I got 3 Muscovy hens with their nests today....now what?

[doodledoo]

I have had some drakes but I got three hens today with their eggs/nests. I have candled the eggs and many of them are developing. How/where do I make their nest and get them to accept them again? Will the drakes help keep them home?

 

[taraann81]

If you leave the drakes with the hens they will probably very likely, destroy the eggs/nests trying to breed with the hens. If any do make it they might even kill the ducklings. I would assume moving a mother duck and her eggs would cause her to stop setting. Not sure though.

Good luck, but keep them separate from the drakes.

 

[austinhart123]

u cant, they wont sit unless its where they origionally laid the eggs, its probably oo late now, but you should try to incubate them

 

[MDC]

I'm not optimistic they'll accept the nest now, either.

Best thing you can do is put them in a very, very small cage with their eggs where they really have little choice but to set. Muscovy are not like chickens that you can move as broodies fairly successfully.