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    Muscovies dying before hatching

    Removed all the eggs and she's finally left the nest. I feel really bad for her
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    Muscovies dying before hatching

    Both girls were very dedicated. Only left the nest once or twice a day for food/poop/water. She's still sat on the nest now even though they aren't going to hatch. Temperature wise I'm in the UK so it's been probably mid teens to low twenties (Celsius) over the last month. Not particularly hot...
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    Muscovies dying before hatching

    What do you mean about where she's nesting? It's been different girls sitting both times and both times it's ended this way
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    Muscovies dying before hatching

    Hi, I'm hoping someone can help. For the second time, I've allowed one of my muscovy hens to sit on eggs. It's now day 39 with no sign of ducklings so I candled the eggs. It looked like black fluid in the egg and it smelled so I took it and cracked it. First tap, the shell came off but the...
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    Hi from the UK

    Hi! I'm new to the forum (though I've regularly used it to research things!). I'm from the UK and have 3 hybrid hens, 5 bantam girls, 2 bantam cockerels and some Muscovy ducks. I've got a lot of questions but I'll save them for the correct places! For now, here are some photos of my birds...
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