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    How long do Muscovy ducks lay eggs?

    That is around the number of eggs our muscovies would lay before becoming broody (sometimes more, sometimes less).. If you said she is sitting on the nest and seems content, she's probably not egg bound, just broody.. In which case, she's only going to leave once or twice a day to eat, drink...
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    How long do Muscovy ducks lay eggs?

    @zoofolk Muscovies lay in clutches, so they will only produce about 10-20 eggs and then they take a brief break (or sit and hatch them if you let them), so what yours is doing is normal. They normally lay about 3 or 4 clutches in the warmer months. Since the eggs aren't fertile, there is no...
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    What's going on with our duck's butt?!

    What is this thing on our muscovy's butt? We just noticed it this morning and it's been like that all day.
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    Two ducks laying in one nest

    How would I broody break one or get her to lay in the other box?
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    Two ducks laying in one nest

    We have two muscovy ducks laying in one nest box.. There are about 20 eggs so far and we took some out earlier when the temps got too low at night. Anyways, will they both try and sit on the nest? I really don't think the box is big enough for the both of them and I read some things about...
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    Need help with hatching muscovy and leg troubles

    Well we started treating it with the leg hobbles last night (the bandaid method) to try and make it so it has to use its leg properly when it walks or is standing, rather than sticking it out a little bit and putting all it's weight on the other leg. We just took them off to let it swim for a...
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    Need help with hatching muscovy and leg troubles

    Did you introduce it to the ducklings when the mom wasn't around or did she not care? We showed this duckling the ducks from our last clutch (about 2.5-3 months) once yesterday but she just tried to climb into my lap. Also, It seems to have something wrong with it's left leg, rather than it...
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    Need help with hatching muscovy and leg troubles

    Aww what a cutie! Does it still have any trouble walking? How did it do when you moved it back in with the momma/siblings? I took the duckling out and it followed me around for a bit as I worked in the garden. Still limping but that doesn't stop it!
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    Need help with hatching muscovy and leg troubles

    @SouthernPride Hopefully that's all it is! I will try and keep it moving around more to help strengthen it. How long did you keep yours separated from the group and then reintroduce it to the mom? @subhanalah That's an interesting theory. Maybe they just know when they won't survive in the...
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    Need help with hatching muscovy and leg troubles

    This is the video:
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    Need help with hatching muscovy and leg troubles

    Can they walk though if they have splayed legs? This duckling can walk but it's limping. Her foot seems to be curled less often also. Could it just be an age/weakness thing? I have a video I'll try and upload
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    Need help with hatching muscovy and leg troubles

    Well it's leg only started sticking out once we put the shoes on. We just took them off and her leg is back to normal. Maybe the shoe was a little to big or she just isn't used to her foot having to be flat instead or curled? It definitely didn't look like those pictures though but maybe it can...
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    Need help with hatching muscovy and leg troubles

    It can't move very well and now it's legs are kind of splayed outwards when it sits rather than tucked under its body. Is the point of the booties to uncurl the feet or fan the toes out, or does it do both? Bc we noticed after uncurling and spreading the feet out and taping the shoes on, it's...
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    Need help with hatching muscovy and leg troubles

    Is this right?? And this means we shouldn't try and put her back with the others, correct?
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    Need help with hatching muscovy and leg troubles

    Well it seems to be okay except one of its feet is curled up most of the time. Occasionally it stretches out but for the most part it is curled. We've only seen it walk once and it was more of a hobble than a walk. It didn't seem like it was fully extending it's legs. It does move around bc it's...
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