muscovy duckling hatching

We have 7 Muscovy eggs we are trying to incubate ourselves. They were somewhat dirty with mud and muck but we carefully and lovingly removed all we could using only a dry paper towel and a bit of steel wool on one spot of one egg. We don't know if that egg is one that is developing though. There...

First time Muscovy hen has been sitting on nest and this morning we found a hatching egg pushed out of the nest. My teen pulled the egg out and brought it in, we took it back out right away but Mama started pecking at it. What do we do now?? Baby is moving and making sounds. I will attach picture.

We have both Pekins and Muscovies on purpose to raise meat birds. Two males of each breed and 7-8 females of each breed. The males don't care which females they mate with, so mules or hinnies are possible. This is our first year. We thought our Muscovies would be good at hatching out eggs for...

I have been trying to hatch Muscovy eggs (a friend was given some and her incubator was full) and have been monitoring air sacs to gauge progress, as I don’t have a proper scale to check weight. Here’s my problem: some air sacs have grown quickly while others go slow. I have been removing them...

Hi everyone! :frow Welcome to the Muscovy Hatch-A-Long! Who else has Muscovy eggs hatching or set to hatch? I currently have 2 Muscovy hens sitting on eggs. They both have 23 eggs each. The first batch is going to hatch sometime around August 21st-25th. The second batch is going to hatch...

I'm interested in buying newborn ducklings, any sex. I live in Miami, Florida. My mama duck is very depressed, won't eat. Lost 12 ducklings. Not one hatched. Yesterday, 07-08-2018 it's been 41 days. She's kicked out 4 today. PLEASE, she's my favorite baby. I have to see if she accepts these...

Was this little Muscovy duckling duckling backward in position in its egg? It successfully hatched this AM, but it appeared to have its head toward the smaller end of the egg. It had externally pipped in the correct place on the egg and did a successful 360 degree zipping, so I was surprised at...