Incubating And Hatching Muscovy Eggs

I am going to try to hatch 7... this will make it a LOT easier

Absolutely FANTASTIC, detailed article! I can’t thank you enough for sharing your experience and expertise.
I am currently incubating my first Muscovy eggs and am at day 13.
I am a complete novice, as I’ve only incubated abandoned Wood Duck eggs last summer which went very well.
It seems Muscovy’s are MUCH more complex. My female laid her clutch in the dead of winter with eggs several days apart. So I have 3 different age eggs in the incubator. I’m not sure what I’m going to do come hatch time, I guess I’ll have to purchase another incubator..
I didn’t know that the vent needed to be open because everyone says humidity is so important. But I did open the vent in my forced air incubator.
I’m going to follow your directions to the tee and hope for the best, but with what I read it seems that it’s almost impossible to get any kind of hatch from incubating Muscovy eggs.
I’m a nervous wreck because we love our ducks very much and this batch is my female’s first clutch. We would love to add to their little family but since I’m such a novice I don’t have much hope.
I’d love to be able to speak to you with some questions, but I noticed this article is quite old.
Thank you again for all your insight!

Blessings,
Amy

This is an excellent, extremely detailed article. I know so much more about how to incubate and hatch Muscovy eggs now (even though I am not currently planning on doing so). The diagram of the air cell sizes is extremely useful!

Loved reading this article Even though my hen will be doing the incubating (her 1st time), I loved the graphic showing the air sac at the different stages and the advice on monitoring the weight to determine development. Thank you.

Informative, similar to goose egg hatching. Thanks for the info ??

Thank you. Our young mamma just hatched the first clutch see has laid

Well written and easy to read, this article covers all aspects of hatching Muscovy duck eggs. It also explains why Muscovies are deemed to be difficult to hatch. More pictures of cute please!

Very detailed and specific!

Great resource for hatching muscovy Eggs

Informative read on an often described as hard to hatch breed. Covers pretty much everything on the incubating & hatching process.

Excellent pictures and instructions. One of my favorite articles.