I had 3 runner duck girls and one boy and lots of space / free range during the day etc. He kept picking on one girl.. eventually blinding her completely in one eye, scarring the top of her head etc. I rehomed him. I'm only having girls from now on.
That probably sounds funny, but I've never had them and am considering getting some. My chicken coop door, where they would go to eat etc. is about 12 x 12 - my big muscovy's make it in but of course bend over. Runners are so upright... can the stoop? do they need a taller door.?
Re; the Khaki.. I'm not talking about a duck on duck eggs, but a duck on TURKEY eggs! Anyway, I have my answer ... The eggs started to hatch.. one ok, but by this afternoon, FOUR more turkey poults had hatched but all got squished, almost out of their eggs. Marge the duck tried, but big duck...
My muscovy duck has been on my turkey's eggs for 28 days and they (some) are hatching... one got squished. I am thinking I should take them to a broody pen instead of leaving them with her because I just don't think she will keep them warm enough and there may likely be issues with water and so...
My two girls have laid a zillion eggs and one is broody now. It would sure be nice to slip a couple fertilized ones under if anyone has a few they would part with.
Linda
Ok.. I have two tolouse geese. Pate' and Spruce. Thought they were male and female (they are a year old). SEEMED like Spruce was trying to do SOMETHING with Pate' in the pond.
Pate laid a ton of eggs. I took some, but let her go to set May 5... just in case. But when she gets off the...
She is a muscovy - I see you have them too. So you really think she might not take care of them... she IS an experienced mom.... have you had this happen? She was talking to them and all....
Ok.. poor mom, WIERD HATCH. about 38 days. One hatched sunday, one Monday, one WED.. She did this in the chicken coop in a hen nest off the floor. When I got home today (wed) I KNEW I would remove her .. poor thing hasn't been off the nest. She was STANDING in the nest (oh and four days ago...
Well, half the shell is gone , but that is as it was when I put baby back under mom. Baby not moving much, but I am leaving it under mom. I probably messed it up... other eggs are now starting to pip. I don't want to mess with mom any more.
I can give a better update tomorrow - see what...
Oh sheesh... I have had great muscovy hatches. 2 hens and a drake on site. Cinnamon sat well over 35 days on 12 eggs and they all rotted and none hatched and I finally took her off.
Marge has been setting for at least 37 days (I know that's within the realmof their setting time. But.. I could...
not nice and tucked in like they should be. poults are five days old. seem to be eating/drinking, but crops not very full. anything I can do about the two with the wierd looking wings? is this normal?
UPDATE MAY 3 - it is worse.. two of them like this. Cause? solution? Here are photos
this is with turkey poults, but I was thinking more folks might view this and have experience with the problem, as I think it also happens with chicks. Will they "grow out" of it?
they are five days old.