can a silkie hatch moscovy eggs ?

[jayke563]

ok I want my silkie hen to hatch moscovy eggs but I have heard so much crap about how moscovys have to be incubated at 80% humitidy and then people say that is wrong what one is it!!!!! and how moscovy eggs are hard to hatch … can I let my chicken hatch moscovy eggs? will I get a good hatch rate ? has any one els done this if so plz tell me how thank u

 

[jayke563]

hello anyone out there

 

[junebuggena]

You might want to try posting this on the incubating and hatching board.
Lots of people have successfully hatched duck eggs, using a broody chicken.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I haven't tried, I do use my broodies to hatch my turkeys, I would suggest you try it and see, I would be interested in knowing if you can. I was thinking about doing it one year because my muscovy hens kept abandoning their ducklings after a week or so.

 

[donrae]

Not Muscovys, but I've had a chicken hen hatch Rouen duck eggs.

What's the incubation time on a Muscovy? My only thought is they're longer than a chicken by quite a bit, aren't they? A chicken hen may give up before they hatch.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Thinking 35 days, though sometimes I'm not thinking too well.