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    Muscovy duckling

    One of our Muscovy Ducks laid eggs under our Gazebo which is pretty much right on our pond. I discovered this only when I saw momma duck with one baby. I looked around and finally saw her nest way up under the deck that hands over our pond off the Gazebo. I figured she would round this little...
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    Sebastopol Geese Thread !!!!!!!!!! SHOW YOUR PICS !!!!!!!!!!

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    How long do you wait until you intervene?

    The other pipped egg that I was worried about I had to rescue today. That one was shrink wrapped. That one is also fine, thankfully. He had made progress over night but only the egg shell was coming off, the membrane wasn't going anywhere. I spray it with mist and waited all day for some more...
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    Pekin hatching her own eggs

    OMG! That is too funny seeing her hiding. I got 4 pekings from a woman because she had been given a pair 2 years ago. The pair turned into 30+...and they did it all on their own.
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    How long do you wait until you intervene?

    Yeah...she didn't make it. I do believe the issue may have stemmed from her being too big to actually turn in the egg. I was up until 2 a.m., I don't know if I help or hindered which will haunt me now. Yes, that is Jake the Drake. He's one of the Muscovy Clan that roams around here! I love the...
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    How long do you wait until you intervene?

    Thanks...no sense in any more people losing sleep...I'll post in the a.m.
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    How long do you wait until you intervene?

    Yeah, and I already opened it once...it's going to be a long night I expect...
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    How long do you wait until you intervene?

    I only helped once and that was just a couple days ago!! I'm a wreck! When I was helping this guy, I swear I saw blood. If I had done something bad though I figure he would be dead by now because that was 3 hours ago. I worry about opening the bator again because there is another one in there...
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    How long do you wait until you intervene?

    Thanks so much for the words of encouragement. He is still alive but he doesn't seem to be making any attempts to get out of the egg. I'm worried about him getting shrink wrapped because I did peels some of it away. I saw a little blood though so I stopped. Put him back in on a soaked paper...
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    How long do you wait until you intervene?

    I did try to help a little but I'm afraid he hasn't done anymore for himself. I pretty much cleared the shell around his head. I then placed him back in the bator on a wet paper towel in the hopes of keeping the moisture up. That was about an hour or so ago. He is still just kind of hanging out...
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    How long do you wait until you intervene?

    I'm literally tearing up. He was so healthy and frisky this morning. I figured he would be out in an hour or so...
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    How long do you wait until you intervene?

    Nothing anymore. He used to chat right back at me and now even when I tap the box, nothing. He was VERY chatty this morning. I'm afraid I'm losing him.
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    How long do you wait until you intervene?

    He has been sitting there like this for hours now. He was peeping quite loudly but not so much anymore. He isn't inside the egg zipping at all. Just sitting there with his Bill hanging out. I don't know what is going on...everything has been going fine and now he is just hanging out and the...
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    So the owner of a single indoor muscovy duck THINKS she knows the real reason why muscovy ducks have

    Some people tend to think what makes a human comfortable will make an animal comfortable as well. Just look at horses...they prefer to be outdoors even in the driving rain with their shelter standing empty behind them. I doubt any of my ducks would enjoy a diaper...
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    How long do you wait until you intervene?

    I have a Blue swed that has had his bill out for about 5 hours and I am not seeing much progress. I lost one in the past for not intervening sooner but don't want to jump the gun either. He is peeping pretty good still. There is another egg that is pipped and one little duck already hatched...
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    My duck is abusing me

    I am top of the pecking order. I tree branch and they go the other way. I was given these 2 as adults and this is the reason she got rid of them. I am used to a herd mentality as I have had horses my entire life, so I'm not one to allow a farm animal to push me around. I use what works best and...
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    My duck is abusing me

    What kind of duck is it? We have 2 Muscovy drakes that are very territorial, our other Muscovy drakes are very happy and pleasant. These two act like I'm trespassing in my own backyard! A face to face confrontation and they will attack, but if I pick up a tree branch and use it like a broom...
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    girls or boys? pekin ducks.

    Loud usually means female! Just watch for the curl, best way to tell with Pekin's for a beginner like myself anyway. I have 4 Pekin, 5 Calls, 6 Muscovy, 3 Blue Swed, 1 runner, and 2 that are crosses of something. We just started incubating and hatching eggs too so currently I have 7 ducklings...
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    girls or boys? pekin ducks.

    I can't tell from this picture, but males will have like a little curl at the end of their tail. See the picture I provided... The female will have no curl.
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    Pleasant Surprise!

    I had a couple different varieties of duck eggs in my incubator. My hatch days was Monday, May 13th. On Saturday, May 11th, eggs were hatching like crazy, I had 6 healthy chicks hatch that day. Left in my incubator were all 4 Call duck eggs and either 2 Blue Swed or Peking eggs. They were doing...
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