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    The Muscovy Male or Female Guessing Game 😁

    Hello lovely backyard chickeners 😄 I have 3 month old ducklings. Reared by Pip my female Muscovy. So are these male or female? They’re still doing the duckling squeak. No hissing either. What do you think? Thank you 😍 Ps. Bob is the dad and has loathed them all since they hatched. Pps...
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    When do I separate the ducklings and mum?

    Hi everyone. My Muscovy female has been a very attentive and aggressively protective mummy to her three babies. The duckings are 9 weeks old now. She’s not hovering around them as much as she was and seems to be spending a bit more time with Bob the male muscovey (daddy). At night I have been...
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    Help! Muscovy hen, eggs and imminent hatching!

    Hi we are at day 34. My female Muscovy Pip has been very diligent & hardly moved off the nest. Today we found this egg pushed out the nest. I tried to pop it back in but she pecked it very aggressively. We opened it up and Fully formed and dead. Anyone else experienced this?
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    Help please - slightly Injured Muscovy female duck sitting on eggs.

    Hi everyone. I’m the UK. My paired Muscovy’s Bob & Pip, share a shed together. She’s been sitting on her eggs for two weeks now. She only comes out in the morning and about 6pm evening. This morning she came out with a cut on her head.(see picture) I’m wondering if he’s tried to mate/tread her...
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    Broody Muscovy behaviour advice needed please

    I have a male and female Muscovy Bob&Pip. They share a shed. Pip has laid about 7 eggs last week. This week she has made a feathered nest in the corner. Pics attached. 1) she doesn’t spend a lot of time sitting on them. She’s in and out of the shed mainly out. Is this normal? Won’t they get...
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    Gender guessing game...Silkie Hen or cockerel?

    This one is from a hatch of 6 Silkies. They’re nearly 4 months old. Do we think hen or cockerel 😄 Thank you x
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    Is this normal chicken behaviour? 😩

    Hi I have 6 nearly four month old silkies. 3 males and possibly 3 females. Only one I’m not sure- a brown one. Could be male or female. my grey male is chasing this brown one and pecking at him/her. The brown one makes a lot of noise. Then when brownie sits low/squats down. Grey one just stands...
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    Molting Muscovy male... is this normal?

    Hi my male Muscovy is 18 months old now and is molting. I’m finding a lot of feathers around the garden. He is grumpy too. He appears to have lost all the feathers on his neck and little downy ones are coming through/left. I feed him duck pellets. Corn. Mealworm. He forages all day on the...
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    Muscovy... male or female? Help please ☺️

    Hi. I have hatched a Muscovy and I just don’t know if it’s male or female. ‘Pip’ is nearly 10 weeks old. Any help on sexing much appreciated Thank you guys xx I already have a Muscovy male. He attacks everything so I can’t tell by his behaviour if ‘pip’ is a boy or girl xx
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    Muscovy duckling TINY! Pics included.

    My muscovy’s are 4 weeks old. One is absolutely massive and one is tiny. I would say the big one is easily four times as bigger. Both are eating and drinking and pooping, brewers yeast and fresh veggies. Anyone experienced this before? thank you x
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    Muscovy day 37- internal pip and tapping/noise no external

    Hi. I have two viable Muscovy’s eggs from a shipped number of 6. One has pipped and is slowly unzipping the other one is tapping and is cheeping (I assume it internally pipped) however there is no external pip even after 24 hours? what advice would you give please? Should I make a small safely...
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    Assisted hatch so weak. Help! Please x

    Hi. My assisted hatch looks so weak 12 hours later. Is there anything I can do please. It’s just lay now. Cheeping weakly. I’ve cleaned the incubator. Put down a fresh cloth base. Can I feed it any sugar water or any thing like that? It’s still slightly wet around yolk site. Advice appreciated...
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    Pipped but no zip!

    So out of 12 bearded Silkie eggs I have 6 hatched. Sadly two fully formed and dead int their shells. They appeared to pip but not zip. I have removed all the chicks to the brooder. there is one egg left. It has pipped but doesn’t seem to be doing anything. i panicked after the two dead in...
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    Bearded Silkie no external pipping Day 20- Help

    Hi I have 10 bearded Silkie eggs in a Brinsea Mini II eco incubator. In my classroom at my school. I am on day 20. There is no movement. External pips or anything. Humidity is around 70-80%. Temp is 37.5 degrees Celsius. Should I start worrying? Saturday and Sunday looming and I’m so worried...
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    Candeling Muscovy’s duck eggs - are they dead?

    Hey there I have search the Internet for pictures- I don’t know if my eggs are viable or not. I’m on day 15. Muscovy duck eggs. I see a dark mass in them but at a Sharp angle! They’re on their side in an incubator. and a real severe saddle shaped air sac. I see some veins but no movement...
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    First time duck mummy “hi”

    Hey there Thought I’d introduce my self as a first time duck mummy. Hatching six Muscovy in a incubator. New to all this; enjoying learning all about eggs, ducklings & ducks ❤️
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    HELP please xx Bruised Muscovy duck egg

    The eggs are four days over. Out of the six one has hatched already. The last viable one has some very very small movement and a bruise on the side. what do I do? Pic attached. thank you
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    Muscovy Duck eggs day 35 nothing happening!

    Hi My eggs went In The incubator on 31st March. I’m worrying because my eggs aren’t doing anything... there are six. I went on Internet today & panicked and candled them today- I saw movement on three. Then I read about lockdown and realised I shouldn’t have touched them! they all seem to be...
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