I have a muscovy duck. Her name is Taiyo. She's 7 months old, almost 8. The other day I noticed that she was in a nest with eggs, meaning she was going to be a mom (for the first time.) I didn't know how many days she had her eggs but I remember that ducks don't sit till they done laying the...
If been assisting this duckling, it was due to hatch on Sunday. Anyone have a idea what I should do next? I’m worried about blood vessels, I don’t want it to bleed out. I will attach a photo of what I have completed so far. It’s hard to tell from the picture but I have removed the shell in a...
We had recently brought home 3 Muscovy hens for a Muscovy drake that we picked up a month ago. They are all around a year old. Both owners said that we should get quite a few eggs/chicks by August. (We are in Southern Illinois incase location is a factor). We are curious as to when they may...
We have been incubating Peking Duck eggs, today would be day 29 and since yesterday we have gotten a bunch of movement such as chirping, egg moving, and cracks from ducks hatching. This morning during breakfast we checked on them before going back to eat and the dog stayed downstairs. When I...
I've gotten tired of our pond (Well, NOT ours... city owned... and neglected) looking worse year after year. At our own expense we've put in bubblers, a seemingly worthless amount of chemicals, and stocked it with fish two different years. But also being a run-off for residential properties in a...
I received 27 Peking duck eggs earlier today and while doing some research about misting I keep running into some contradicting information. I have a forced air fan incubator that I manually turn 4/5 times in a 24 day cycle, I was planning on beginning the misting process April 16 (after 6 days...
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I have a duck nest right nxt to my front porch. The duck has been great, sitting on the eggs and built up her nest. But, last night she disappeared. She hasnt been on the nest since last night and now its 6pm the next day. It has been cold and rainy. How long before I consider that she...
hello. I have one duck egg that my broody hen has been sitting on. It has been developing fine. I am not sure of what day we are on, bc it was unexpected brood from a hen but I am guessing day 26ish?.. a few days ago I could see movement in the egg and knew it was alive, now its so big I cant...