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    Late hatching

    Have removed all 9 eggs today day 45 checked a couple and they must have been so close, they looked like her sisters live chicks we had 2 months ago, Can only assume it was the heatwave followed by a 10 degree drop in temperature in their last week :(.. A horrid day for us and Lily ...
  2. janewoodjetts

    Late hatching

    Thanks Sarah, now need advice on what to do, should I try and remove all the eggs. Worried she's been sitting for 6 weeks tomorrow and she needs to get out and start eating/drinking more again
  3. janewoodjetts

    Late hatching

    5 days late :( she has rolled 3 out but totally covering last 6 , feeling sad don't think she gonna be a mummy this time
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    Late hatching

  5. janewoodjetts

    Late hatching

    Thank you guess it's just me being anxious but mother nature knows best and the weather here has cooled over the last week by a considerable amount
  6. janewoodjetts

    Late hatching

    My Muscovy has been on her eggs now for 37 days she is very dedicated but no signs of babes, when should I worry? Her sister hatched 2 a few months ago that were spot on 35 days. She is on 9 eggs,
  7. janewoodjetts

    Expecting first Ducklings

    Thank you, for reply, we have decided to enclose her nest area under her pallet, so she will have her own nursery pen and can continue to use the pallet as her house.
  8. janewoodjetts

    Expecting first Ducklings

    Thank you we are in UK so only predators to get her are foxes, and we have secured her 'pallet' now I know they will be warm enough with mum, hubby has decided to sort of 'pen in' her pallet so they have their own enclosed area . This is worse than waiting for the grandchildren ,
  9. janewoodjetts

    Expecting first Ducklings

    Help, my Muscovys free range by day and have a lovely house in their night pen . However one decided to nest under an old pallet in the middle of the garden . We secure her under it at night . Problem now with 7 days to go, is what do I do when they hatch? These are my first . Do I leave them...
  10. janewoodjetts

    Muscovy drake soon to be single.

    Sorry maybe that wasn't clear the drake is a muscovy
  11. janewoodjetts

    Muscovy drake soon to be single.

    I have a yr old drake and his partner an Aylesbury female also a year old, we got them together at a few weeks . Sadly the female is ill,struggling to stand/walk, falling over so cannot preen or even flap her wings. She is still eating well doesn't seem to be in any pain she is on metacam. We...
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