I feel really sad about this

[birdlover]

I've only dealt with chickens and, in that case, NO, they will sit on "air" and for well over 21 days.

 

[taraann81]

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To make a long story short you'd be better off leaving the eggs to Muscovy hen to hatch.

1. Muscovy hens are one of the best hatchers and brooders.

2. Artifitial incubation of Muscovey eggs is difficult, that's why you can barely see any commercial hatcheries to sell Muscovey ducks.

My friend has a flock of Muscovies living on 5 acres, most of it being Florida cypress swamp.

They hatch their eggs starting in January with no help or effort from the owner of all those birds.

I am aware that Muscovies are good moms. I am not trying to help her I took eggs to incubate to practice on my own free eggs before I spent my hard earned money on more expensive eggs.
The eggs under her are the ones that are not developing due to the cold cement. They were starting to smell so I removed them. Why are they so hard to incubate? I've wondered this but can't seem to find the answer. What goes wrong? Anyways thanks for the advice and hopefully her next batch will turn out better!