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@Lin71 beautiful ducklings! You need to enter those pics in the Broodies and Babies contest!!! :love (If you haven’t already)

So eggciting! One of my last momma ducks had 6 under her before I saw the first empty shell and knew one had hatched! :lol: So yes, she could easily have some under her hiding.

Exactly! I’ve had ones that are easily accepting of new ones and some that aren’t, so it will just depend. (I currently have 5 duck hens with babies, two still on eggs. One momma disappeared from babies about 4 days old, and the others all avoided the babies for a while, but one mom finally...

Same type of incubator. Ducks take longer to hatch than chickens, and muscovies take longer than mallard derived ducks. I recommend the Nurture Right 360 made by Harris Farms for a reasonably priced, effective incubator. I’d stay away from cheap knock-off models and styrofoam ones.

And by the way, hatching never gets old, or less amazing, even with a broody! :love

That must be the most odd crack I’ve ever seen in the side of a developing egg. It looks like another egg fell on it (not likely under a broody) or she accidentally stepped on it too hard, maybe it was up against another egg, and got smooshed in. It still seems to be developing, but I suspect...

I agree, a more focused pic of the cracked egg would help. But still, broodies usually know what they are doing, I am mostly hands off with mine. Timing can be very tough with broodies also, depending on your weather, temps, how much she on and off the nest, etc. In general with broodies...