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    Thailand Anyone?

    I'm down to two Brahma hens from the same pets hop in Chaing Mai that "Thailand" is talking about. I feel the same way about them as she does; I think they have a lot of health problems because of inbreeding. I am also planning on doing what she is doing and crossing them with other lighter...
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    Muscovy duck Mated very often But few eggs are fertile

    Wow, I don't know. It would depend on how they are stored. If I remember correctly, I think they are buried until the chick/duckling dies inside. Maybe there are different ways of doing it though.
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    Muscovy duck Mated very often But few eggs are fertile

    Does this apply to chickens as well as ducks? I assumed that after they started mating, the next egg would be fertile as there is only one egg with a shell in the hen/duck's body. The rest are yolks, couldn't they be fertilized?
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    Muscovy duck Mated very often But few eggs are fertile

    Are you talking about the half developed eggs that Asian people like to eat?
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    Sick chicken?

    Yay! A happy ending! I'm so glad she isn't sick. Sick chickens are just no fun. Good luck, hope you get some little chickies!:-)
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    Muscovy duck Mated very often But few eggs are fertile

    Give him some time then. Fertility can be lower in younger birds.
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    Sick chicken?

    Let me know how it works out. The first time I had a broody, I thought she was sick. Hope it's the same for you!
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    Sick chicken?

    I'm not sure about the feather loss. . . . She was probably just cleaning her beak. You said that she stopped laying, and wants to hang around in her hutch all day, so that makes me thing that she might be "broody" (wanting to hatch a batch of eggs). Put about 10 eggs in her nest and see if she...
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    Muscovy duck Mated very often But few eggs are fertile

    Do you have other female ducks that the same drake is mating? It could be that the drake isn't very fertile. I have a rooster that fertilizes eggs (I can see the "bull's eye") but none of the eggs hatch.
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    Roost mating the hens, infertile eggs

    What I really want to know is why the eggs looked fertile, but then didn't develop? I broke open several eggs before I set some and could clearly see the "bulls eye". I studied pictures online to make sure I was seeing a fertile eggs. Yet, none of them even started?
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    Roost mating the hens, infertile eggs

    He is a Brahma, but not an overly fluffy one. I'll have to check his vent area and see if that could be the case. Thanks!:-)
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    Roost mating the hens, infertile eggs

    I have a rooster who has been mating my four hens. I've seen him mate and it seems that he's doing everything he should be doing. I've checked the eggs the hens have laid, and they look fertile (bulls eye). I put 10 under a hen and today when I candled them (at one week) they were completely...
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    Muscovy Duck - Egg Membrane Day 42

    Such a cutie!!:-)
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    Muscovy Duck - Egg Membrane Day 42

    Don't feel so bad. It's hard not to become anxious during a hatch. I've done the same thing before and caused the babies not to make it. Now you will know for the next time around.
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    Muscovy Duck - Egg Membrane Day 42

    Since the baby disappeared, it makes me wonder the same thing. Maybe the first batch she started setting on were eaten by a rat or snake or something and then she laid more. Do you have more than one duck?
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