Incubating Muscovy eggs

[Miss Lydia]

Five eggs now

she's building.

 

[dadsdeercamp]

18 eggs and she is sitting on them now

 

[Miss Lydia]

18 eggs and she is sitting on them now

Good for her a nice even number. okay when is hatch day?

 

[dadsdeercamp]

Oct. 16 is what I'm thinking

 

[Miss Lydia]

Oct. 16 is what I'm thinking

Well I hope she has a real cozy place to brood because it's probably going to be a wee bit cold by the time the lil ones hatch, ducks don't sit on their babies to keep them warm the way chickens do. They should be fine but they will need a nice wind free place to be. Look forward to updates

 

[dadsdeercamp]

She is in the back corner of the leanto no wind but daddy duck has become a mean guy he don't want me in the run at all not even to feed and water them.

 

[Miss Lydia]

She is in the back corner of the leanto no wind but daddy duck has become a mean guy he don't want me in the run at all not even to feed and water them.

Okay you need to put on your big girl/man boots and get in there and run him out, you are in charge not him. Plus when ducklings hatch you really don't want him around them for at least 3-4 weeks. So might as well give him his own space now.

 

[dadsdeercamp]

Daddy duck has been moved and mommy is sitting contently. I'm hopeing the eggs are fertile.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Daddy duck has been moved and mommy is sitting contently. I'm hopeing the eggs are fertile.

good for you. If they have been mating most likely they are fertile. are you planning on candling sometime soon when mama is off the nest?

 

[diamond3girl]

hi scott hows your ankle going? and ur health
warm regards Jaq