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My wife is hatching ducks eggs, we are looking for white Muscovy, we had a flock of them then due to a fox attack only have one male left. We would love to rebuild. If you have white Muscovy and would be willing to part with some fertilized eggs please let me know.

We are on our second plus year of hatching so just a few tips, incubation in an incubator will result in much lower hatch rates about 50% the momma do the best job and they range from 32-38 days. It seems take forever. We have had ducklings as early as April and as late as October. Clutches as...

Hi Once the girls start laying again I'll begin to gather the eggs. Last year they began laying around the end of March and the beginning of April. I would expect the same for this year unless it's unseasonably cold. I'll let you know when I begin to gather eggs. Troy

This is Uno. The one and only start to finish hatchling from an incubator that we had this year. Of course he imprinted on me and that may be worthy of a discussion thread just on its own. But even still, he's turning out to be a fine Muscovy drake. I was roasting coffee the other day in the...

The niacin is a ducks best friend when they're young and starting out. I haven't had any ducklings with problems, but I never take any chances either and always put a teaspoon on each cup of food. We've got 18 healthy Muscovies and 2 geese that were all raised since day one (or two or three)...

I'm with CTKen on this one. I'm curious what the concentration of the bleach is to the water in the ditch. Earlier this year I had to disinfect my well, and used bleach to do the job. I had to run water until the chlorine smell went away but there was still small traces when I tested before...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VH3ZYU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I've scoured the stores near and or around us and never have much luck finding brewers yeast. I've ordered this a couple of times and always seems to do the trick.

Selling for hatching, consumption or both? Are there any ads in your local paper or on Craigslist? I've been bartering with my eggs this year. I traded a couple dozen eggs for hatching for a bag of feed. I gave a dozen eggs for consumption to a co-worker who didn't believe you could eat duck...

Hi @JanetMarie Here's what our experience has shown us in answer to your questions: 1. They're long and sharp but I don't think they'd apply enough pressure to puncture the pond liner. Unless the liner is extremely thin. If that's the case, you'll probably want to wait till you have it covered...

How super cool!! I sure do like these threads with happy endings!! Tip of my hat to you. What a great example for others!!

My pleasure! And with Muscovies, the drakes are not typical, at least from what we've experienced. Ours are protective of ducklings, they leave the eggs alone and the only time they lose their manners is when they're mating, which is a lot, but it's what male Muscovies do... You did the right...

I'll second that one! We put 25 eggs in an incubator earlier this year and had ONE, single duck hatch. Going into the last week we had 12 viable eggs. 11 expired in the shell. No idea why. And while we're doing that, the girls outside are hatching ducklings like it's nobodies business!! I...

That's funny stuff right there! I haven't seen that behavior yet... But I can think of a drake or two who deserve it!!

Ducks are amazing creatures and can heal remarkably well. When I first joined, that was one of the first discussions I got involved in is how well they rebound. Here's what I'd suggest. If you have a dog carrier or crate, set her up in it with lots of comfortable old towels or rags for her to...

Our Muscovies do the same thing. Lay a clutch then and taper off, if not stop at all. Do you collect the eggs? Or leaving them in the nest? If there's a drake involved, she'll go broody very soon and begin to sit on them. It wouldn't surprise me if she's sitting part time now and getting...

How many are you looking for? Our ducks are winding down on egg laying but I still get 3 or 4 per day. I'd gladly ship some to you. Muscovy only though.

You're very welcome, my pleasure. Their website is - www.dunreathfarm.com Good folks and great prices on feed!!

Dunreath Farms in Ashland. Stacey and Steve run the small hobby farm. Great people.

I'd say they're right on schedule. I think I've seen on a few occasions that ducklings are set for 3 days or so from the yolk sack. And they aren't near as fragile as we might think they are. Make starter crumble and water available, they'll start to go after it in the next day or so. We had...