laying).. Conures, African greys, Cockatoos, Macaws and Eclectus

More chicken eggs from the meat projects as well as any I have shipped in plus the other projects I have going (Bresse, Silkied Ameraucana, English Orps, Turkens, Coronation Sussex and the "long tail" project) ..

so life is as usual.. lol.. incubators run year round (minus two weeks when I "take a break")

 

[chrissyr]

Kathy... If I remember reading right.. you assisted most of yours?

Assisted muscovys tend to be a bit "weaker" at first than the ones that hatch on their own.. it seems the extra struggling really takes it's toll..



incubator updates...

Emu eggs should be done in a few weeks (only 2 bad eggs.. the others have either hatched or are wiggling)..
this round of chickens:.. Red Broilers and Mottled Cornish due out within the next few days.. then Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons after that.. Heritage Barred Rocks and Jubilee Orpingtons due after those..

I have a test hatch started now for a fertility check on the Heritage turkeys... Sweetgrass tom over Buff hens (Jersey Buff and Self Buff).. Sweetgrass and Bronze hens haven't started laying yet

I have Peafowl and Mandarin eggs slated end of March til the end of April.. several hatches for those ..

also have some goose eggs in the bators.. Sebastopol, Embden and Toulouse.. but they should be out towards the end of this month..
duck eggs are due to hatch mid March (Khaki Campbells and Ancona)... Call Ducks and Muscovys should be in the incubators around the end of March to early April.. not sure if I will set any of the others (Giant Pekin, Cayuga) that we have yet or not... gonna depend on freezer space or if I have anyone who wants ducklings this year as opposed to hatching eggs..

tossing in some mixed goose eggs (colored Sebastopol X Embden) to check fertility this week...

Parrots will go in as soon as I get the phone call to pick them up (depends on when the breeder birds start laying).. Conures, African greys, Cockatoos, Macaws and Eclectus

More chicken eggs from the meat projects as well as any I have shipped in plus the other projects I have going (Bresse, Silkied Ameraucana, English Orps, Turkens, Coronation Sussex and the "long tail" project) ..

so life is as usual.. lol.. incubators run year round (minus two weeks when I "take a break")

Oh wow, you are so busy with birds. Even parrots? That's so awesome! Someday i'll get to the point where I can master it all like you have. That is really impressive

 

[AnimalQuackers]

Kathy... If I remember reading right.. you assisted most of yours?

Assisted muscovys tend to be a bit "weaker" at first than the ones that hatch on their own.. it seems the extra struggling really takes it's toll..



incubator updates...

Emu eggs should be done in a few weeks (only 2 bad eggs.. the others have either hatched or are wiggling)..
this round of chickens:.. Red Broilers and Mottled Cornish due out within the next few days.. then Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons after that.. Heritage Barred Rocks and Jubilee Orpingtons due after those..

I have a test hatch started now for a fertility check on the Heritage turkeys... Sweetgrass tom over Buff hens (Jersey Buff and Self Buff).. Sweetgrass and Bronze hens haven't started laying yet

I have Peafowl and Mandarin eggs slated end of March til the end of April.. several hatches for those ..

also have some goose eggs in the bators.. Sebastopol, Embden and Toulouse.. but they should be out towards the end of this month..
duck eggs are due to hatch mid March (Khaki Campbells and Ancona)... Call Ducks and Muscovys should be in the incubators around the end of March to early April.. not sure if I will set any of the others (Giant Pekin, Cayuga) that we have yet or not... gonna depend on freezer space or if I have anyone who wants ducklings this year as opposed to hatching eggs..

tossing in some mixed goose eggs (colored Sebastopol X Embden) to check fertility this week...

Parrots will go in as soon as I get the phone call to pick them up (depends on when the breeder birds start laying).. Conures, African greys, Cockatoos, Macaws and Eclectus

More chicken eggs from the meat projects as well as any I have shipped in plus the other projects I have going (Bresse, Silkied Ameraucana, English Orps, Turkens, Coronation Sussex and the "long tail" project) ..

so life is as usual.. lol.. incubators run year round (minus two weeks when I "take a break")

 

[casportpony]

 

[Miss Lydia]

Kathy that is an adorable assortment of Muscovy ducklings.. then they all disappeared. LOL