I have a young hen who went broody (first time sitting) and was sitting every day on the clutch of eggs in a specific nest. One week when I found warm eggs from my Muscovy's I put them under her, and found two more the next week. So she sat happily on 4 Muscovy eggs. One wasn't viable, but she was determined to hatch those eggs - she sat for 36 or more weeks (counting the couple of weeks she was just sitting before I found the eggs), she now has three little Muscovy ducklings and she is a good little mother. I have had to build a feeding station because she is in a little pen by herself, she digs very well to try to feed the babies, but she was constantly upending their food dish and caking the water with dirt.
I do have a questions, how long should I leave the ducklings with her before introducing them to the duck pen?
I do have a questions, how long should I leave the ducklings with her before introducing them to the duck pen?
